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      Savina Petkova
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Author Savina Petkova

Savina Petkova

Savina Petkova is a Bulgarian freelance film critic, programmer, and educator based in London. She is currently finishing a doctorate at King's College London and specialises in contemporary European cinema.

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Savina Petkova
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Interviews
When Last Summer (2023) premiered at the Cannes Main Competition earlier this year, everyone expected a scandalous film. A massive age gap, incestuous themes, and, boy, does the internet love such discourse! Bu...

Searching for Eros: the 76th Cannes Film Festival

Savina Petkova
August 2023
Festival Reports
For some, their first experience of attending the Cannes film festival is love at first sight: the slow-burning infatuation with the idea of sharing the same air across historical times in the same idyllic spac...

Human is only human when vulnerable: An Interview With Michel Franco

Savina Petkova
May 2022
Interviews
In less than 20 years, writer-director Michel Franco has carved a niche for himself in the more austere parts of world cinema. The Mexican filmmaker has never shied away from representing thorny issues on scree...

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