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Teresa Vena


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

Lea Najjar • Director of Kash Kash

Interview: Lea Najjar • Director of Kash Kash

“It was necessary to constantly refocus on this microcosm and find a way to express something bigger through it”

The winner of Best Documentary Film at this year’s First Steps Awards talks about her approach to the singular world portrayed in the movie and its protagonists  

29/09/2022 | /Qatar/Lebanon/Germany

Shooting is under way on historical thriller Red Stars Upon the Field

Shooting is under way on historical thriller Red Stars Upon the Field

German director and author Laura Laabs directs a crime story interweaving different eras in Germany's history  

29/09/2022 | Production | Funding | Germany

Torsten Frehse • CEO, European Work in Progress

Interview: Torsten Frehse • CEO, European Work in Progress

“It's a way to get a first impression of the filmmaker’s ‘signature’, which is especially important with younger directors”

In Cologne, ongoing film projects will be presented as works in progress to a professional network of producers, distributors and festival programmers  

27/09/2022 | /Germany

Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness comes out on top at the 2022 Filmkunstmesse

Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness comes out on top at the 2022 Filmkunstmesse

A slew of recently premiered international film productions have been presented to German distributors and programmers at the Leipzig-based event  

26/09/2022 | Festivals | Awards | Germany

Aron Lehmann adapts a female-centric bestseller with What You Can See From Here

Aron Lehmann adapts a female-centric bestseller with What You Can See From Here

The film, based on the novel by German author Mariana Leky, stars Corinna Harfouch and Luna Wedler in the lead roles  

21/09/2022 | Production | Funding | Germany

David Preute • Director of Rogue Trader

Interview: David Preute • Director of Rogue Trader

"We shot in English for marketing reasons, but also because it makes sense in terms of content"

The German director talks to us about his first feature film, which he dedicated to the world of finance  

20/09/2022 | /Germany

Basil Khalil • Director of A Gaza Weekend

Interview: Basil Khalil • Director of A Gaza Weekend

“I think with comedy, you can reach people who wouldn't otherwise want to hear stories from a place with such tough issues”

In his first feature, the London-based Palestinian director parodies the situation in Gaza by crafting a satirical and irreverent comedy  

19/09/2022 | Toronto 2022 | Discovery

Christoph Hochhäusler's new thriller Till the End of the Night is in post-production

Christoph Hochhäusler's new thriller Till the End of the Night is in post-production

A German-Austrian cast composed of Timocin Ziegler, Thea Ehre and Michael Sideris are to play the main characters in this story of crime and love  

16/09/2022 | Production | Funding | Germany

Cesc Gay • Director of Stories Not to Be Told

Interview: Cesc Gay • Director of Stories Not to Be Told

“I felt as if I had this big orchestra of musicians, and I had to be the conductor”

In his new comedy, the Spanish director uses an episodic structure to tell several unusual love stories  

16/09/2022 | Toronto 2022 | Special Presentations

Pola Beck's literary adaptation All Russians Love Birch Trees to be released this autumn

Pola Beck's literary adaptation All Russians Love Birch Trees to be released this autumn

The second feature by the German director is based on the best-selling novel by German-Azerbaijani author Olga Grjasnowa and stars Aylin Tezel in the main role  

15/09/2022 | Production | Funding | Germany

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