Interview between RedCut and Alin Tasciyan

Interview with Pascale Fakhry, executive director of ALFILM – Arab Film Festival in Berlin

Pascale Fakhry is the Executive Director of ALFILM – Arab Film Festival Berlin. She holds a PhD in Film and Gender Studies from Paris 3 University (Sorbonne Nouvelle), France, and has authored numerous articles on gender and representation in American genre cinema....

Redcut’s interview with Mehrnoush Alia

Mehrnoush Alia is an Iranian filmmaker and playwright. She received her MFA from Columbia University Film Program and her BA in Film Studies and Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley. Her debut feature, 1001 Frames, premiered at Berlinale 2025 and is the official...

Conversation between Mike Figgis and Mania Akbari, “Part One”

Mania: As I was checking my flight seat numbers from London to Venice, my eyes fell upon a tall, muscular man with bright, curly hair and fair skin. I felt like I had seen him somewhere before. After hesitating for a moment, I passed by him, unsure if I was mistaken,...

On the Precarity of Freedom

By Amin Pakparvar Libido can be regarded as the emotional force underlying human expressions of love, originating from an individual's affection toward oneself and subsequently extending to the external world. Loving another person or object represents an expansion of...

Unsettled Reality, Tomorrow’s Imagination

Markéta Jakešová & Mania Akbari This selection of seven films by young Iranian women filmmakers explores the fragile and shifting nature of contemporary existence through their unique perspectives. With intimate narratives and striking visuals, these works...

Women in the Field of Struggle”: Which Women in Which Field?

By Pegah Pezeshki The following text is based on nine films by Arab women filmmakers under the title "The Place of the Arab Woman in Struggle," written by Pegah Pezeshki. This collection, curated by Giovanni Vimercati, was presented at Cryptofiction. When we think of...

Representation of Politics in Cinema: From the Oppressor’s Gaze to an Ideological Narrative

by: Kianoosh Akhbari Before delving into the subject, let us clarify that this discussion will not indulge in superficial praise of a filmmaker's courage, nor will it attach hollow, overblown accolades to a work in a way that distracts from serious, critical...

Andrea Luka Zimmerman, a Wayfaring Stranger

by Armin Etemadi Andrea Luka Zimmerman’s cinema is basically about the empty and un-narrated spaces between the lines. She puts her finger on outcast human beings of whom no traces can be seen in the media, in history, or in any other marketable material, as though...

Redcut’s interview with Sepide Berenji about her short film “Raya”.

Sepide Berenji, poet, writer, director, teacher, and head of the Majara Film School, holds a Bachelor's degree in Persian Language and Literature from the University of Tehran and a Master's degree in Cinema. Her short film "Raya" has been selected for major Iranian...

Interview with Nina Menkes by Mania Akbari

Editor: Marketa Jakesova Considered a cinematic feminist pioneer and one of America’s foremost independent filmmakers, Nina Menkes has shown widely in major international film festivals including multiple premieres at Sundance, the Berlinale, Cannes, Rotterdam,...

Interview between RedCut and Alin Tasciyan

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