Felix Foltas
Date: 14-02-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Simon Maria Kubiena On Playful Shoots, Non-Professional Actors, and Film As Emotional Truth
Date: 26-01-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Austrian filmmaker Simon Maria Kubiena is the filmmaker behind AT HOME I FEEL LIKE LEAVING, which appears on T-Port courtesy of our partners at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg and the Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis. The tour for the film recently...
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Lighthouse Selections 2025: Riki Rotter’s ‘stories that live in the space between silence and rebellion’
Date: 19-01-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Israeli filmmaker Riki Rotter didn’t watch any films or TV as a child, growing up in an ultra-orthodox community until the age of 18 meant that she discovered cinema as an adult, as enthralling. We talked to the filmmaker, whose...
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Meyer Levinson-Blount on the Oscar Shortlist and creating a human story around a controversial subject
Date: 12-01-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
When this year’s Oscar Shortlist was announced, director Meyer Levinson-Blount was in the middle of moving house, only to receive the best housewarming gift imaginable – a place on the list. We chatted to the director, who made BUTCHER’S STAIN...
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Lighthouse Selections 2025: Betina Kuntzsch on the films that just want to be made
Date: 07-01-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Betina Kuntzsch is the filmmaker behind the animated documentary SKY LIKE SILK, FULL OF ORANGES, which was picked by guest curator Jukka-Pekka Laakso as part of the 2025 T-Port Lighthouse Selections. The animated short, created in her own style which...
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Lighthouse Selections 2025: Esben Sloth on Kieślowski, Imagination, and Finding the Perfect Staircase
Date: 10-12-2025
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Filmmaker Esben Sloth was born and raised in Denmark, studied film in the Czech Republic, and harbours dreams of moving to Sao Paulo, all contributing to the aesthetic and themes of his 2025 T-Port Lighthouse-selected film ŽEBRA, which caught the...
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Lighthouse Selections 2025: Antonia Lindner on her very human dramas and DON’T LET GO
Date: 26-11-2025
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
29-year-old filmmaker Antonia Lindner is currently based in Munich, but a lifetime of living in different places have led to her seeing herself as “belonging nowhere.” We caught up with the filmmaker, whose T-Port Lighthouse-selected short film DON’T LET GO...
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Christofer Nilsson on DIY Filmmaking, Sad Towns, and Script Pool Tallinn
Date: 12-11-2025
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Writer/director Christofer Nilsson is currently based in Malmö, but grew up in the Swedish countryside. He was selected to take part in this year’s Script Pool Tallinn at the Discover Campus at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, and his film...
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Teresa Väli on Script Pool Tallinn and Telling Your Own Story
Date: 11-11-2025
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
36-year-old Estonian filmmaker Teresa Väli was selected to take part in this year’s Script Pool Tallinn at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, and her short film WHITE NIGHT is currently available for streaming by Professional Subscribers on T-Port. In...
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Polina Piddubna on Skydiving Grannies, Empowering Animation, and the First Steps Award
Date: 30-10-2025
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Polina Piddubna is a Ukrainian filmmaker who has been living in Germany since 2019. Their film MY GRANDMOTHER IS A SKYDIVER premiered at Cannes and was selected for the prestigious First Steps Award. We caught up with the filmmaker to...
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