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Teresa Vena


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

The German-French film funding commission grants €940,000 to four German-French co-productions

The German-French film funding commission grants €940,000 to four German-French co-productions

Among the supported projects are three feature films and an animated project, all of which are directed by women  

29/06/2022 | Production | Funding | Germany/France

Dear Thomas wins big at the German Lola Awards

Dear Thomas wins big at the German Lola Awards

A total of nine prizes have gone to the biopic of GDR author Thomas Brasch, directed by Andreas Kleinert and starring Albrecht Schuch in the main role  

27/06/2022 | Festivals | Awards | Germany

German outfit Augenschein producing The Dive, its next English-language thriller after 7500

German outfit Augenschein producing The Dive, its next English-language thriller after 7500

Maximilian Erlenwein has shot the action-adventure movie with actresses Sophie Lowe and Louisa Krause, who play two sisters trapped down in the depths of the sea  

24/06/2022 | Production | Funding | Germany

Natalia Sinelnikova  • Director of We Might as Well Be Dead

Interview: Natalia Sinelnikova • Director of We Might as Well Be Dead

“The camera acted as an aquarium: it was static, but still dynamic and always ever so slightly distorted”

We spoke to the Berlin-based director about her tragicomedy, revolving around a community of people consumed by fear  

13/06/2022 | Tribeca 2022

Véréna Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor  • Directors of De Humani Corporis Fabrica

Interview: Véréna Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor • Directors of De Humani Corporis Fabrica

"We were mainly interested in the perversity of our relationship with our bodies"

CANNES 2022: The new documentary by French-British directors and anthropologists opens the human body to the cinema  

01/06/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Directors' Fortnight

Shaunak Sen  • Director of All That Breathes

Interview: Shaunak Sen • Director of All That Breathes

"The most important thing was to build a relationship of trust to be able to shoot with the whole family"

CANNES 2022: New Delhi’s notoriously polluted air is in the centre of the acclaimed documentary by the Indian filmmaker, which has received the festival's Golden Eye award  

01/06/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Special Screenings

Emin Alper • Director of Burning Days

Interview: Emin Alper • Director of Burning Days

"This film is completely about a society which is dominated by men and their inner conflict"

CANNES 2022: The Turkish filmmaker discusses gender and social status (and the disadvantages that come from them) to give us the lowdown on his latest film  

31/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard

Jasmine Trinca  • Director of Marcel!

Interview: Jasmine Trinca • Director of Marcel!

"I wanted to talk about a woman who doesn’t have her limits imposed by the society... but has others"

CANNES 2022: The Italian actress talks about her first steps as a feature film director with a tale of a special mother-daughter relationship  

31/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Special Screenings

Pános H Koútras  • Director of Dodo

Interview: Pános H Koútras • Director of Dodo

“The dodo shows what man is capable of: he’s capable of exterminating anything and everything”

CANNES 2022: The Greek director discusses the significance of the titular bird and using family as one of his sources of inspiration  

30/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Cannes Première

Chie Hayakawa  • Director of Plan 75

Interview: Chie Hayakawa • Director of Plan 75

"There is a feeling of hatred among young people towards elderly in Japanese society, because they think they have to pay for them and won’t get anything back"

CANNES 2022: The Japanese director discusses her first feature, a film of great acuity about the topic of euthanasia which received a Special Mention from the Caméra d'Or jury  

30/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard

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