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Emma Huet and Tina Muffler on collective working, the ‘queer second puberty’, and their Dresden-winner BLEIFREI 95

Date: 28-05-2026

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

Emma Huet (he/him) and Tina Muffler (they/them) are two-thirds of the Kollektiv Schwestern, who met during a theatre programme and have directed several performances for the stage.  Their first short film BLEIFREI 95, premiered at Locarno Film Festival, and recently...


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Felix Foltas

Date: 14-02-2026

Posted by: Jess Sweetman


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  • Max Ophüls Preis

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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