Director Walter Salles and actress Fernanda Torres relive the terrors of Brazil’s military dictatorship in the 1970s and one woman’s resistance to silence in ‘I’m Still Here’, a gripping, elevating drama about making truth known and rebuilding a life when all seems lost.
Zeki Demirkubuz, one of Turkey’s best-known filmmakers, discusses the importance of closely observing and deeply understanding people in this interview on his new film ‘Life’ (‘Hayat’).
The director of Nigeria’s Oscar submission for Best International Film, ‘Mai Martaba’, talks about questioning long-standing systems and transitioning from radio to the big screen.
A strong international introduction to the Hausa-speaking filmmaking of Kannywood, Nigeria’s Oscar submission ‘Mai Martaba’ is an adventure tale drawing on themes of power, gender, and political legacy.
Nine films have been sent to the 2025 Oscars by African countries. Will any one get a nomination?
TFV spoke with Milcah Cherotich and Toby Schmutzler, two of the persons behind ‘Nawi’, Kenya’s official submission for the 97th Academy Awards.
The evocative short animation, Prostrate and Draw Near, explores a strange and unique moment in the Great Mosque of Mecca during a Covid-19 lockdown.
TFV spoke with Miguel Gomes, whose latest film ‘Grand Tour’ is Portugal’s submission for the 97th Academy Awards.
Miroslav Lekic recounts the origins of the Kosovo conflict in ‘Russian Consul’, Serbia’s submission for the 97th Academy Awards.
The director of ‘The Flats’ discusses documenting the untold stories of The Troubles.
TFV speaks to Miroslav Lekic, the director of ‘Russian Consul’, Serbia’s submission for the 97th Academy Awards.
Peruvian filmmaker Tito Catacora finished shooting ‘Yana Wara’ after the sudden death of his nephew, the original director.
La propuesta del Perú al Oscar Internacional es una conmovedora denuncia contra la violencia de género sufrida por una niña indígena aymara, atormentada por espíritus malignos, en una historia ambientada en el hermoso y desolado altiplano andino peruano.
‘Yana Wara’ es la presentación de Perú para los Premio Internacional de la Academia 2025
A troubled, politically entangled premiere in Venice’s Giornate degli Autori has partly overshadowed Rusudan Glurjidze’s wistful Georgian comedy that cleverly targets Georgian-Russian relations.
The director of Georgia’s International Film submission ‘The Antique’ discusses the film’s difficult Venice debut and modern-day censorship from Russia.
Shot largely as a light-hearted comedy and buoyed by the charm of its young protagonists, Venezuela’s ‘Back to Life’ enters the Oscar race.
Luis Carlos Hueck and Alfredo Hueck, the brothers behind ‘Back to Life’, talk about their approach to filmmaking with The Film Verdict.
Tia Kouvo impresses with her feature debut ‘Family Time’, a very personal drama set in her hometown Lahti.
Director Tia Kouvo talks to TFV about the process of making Finland’s Oscar submission ‘Family Time’.
En tono de comedia y apoyada en el encanto de sus jóvenes protagonistas ‘Vuelvealavida’ entra a la pelea de los Óscares por la mejor película internacional por Venezuela
TFV spoke with Mohammad Rasoulof about his latest film, the award-winning ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’.
Luis Carlos y Alfredo Hueck dos hermanos venezolanos en busca del Oscar
The creator and subject of the Oscar-qualified short, ‘Imprinting’ – Andrea Ciavatta – discusses translating his life to the screen and the role of music in his film.
Under the curation of Palestinian producer-director Rashid Masharawi, ‘From Ground Zero’ is an anthology of 22 short films offering a rawly immediate and deeply human response to devastation in the Gaza Strip.
The shortlist now includes 45 European feature films.
Maite Alberdi’s fiction debut ‘In Her Place’ is a well-crafted feature, but lacks depth.
A horse racing champion embarks on a surreal gender-blurring ride in Luis Ortega’s bumpy but stylish, colourful, enjoyably goofy comedy thriller ‘Kill The Jockey’.
Slovenian writer-director Sonja Prosenc explores the tragicomic extremes of wealth and privilege in her sprawling but impressive social satire ‘Family Therapy’.
A young woman learns some bittersweet life lessons about love and family in Oscar-winning Bosnian director Danis Tanovic’s latest sunny but slight glum-com ‘My Late Summer’.
A family derailed by a swimming accident struggles to make sense of the trauma in Laurynas Bareisa’s haunting and profoundly disorienting drama.
A Hungarian dressmaker does what she can to survive and resist the power abuses of the ‘40s Slovak State fascist militia in Iveta Grofova’s dark, evocative drama.
Dissident filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof denounces the bloody repression of protests by Iranian authorities and the Revolutionary Guard in ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’, his most angrily outspoken film yet.
Another genre-bending fantasy from Portuguese director Miguel Gomes, ‘Grand Tour’ takes the viewer on a dreamy ride through colonial Asia in 1918, though the present day often pushes through the whimsical story of two characters chasing each other across Asia.
Blending autobiographical elements with heartfelt homages to Iranian cinema, writer-director Matthew Rankin’s charmingly surreal comic fable ‘Universal Language’ reimagines Canada as a Farsi-speaking dreamland.
With unconventional yet captivating storytelling, Nabil Ayoush’s ‘Everybody Loves Touda’ champions female empowerment through a young woman who is passionate about the traditional Moroccan folk music of Aita.
Selena Gomez y Zoe Saldaña presumen sus habilidades de canto y baile en el audaz thriller musical mexicano de Jacques Audiard, una lujuriosa celebración de lo queer multicultural y la redención del transgénero.
Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaña show off their song-and-dance skills in French director Jacques Audiard’s audacious Mexican musical thriller ‘Emilia Pérez’.
The backwardness of a Romanian country village catches 17-year-old Adi in a homophobic trap in Emanuel Parvu’s justly indignant but conventionally scripted ‘Three Kilometers to the End of the World’.
Rithy Panh’s unnerving screen adaptation of U.S. war correspondent Elizabeth Becker’s real-life 1978 visit to Khmer Rouge-ruled Cambodia vaunts intense performances, a diverse visual palette and an ominous sound design.
Swedish writer-director Magnus von Horn’s Cannes competition contender ‘The Girl with the Needle’ is a gripping historical true-crime thriller cloaked in deliciously dark Nordic Noir visuals.
Real historical murder cases inspired ‘The Devil’s Bath’, a relentlessly grim but atmospheric psychological horror thriller from Austrian writer-director duo Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala.
The voices of three women give authenticity to ‘Memories of a Burning Body’, premiering in the Panorama section at the Berlinale.
Mati Diop’s thought-provokingly cerebral-poetic documentary follows the return of 26 looted cultural artefacts and their welcome home to Benin, encompassing the celebrations as well as larger debates around colonialization and how to reintegrate such potently spiritual objects into a society 130 years after they were plundered.
Reinas, dirigida por Klaudia Reynecke es una buena película coming of age que confirma la presencia de una voz con sello propio en el cine latinoamericano
Japan-educated Mongolian filmmaker Zoljargal Purevdash’s first feature provides a sensitive yet sobering account of a teenager’s struggle for his family’s survival, even if it means sacrificing his own future.