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by Dawn Borchardt
January 28, 2026
“Without Kelly” screened at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival as part of the Shorts Program, following its Orizzonti International Short Film Award win at the Venice Film Festival. Made by
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by Davide Abbatescianni
February 9, 2024
World-premiered in the Discovery section of the 2023 Toronto Film Festival, Ninna Pálmadóttir’s accomplished debut feature, titled “Solitude,” recently played at the Göteborg Film Festival (26 January-4 February), one of
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by Peyton Robinson
October 22, 2023
“Paradise is Burning” screened as part of The 59th Chicago International Film Festival on October 18, 2023, as part of the International Competition. Writer-director Mika Gustafson’s “Paradise is Burning” is
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by Davide Abbatescianni
June 8, 2022
On 21 May, the Main Stage of Cannes’ Marché du Film (17-25 May) hosted a special event organized by the Swedish Film Institute. As many European and international industry stakeholders
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by Rebecca Martin
April 29, 2021
*The following interview was conducted at the end of December 2019 and was featured on cinemafemme.com on January 2020. We are bringing the interview back for our site because she
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by Rebecca Martin
February 28, 2020
Last month at the Sundance film festival in Park City, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Amanda Kernell to talk about her beautifully haunting film “Charter”. Chatting with
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by Rebecca Martin
September 26, 2019
It is a wonderful experience when you meet someone you connect with on a deep and creative level. I felt this connection with Swedish filmmaker and actor Tuva Novotny during
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by Rebecca Martin
September 5, 2019
Actor Tuva Novotny (“Annihilation,” “Eat Pray Love”) follows up her directorial debut “Blind Spot” (Blindson) with her second feature “Britt-Marie Was Here,” going from thriller to heart-warming comedy. “Britt-Marie Was
