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Teresa Vena


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

Apolline Traoré • Director of Sira

Interview: Apolline Traoré • Director of Sira

“I wanted to enable the audience to feel what the community in that area is feeling right now”

BERLINALE 2023: We met up with the Burkinabé director, who presents a thriller about terrorism in which a woman finds superhuman strength to fight for the future  

25/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Panorama

Tia Kouvo • Director of Family Time

Interview: Tia Kouvo • Director of Family Time

“Everything has to feel true to me”

BERLINALE 2023: The Finnish director told us about her feature debut and her desire to see a more truthful depiction of the family  

25/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Encounters

João Canijo • Director of Bad Living and Living Bad

Interview: João Canijo • Director of Bad Living and Living Bad

"Mothers can make the life of their daughters a misery"

BERLINALE 2023: We talked to the Portuguese director about hotels that can feel like prisons and the unbearable weight of family  

23/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition/Encounters

Christian Petzold • Director of Afire

Interview: Christian Petzold • Director of Afire

“Most of the time sex scenes don't bring anything of value to the story"

BERLINALE 2023: We talked to the director about his portrait of an unsecure artist and his journey to become a real author  

23/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition

Robert Schwentke • Director of Seneca - On the Creation of Earthquakes

Interview: Robert Schwentke • Director of Seneca - On the Creation of Earthquakes

"The film asks: is the educated elite a victim of tyranny or an opportunistic collaborator?"

BERLINALE 2023: We talked to the director about his fascination for the ambiguous figure of Roman times philosopher Seneca  

23/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Berlinale Special

Emily Atef • Director of Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything

Interview: Emily Atef • Director of Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything

“Cinema has to be as sensual as possible”

BERLINALE 2023: We spoke to the German-French director about her adaptation of Daniela Krien’s historical novel and coming-of-age story  

23/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition

Léa Fehner • Director of Midwives

Interview: Léa Fehner • Director of Midwives

“The camera dances and follows this collective body which makes everything work"

BERLINALE 2023: We talked to the French director about her highly intimate and distressing portrayal of the midwifery profession  

21/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Panorama

Milad Alami • Director of Opponent

Interview: Milad Alami • Director of Opponent

“Wrestling is a sport with a lot of stereotypical male ideas attached to it, which I wanted to shatter completely”

BERLINALE 2023: We spoke to the Swedish-Iranian director about his drama revolving around freedom and the quest for a better future  

20/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Panorama

İlker Çatak • Director of The Teachers’ Lounge

Interview: İlker Çatak • Director of The Teachers’ Lounge

“Sometimes you do everything right, but it's still wrong”

BERLINALE 2023: We talked to the German director about his school microcosm and how it is a reflection of broader society  

18/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023

Reza Memari • Director of The Last Whale Singer

Interview: Reza Memari • Director of The Last Whale Singer

“Animation is not a genre, but a medium with which you can tell any kind of story”

We spoke to the German-Iranian filmmaker about the potential of animation and his upcoming multi-format project  

17/02/2023 | /Germany/Czech Republic/Canada

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