'I want to mirror the past for it not to happen in the future'
- Ahmad Bahrami on The Wastetown and making films in Iran https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2023-01-12-ahmad-bahrami-on-the-wastetown-and-making-films-in-iran-feature-story-by-amber-wilkinson #TheWastetown #PÖFF26 #IranianFilm #film #Iran

"This is a story in triplicate and the restraint of the performances and the use of sound design as much as visuals to bring home the shock of violence all add to the film’s brooding brutality." - we look at Ahmad Bahrami's The Wastetown https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/the-wastetown-2022-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson #film #TheWastetown #poff26

'I decided to challenge myself. I told my actors, my DOP and all my crew that we are naked, in a way, in front of the camera, I'm not going to cover you, I'm not going to cover myself either' Gentian Koçi’ and Blerina Hankollari talk to us about A Cup Of Coffee And New Shoes On https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2022-12-23-gentian-koci-in-conversation-about-a-cup-of-coffee-and-new-shoes-on-feature-story-by-amber-wilkinson #PÖFF26 #film #ACupOfCoffeeAndNewShoesOn #GentianKoci #BlerinaHankollari

"Visual storytelling is appropriately to the fore in the latest film from Albanian director Gentian Koçi, although his film about two Deaf identical twins also makes skilful use of heightened sound design" - we review A Cup Of Coffee And New Shoes On https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/a-cup-of-coffee-and-new-shoes-on-2022-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson #poff26 #Oscars #ACupOfCoffeeAndNewShoesOn #film

Director Titas Laucius tells us about the absurdity in Parade and the challenges of making his first feature https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2022-12-08-titus-laucius-on-comedy-catholocism-and-the-challenges-of-his-debut-feature-parade-feature-story-by-amber-wilkinson #PÖFF26 #film #TitasLaucius #Parade

"Laucius’ has a warm approach to comedy, allowing the humour to develop from the enjoyably messy ins and outs of the situations the characters find themselves in" - we take a look at Parade https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/parade-2022-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson #PÖFF26

"It's important to me because it's a very personal film... I'm sort of paying respect to my father who was a playwright" - Filmmaker Hilmar Oddsson chats to us about #PÖFF26 Grand Prix winner Driving Mum

Driving Mum takes Grand Prix at Tallinn Black Nights https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/news/2022-11-26-driving-mum-speeds-off-with-top-prize-in-tallinn-news-story-by-amber-wilkinson #DrivingMum #PÖFF26 #GrandPrix #film

'You cannot direct the children, the children direct you' - Remember To Blink stars Dovile Kundrotaite and Anne Azoulay talk about the challenges of working in two languages and working with kids #PÖFF26 #film #RememberToBlink #interview #AnneAzoulay #DovileKundrotaite

2When you have something driving you from inside, you just do it," Austeja Urbaite chats to us about her ambitious debut feature Remember To Blink https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2022-11-24-adopting-different-perspectives-austeja-urbaite-chats-about-her-first-feature-remember-to-blink-feature-story-by-amber-wilkinson #PÖFF26 #RememberToBlink #Adoption #film

A man suffering from memory loss finds himself confronting his unpalatable forgotten past in Wake Me #PÖFF26 #WakeMe #film #Amnesia

"Oddson maintains a melancholy mood and finds ways to shift his narrative from everyday absurdity to full-on surreality and back again" - we take a look at absurdist Icelandic road movie Driving Mum https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/driving-mum-2022-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson #PÖFF26 #DrivingMum #Iceland #film

A pregnant teenager finds solidarity and strength at a group home for other pregnant youngsters in La Maternal https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/la-maternal-2022-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson #PÖFF26 #LaMaternal #TeenagePregnancy #film

"I was fascinated by the story. I think it's a very important project," composer Christine Aufderhaar talks to us about scoring Aurora's Sunrise https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2022-11-20-christine-aufderhaar-on-composing-the-score-for-auroras-sunrise-feature-story-by-amber-wilkinson #AurorasSunrise #PÖFF26 #Armenia #Film

Fractured relationships and compassion lie at the heart of Lukas Dhont's tale of childhood friendship, Close https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/close-2022-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson #PÖFF26 #film #Close #adolescene