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Teresa Vena


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

German indie horror film Empty Crib to wrap post-production imminently

German indie horror film Empty Crib to wrap post-production imminently

The debut feature by writer-producer Ivy Thomas and director Tom Wolt has been made without any public funds and stars a British cast  

01/04 | Production | Funding | Germany

German satirical drama film Hygge currently in post-production

German satirical drama film Hygge currently in post-production

The debut feature by Lena Falker and Zarah Schrade, revolving around a fictive reality TV show, will mix social satire with horror and star a promising young cast  

01/04 | Production | Funding | Germany

Mattias J Skoglund  • Director of The Home

Interview: Mattias J Skoglund • Director of The Home

“I wanted to create a tone that would be very raw, intimate and slightly uncanny”

The Swedish director breaks down his indie horror flick set in a retirement home, which is based on a novel by Mats Strandberg  

10/03 | SXSW 2025

Uta Briesewitz • Director of American Sweatshop

Interview: Uta Briesewitz • Director of American Sweatshop

"It's important how sexual violence against women is portrayed. You can do it in a way that serves the topic, but you can also do it in a way that makes it look like advertising"

We talked to the German filmmaker about her latest film, which looks at the effects of social media on its consumers  

10/03 | SXSW 2025

Lionel Baier • Director of The Safe House

Interview: Lionel Baier • Director of The Safe House

“I was able to talk about the Holocaust without having to make a historical film”

BERLINALE 2025: The Swiss director unpicks his understanding of fiction and his artistic approach to the literary source of his feature, an autobiographical novel by Christophe Boltanski  

20/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Competition

Petra Volpe • Director of Late Shift

Interview: Petra Volpe • Director of Late Shift

"The film is a declaration of love for the nursing profession"

BERLINALE 2025: We talked to the Swiss-Italian filmmaker about the inspiration and intention behind her latest feature, as well as her research and writing process  

19/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Berlinale Special

Iván Fund • Director of The Message

Interview: Iván Fund • Director of The Message

"What family really means for me is the act of being present"

BERLINALE 2025: The Argentinian filmmaker talks about the genesis of his latest feature, working with both professional and non-professional actors, and his discovery of the film's theme song  

18/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Competition

Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski • Director of The Memory of Butterflies

Interview: Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski • Director of The Memory of Butterflies

"This showed once again to me, that documentary is never objective, it's always about the perspective"

BERLINALE 2025: We talked to the Peruvian filmmaker about her documentary, how she got interested in its subject and how she approached archive images  

17/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Forum

Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay  • Director of Hysteria

Interview: Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay • Director of Hysteria

“I wanted to describe my world as I know it, and this film is a continuation of that”

BERLINALE 2025: The German-Turkish director breaks down his new drama feature and the need for humans to be able to communicate  

17/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Panorama

Bálint Dániel Sós • Director of Growing Down

Interview: Bálint Dániel Sós • Director of Growing Down

"We felt that this is a kind of timeless tragedy"

BERLINALE 2025: We talked to the Hungarian filmmaker about what inspired his debut feature, which tackles the moral and emotional dilemmas faced by parents  

15/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Perspectives

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