The Great Presence. Asian Representation at the 71st San Sebastian International Film Festival Łukasz Mańkowski January 2024 Festival Reports Over the past several years, San Sebastian IFF has slowly become one of the major European platforms for showcasing Asian Cinema. Priority might be given to Spanish language or Latin Cinema, but the shift towar...
Do you feel lonely standing here? A conversation with Na Jiazuo Łukasz Mańkowski January 2022 Interviews 2021 was an interesting year for Chinese Cinema. Propaganda celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party dominated mainstream productions,while a few indie filmmakers made their way back ont...
Daydreaming Through Boundaries: A Conversation with Queena Li Łukasz Mańkowski May 2021 Interviews Premiering during the online edition of this year's International Film Festival Rotterdam in the Tiger Competition section, Queena Li’s Bipolar is a seductive debut. It tells the story of a young woman setting ...
The Violence of Privacy: A Conversation with Kazuo Hara Łukasz Mańkowski January 2021 Interviews After riding onto the film festival circuit with the Japanese New Wave, Kazuo Hara has established himself as a key figure in Japanese non-fiction cinema, with Errol Morris calling him “an undiscovered genius o...
The Unbearable Object of Liminality: A Conversation with Zheng Lu Xinyuan Łukasz Mańkowski July 2020 Interviews For the third time in a row, the Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) went to a newcomer from China. This year, it was bestowed upon Zheng Lu Xinyuan’s debut, Ta fang jian li de yun ...
