The Twelve Days of Cinema Femme: 1 – 4
We could not have had the year we had without you. 2020 was hard for many reasons and in many ways, but we stuck together as a filmmaking and womxn in film community, and that made it all worthwhile. In the spirit of the holidays we wanted to highlight 12 “days” or “events” of 2020 […]
Venice Lion of the Future Award-winning Director Ana Rocha de Sousa discusses her debut film “Listen”
Venice 2020 Orizzonti “Money doesn’t ever substitute love in this life” By Kaleem Aftab 09/09/2020 – VENICE 2020: We talked to Portuguese actress turned director Ana Rocha de Sousa about her film Listen, centred on a struggling couple fighting to retain custody of their deaf daughter Following a successful career as an actor, Ana Rocha de Sousa is making […]
Directors Anna Koch and Julia Lemke celebrate cowgirls in ‘Glitter & Dust’
KRAKOW 2020 “It’s en vogue to be a cowgirl right now” by Marta Bałaga 05/06/2020 – We talked to Anna Koch and Julia Lemke, the directors of the Krakow title Glitter & Dust, only to find out it’s not their first rodeo. In their documentary Glitter & Dust, celebrating its international premiere at the 2020 Krakow Film Festival, German directors Anna Koch and Julia Lemke prove […]
Mounia Meddour • Director of ‘Papicha’
Today we share our media partner Cineuropa’s feature with filmmaker Mounia Meddour about her film “Papicha”. The interview took place during the Cannes Film Festival in 2019. The film is now streaming at virtual cinemas, and you can watch the film through Thursday, June 11th, 2020 on the Gene Siskel Film Center virtual cinema. See […]
Mira Staleva • Managing director, Sofia International Film Festival
SOFIA 2020 “A sense of humour will save us” by Marta Bałaga – Cineuropa 20/04/2020 – Cineuropa talked to Mira Staleva, the managing director of the Sofia International Film Festival, also behind its industry event Sofia Meetings, about the current plans for the postponed edition. Originally scheduled for March, the 24th Sofia International Film Festival […]
Berlinale: Uisenma Borchu • Director of ‘Black Milk’
Director-writer-actress Uisenma Borchu’s second film, Black Milk [+], played in the Panorama section of the 70th Berlin Film Festival. Born in Mongolia in 1984, Borchu came to the German Democratic Republic aged four. She studied Documentary Film and Television at the Munich University of Television and Film from 2006-2015. Cineuropa sat down with her in Berlin to talk about Black […]
Anne Sewitsky • Director of “Sonja: The White Swan”
The following Cineuropa interview is with filmmaker Anne Sewitsky. After studying directing at the Norwegian Film School, her feature-film debut came in 2010 with the comedy “Happy, Happy”, which was awarded the World Cinema Dramatic Jury Prize at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Her additional credits also include three episodes of the excellent second season of […]