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Teresa Vena


460 articles available in total starting from 09/04/2018. Last article published on 02/07/2025.

Pak Dosin  • Senior programmer, Busan International Film Festival

Interview: Pak Dosin • Senior programmer, Busan International Film Festival

“I am pleased to see that a considerable number of young female filmmakers are emerging and imposing themselves”

The senior programmer explains the status of non-Asian movies at South Korea's biggest film festival and shares the gathering’s goals  

18/10/2023 | Busan 2023

Katharina Huber  • Director of A Good Place

Interview: Katharina Huber • Director of A Good Place

“It was important to me that the film should not look too picturesque or too pretty”

We talked with the German director about her inspiration for and her artistic approach to her dystopian feature debut  

28/09/2023 | /Germany

Piet Baumgartner finishes filming Bagger Drama

Piet Baumgartner finishes filming Bagger Drama

The shoot for the Swiss construction-site drama, which stars Bettina Stucky in the lead role, took place in August and September in and around Berne  

26/09/2023 | Production | Funding | Switzerland

Shooting wraps for Maria Brendle’s Frieda's Case

Shooting wraps for Maria Brendle’s Frieda's Case

The first feature-length film by the Swiss director is a historical drama based on a real-life case that shook her home country in 1904  

26/09/2023 | Production | Funding | Switzerland

Sara Summa • Director of Arthur & Diana

Interview: Sara Summa • Director of Arthur & Diana

“I always begin a project with an image that engraves itself on my mind”

For her second feature, the French-Italian director has crafted a multilayered brother-and-sister story, containing certain autobiographical elements  

12/09/2023 | Toronto 2023 | Discovery

Jannis Alexander Kiefer’s tragicomedy Wiesenwood ready for release

Jannis Alexander Kiefer’s tragicomedy Wiesenwood ready for release

For his first feature, set in the countryside, the German director has focused on the dynamics of rural politics  

31/08/2023 | Production | Funding | Germany

Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay wraps production on his second feature, Hysteria

Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay wraps production on his second feature, Hysteria

After his award-winning directorial debut, Oray, the German-Turkish filmmaker presents an intriguing story toplined by The Empress star Devrim Lingnau  

31/08/2023 | Production | Funding | Germany

Ran Huang  • Director of What Remains

Interview: Ran Huang • Director of What Remains

“It's not about the truth, but about my understanding of it”

The Chinese director gives us the low-down on his unusual serial-killer story and his encounter with the Skarsgård family  

17/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Out of competition

Hugues Hariche  • Director of Rivière

Interview: Hugues Hariche • Director of Rivière

“The idea was to start with this damaged character and see how she could escape from her situation through her encounters”

The Swiss-French director breaks down the inspiration for his intimate coming-of-age film, his approach to the aesthetics and what ice hockey means to him personally  

17/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Cineasti del presente

María Gisèle Royo, Julia de Castro  • Directors of On the Go

Interview: María Gisèle Royo, Julia de Castro • Directors of On the Go

“How can you consider being a mother when it's the first time that the doors are wide open for female filmmakers?”

The Spanish directors of the experimental road movie open up about motherhood and self-love  

17/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Cineasti del presente

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