Savina Petkova

Just a couple of days after images of Iranian doctoral student Ahou Daryaei became a viral symbol of resistance against Iran’s strict hijab laws, we talked to Elahe Esmaili about her short documentary A Move, in which she refuses to wear a hijab.

Mistry’s films are both an intervention and an invitation. Her triptych We Come in Peace, They Said reappropriates archive footage to unearth representations of the historically marginalised.

Now nominated for the New Critics & New Audiences Award 2024, Greek-Austrian filmmaker Anna Vasof elaborates on the family tragedy at the heart of her film.

The London-based Four Chambers situates itself deliberately on the punctum where art and porn meet. “Porn works best when it’s about exploring sexual desires and one’s creativity around sex in a way that doesn’t feel bounded by a need to make it look faultless.”

Syllas Tzoumerkas talks about his short film My Mother Is a Saint, an eight-minute “religious slapstick” starring Angeliki Papoulia.

Filmmaker Janaina Wagner, part of the Berlinale Talents 2023 class, talks about her past and future projects.