Elena Lazic
FeaturesWhy ‘Four Daughters’ director chose to blend documentary and fiction
Oscar-nominated for best documentary feature, Kaouther Ben Hania’s Four Daughters is based on a “spectacular and shocking” case of two missing girls. The Tunisian filmmaker talks about taking inspiration from fiction for her latest true-life story.
FeaturesJustine Triet on why Cannes title ‘Anatomy Of A Fall’ is a haunted-house movie that turns into an auteur film
Project stars Belgian-French actress Virginie Efira.
FeaturesNew talent focus: ‘Wolf And Dog’ director Cláudia Varejão on why she moved from docs to fiction
“I realised fiction can be a place of freedom.”
FeaturesNew talent focus: ‘Behind The Haystacks’ filmmaker Asimina Proedrou on giving up her parallel career in mining
Behind The Haystacks is making waves on the festival circuit, winning awards from Thessaloniki to Goa.
FeaturesIn conversation: ‘The Blue Caftan’, ‘Under The Fig Trees’ directors talk tradition vs modernity and Oscar campaigns
The directors of The Blue Caftan and Under The Fig Trees — Morocco and Tunisia’s entries to this year’s Oscars — discuss how the collision of tradition and modernity in their work reflects a region in transition.
NewsSlovenian director Dominik Mencej on his road trip feature and Sarajevo competition title ‘Riders’
1999-set drama follows two young friends on the trip of a lifetime.
FeaturesUkrainian director Marta Smerechynska on filming in a monastery for her documentary ‘Diary Of A Bride Of Christ’
Filmmaker wrestles with her sister’s decision to join a monastery.
FeaturesRomanian director Paul Negoescu talks Sarajevo premiere ‘Men Of Deeds’ plus 'Two Lottery Tickets' sequel
Director’s 2016 feature Two Lottery Tickets’ was a festival hit and Romanian box office success.
Features‘A Ballad’ director Aida Begić on the freedom of low budget shoots and her ‘specific’ way of working with actors
Bosnian director’s latest to premiere in hometown at Sarajevo Film Festival.
FeaturesSerbian director Mladen Kovačević on his smallpox outbreak documentary ‘Another Spring’
Film chronicles the largest outbreak of smallpox in Europe after WWII.