Interviews

Studio 54 will forever be embraced as one of the premiere dance clubs the world has ever encountered. Opened during the height of the disco era, the iconic club was more than just music.

For the past few years, the Venice Film Festival has had a special section for Virtual Reality. As AI dominating the cultural discussion and Apple releasing its first VR headset – albeit for a price the general public is unable to afford – we sat down with two filmmakers who have used this new medium to tell their stories.

Sudanese director Mohamed Kordofani is a name to watch. He made history this year, when he premiered his debut feature Goodbye Julia in Cannes, making it the first-ever Sudanese feature to screen in the festival.

Joan Miró i Ferrà was one of Spain’s most celebrated artists. He was born on April 20th, 1893, in Barcelona, Spain; his mother was a goldsmith, his father a watchmaker.

Czech filmmaker Robert Hloz is definitely a new director to watch. He started his career with three successful short films: The Mill (2011) won the Kodak Student Gold Award for best short film of the year.

Director Teona Strugar Mitevska is having an “exciting” time in her life, related to the title of her last movie, The Happiest Man in the World (2022). In her case, the happiness is literal, unlike her characters that meet in a speed dating event in Sarajevo looking for a Saturday break but end up in a spiral web of twists and emotions of different tenure, including absurdity, when a woman reconnects with the man who had shot and almost killed her 30 years ago, during the ex Yugoslavia war.

Panos Koutras’ career took off in 2009 with Strella, a film about the Greek queer community. The dramedy broke new ground for Greek cinema in featuring the first transgender lead role played by a transgender woman, Mina Orfanou.

Para Arnold Schwarzenegger, su carrera en el cine y fuera de cámara es monumental. Quien fuera campeón tres veces como Mr.

At the Annecy Festival, where the animation industry and those who dream of being part of it gathered last June, Guillermo del Toro's presence is revered as that of a god. The master from Guadalajara, winner of the Golden Globe both in live-action for directing The Shape of Water (2018) and in animation for his victory with Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2023), was the one who made it possible for this edition of the foremost animated film event to focus on Mexico.