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Teresa Vena


459 articles available in total starting from 09/04/2018. Last article published on 01/07/2025.

Mala Reinhardt • Director of Mother/Language

Interview: Mala Reinhardt • Director of Mother/Language

“The stories I want to tell seem to interest people, and this motivates me to continue making films”

After last year’s Familiar Places, the German helmer continues exploring questions of identity and origins from an intimate perspective in her upcoming feature  

12/02 | /Germany

Tim Kuhn • Cinematographer on 22 Bahnen

Interview: Tim Kuhn • Cinematographer on 22 Bahnen

“I'm always looking for something authentic – for realism in the world we create on film”

The German DoP discusses the challenges of his current project, an adaptation of Caroline Wahl’s novel of the same name, helmed by director Mia Maariel Meyer  

12/02 | /Germany

Mariko Minoguchi • Director of Die andere Seite

Interview: Mariko Minoguchi • Director of Die andere Seite

“For me, cinema was always a place where I could learn to feel”

The German director tells us more about her upcoming film, starring Nina Hoss, and about her approach to storytelling in general  

12/02 | /Germany

Christine von Fragstein • Co-initiator, Fair Play Film + Culture

Interview: Christine von Fragstein • Co-initiator, Fair Play Film + Culture

"We have to educate and encourage people to speak up when injustice occurs"

We talked to one of the founders of the new network of coaches aiming to make the German film industry a fairer workplace  

11/02 | /Germany

Alexandra Makarová • Director of Perla

Interview: Alexandra Makarová • Director of Perla

“It might be difficult to have sympathy for Perla because people grow up with this mother figure that’s always caring and loving”

The Austrian director unpicks her portrait of a woman and mother, detailing her inspiration and how her own background influenced the script  

06/02 | IFFR 2025 | Tiger Competition

German Films' Face to Face initiative celebrates its tenth anniversary

German Films' Face to Face initiative celebrates its tenth anniversary

As part of the current campaign, seven up-and-coming talents from the German film industry will be presented during the Berlinale  

06/02 | Industry | Market | Germany

Noëlle Bastin, Baptiste Bogaert • Directors of Vitrival – The Most Beautiful Village in the World

Interview: Noëlle Bastin, Baptiste Bogaert • Directors of Vitrival – The Most Beautiful Village in the World

"It was important for us to interfere as little as possible with our fiction in the way people really live"

We talked to the filmmaking duo about their new film, its anchor in reality and their work with non-professional actors  

06/02 | IFFR 2025 | Tiger Competition

Ivan Salatić • Director of Wondrous Is the Silence of My Master

Interview: Ivan Salatić • Director of Wondrous Is the Silence of My Master

"It's more about stripping things off than adding layers to the acting"

We talked to the Montenegrin director about his second feature, its setting, its historical inspiration and the power of language  

06/02 | IFFR 2025 | Tiger Competition

Jan-Henrik Stahlberg • Director of Muxmäuschenstill X

Interview: Jan-Henrik Stahlberg • Director of Muxmäuschenstill X

“This film offers the viewer the rare and great gift of trusting them – nowadays, there is fear everywhere”

The German director tells us more about low-budget production conditions and about his motivations to make this sequel to 2003’s Quiet as a Mouse  

30/01 | Max Ophüls Prize 2025

Lauro Cress • Director of Ungeduld des Herzens

Interview: Lauro Cress • Director of Ungeduld des Herzens

“I wanted to show that my protagonist wants to have a purpose in life; he wants to be part of something”

The German director of the recent Max Ophüls Prize winner tells us more about his approach to his characters and how he went about casting the film  

29/01 | Max Ophüls Prize 2025

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