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Teresa Vena


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

Faggots wins the Audacity Award at the Oldenburg Film Festival

Faggots wins the Audacity Award at the Oldenburg Film Festival

The black-and-white, experimental satire by first-time directors Dominik Krawiecki and Patrycja Płanik was among the discoveries in Oldenburg  

20/09/2021 | Festivals | Awards | Germany

Sinje Köhler  • Director of Viva Forever

Interview: Sinje Köhler  • Director of Viva Forever

“Real friendships have a solid base that won't alter with age, something that stays forever”

The German director’s debut explores the dynamics behind long-lasting friendships  

16/09/2021 | /Germany

Shooting of Measures of Men by Lars Kraume starts in Namibia

Shooting of Measures of Men by Lars Kraume starts in Namibia

The German director's new feature is set in former German South West Africa at the time of the Herero and Nama genocide  

16/09/2021 | Production | Funding | Germany

Gianluca Matarrese  • Director of The Last Chapter

Interview: Gianluca Matarrese • Director of The Last Chapter

“I wanted to convey the proximity and feeling of trust that Bernard and I shared”

VENICE 2021: The Italian director presents a highly intimate and touching portrait of a wounded and lonesome soul  

14/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | International Film Critics’ Week

Gábor Fabricius • Director of Erasing Frank

Interview: Gábor Fabricius • Director of Erasing Frank

“I don't think it's possible to recreate something real by building a set; the right sets have to be found”

VENICE 2021: This black-and-white drama about the abusive method of the Hungarian regime in the 1980s also reflects the present  

07/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | International Film Critics’ Week

Eric Gravel • Director of Full Time

Interview: Eric Gravel • Director of Full Time

“Laure Calamy has the rare capacity to express drama and comedy at the same time”

VENICE 2021: The new movie from the filmmaker has as a protagonist an ambitious woman trying to combine family and work  

07/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Orizzonti

Matteo Tortone  • Director of Mother Lode

Interview: Matteo Tortone • Director of Mother Lode

“As soon as I knew that the story would be set in Peru, I wanted to limit the exotic vision we normally have of the country”

VENICE 2021: The Italian director unpicks his black-and-white social drama that follows a young man willing to sacrifice his life in a gold mine in Peru  

06/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | International Film Critics’ Week

Yuri Ancarani  • Director of Atlantide

Interview: Yuri Ancarani • Director of Atlantide

“I wanted to create something beautiful; we are not used to beautiful things any more”

VENICE 2021: In his film, the Italian director focuses on a group of teenagers, showing a side of Venice that normally remains hidden to outsiders  

04/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Orizzonti

Shooting of the series Eldorado KaDeWe by Julia von Heinz starts in Berlin and Budapest

Shooting of the series Eldorado KaDeWe by Julia von Heinz starts in Berlin and Budapest

Several German TV channels, together with Constantin and UFA, are producing this high-end series that uses the famous KaDeWe warehouse in Berlin as its setting  

26/08/2021 | Production | Funding | Germany

Elene Naveriani  • Director of Wet Sand

Interview: Elene Naveriani • Director of Wet Sand

"Censorship, terror and silence won’t stop us"

The Georgian director’s drama recounts a love story between two men who are forced to hide for decades  

24/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Cineasti del Presente

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