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Teresa Vena


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

Shamira Raphaëla  • Director of Shabu

Interview: Shamira Raphaëla • Director of Shabu

“In the end, every documentary is always fiction; there is no such thing as an objective documentary”

BERLINALE 2022: In the Dutch director’s film, the titular Shabu invites the viewer to spend a very special summer with him  

10/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Generation

Edgar Pêra  • Director of Kinorama – Beyond the Walls of the Real

Interview: Edgar Pêra • Director of Kinorama – Beyond the Walls of the Real

“I am not attracted to realism, because I have so many more options to create a new reality”

The Portuguese director challenges the visual habits of the audience with his 3D documentary  

04/02/2022 | IFFR 2022 | Harbour

Claire Doyon • Director of Penelope My Love

Interview: Claire Doyon • Director of Penelope My Love

“The camera felt like a weapon as well as a shield”

The French director’s documentary offers a very intimate insight into the story of her family and her daughter's illness  

04/02/2022 | IFFR 2022 | Harbour

Frauke Havemann • Director of Be Right Back

Interview: Frauke Havemann • Director of Be Right Back

"It's about giving possibilities or limitations, and less of a psychology or a historical background"

The German director's slightly enigmatic and at times nearly psychedelic feature is screening at Slamdance  

02/02/2022 | Slamdance 2022

Mabrouk El Mechri • Director of Kung Fu Zohra

Interview: Mabrouk El Mechri • Director of Kung Fu Zohra

"I wanted my daughter to get her own Rocky"

Inspired by The Karate Kid, the French director presents a strong woman who fights for her rights and her daughter  

02/02/2022 | IFFR 2022 | Big Screen Competition

Marianne Blicher • Director of Miss Viborg

Interview: Marianne Blicher • Director of Miss Viborg

"I wanted to make the film look like a fairy-tale in the ghetto, with a lot of colours and depth, symbolising hope"

The Danish director tells a story set in a social housing area of her country, and she discusses the characters of her story, her choice of actors and the visual concept of the film  

01/02/2022 | Göteborg 2022

Marten Persiel  • Director of Everything Will Change

Interview: Marten Persiel • Director of Everything Will Change

“I wanted the film to be a celebration of both nature and nature filmmaking”

This docu-fiction is a painful but intriguing roller coaster through what the Earth might look like in a few generations’ time  

01/02/2022 | Max Ophüls Prize 2022

Alli Haapasalo  • Director of Girl Picture

Interview: Alli Haapasalo • Director of Girl Picture

"It was very important for me to talk about girlhood in a way that would be a fresher take on the films about young adults I saw as a teenager"

A mature and emancipated depiction of girlhood is at the centre of this visually appealing Finnish coming-of-age film  

31/01/2022 | Sundance 2022 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Moneyboys and Soul of a Beast win big at the 2022 Max Ophüls Prize

Moneyboys and Soul of a Beast win big at the 2022 Max Ophüls Prize

CB Yi’s film has won the Award for Best Feature Film, among other prizes, while Lorenz Merz’s outing won the Award for Best Director at this year's edition of the festival  

31/01/2022 | Max Ophüls Prize 2022 | Awards

Manuel Arija  • Director of Ultrainnocence

Interview: Manuel Arija • Director of Ultrainnocence

“I liked the fact that it recalls a 1970s aesthetic”

We talked to the director about his cinematic quest for a divine presence, which is set to premiere at this year's Slamdance  

28/01/2022 | Slamdance 2022

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