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Teresa Vena


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

Laila Petersen-Jama • Storyboarder

Interview: Laila Petersen-Jama • Storyboarder

“I translate into pictures the emotions of the characters”

We talked to the Danish-born, Germany-based storyboarder to find out more about the particularities of her job profile  

16/04/2021 | /Germany

Jieun Yi  • Cinematographer

Interview: Jieun Yi • Cinematographer

“I like the role I have as a cinematographer and I want to make films with others, not alone”

The cinematographer, who studied at the Babelsberg‘s Konrad Wolf Film University, talks about working with German independent filmmakers  

14/04/2021 | /Germany

The German-French film funding commission grants €950,000 to three co-productions

The German-French film funding commission grants €950,000 to three co-productions

The films are being directed by Élise Girard, Mia Hansen-Løve and Noémie Lvovsky, and star Isabelle Huppert and Léa Seydoux, among others  

12/04/2021 | Production | Funding | Germany/France

The German Motion Picture Fund raises its budget to €30 million for international TV series and films

The German Motion Picture Fund raises its budget to €30 million for international TV series and films

In 2021, the funding programme put in place by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media is doubling the budget it earmarks for co-productions of TV and VoD series  

12/04/2021 | Production | Funding | Germany

The German COVID-19 relief fund for filmmaking increases to a total of €100 million

The German COVID-19 relief fund for filmmaking increases to a total of €100 million

The fund covers both personal risks, such as a confirmed case of COVID-19, and infrastructural ones  

09/04/2021 | Production | Funding | Germany

Christopher Small • Director of Communists!

Interview: Christopher Small • Director of Communists!

“I first found the people, and then moulded the characters to fit them”

The British author, curator and film critic broke down his first directorial effort on the occasion of its premiere at this year's BAFICI  

30/03/2021 | /UK

German-French VR experience Biolum presented at this year's SXSW

German-French VR experience Biolum presented at this year's SXSW

French author and director Abel Kohen created an immersive VR experience based on two female protagonists voiced by Charlotte Rampling and Dominique Tipper  

23/03/2021 | SXSW 2021

Shooting for We Are Next of Kin by Hans-Christian Schmid starts in Hamburg

Shooting for We Are Next of Kin by Hans-Christian Schmid starts in Hamburg

The new film by the German director will star actors Justus von Dohnányi and Hans Löw alongside newcomer Claude Heinrich as the main protagonist  

22/03/2021 | Production | Funding | Germany

Damien Odoul  • Director of Theo and the Metamorphosis

Interview: Damien Odoul • Director of Theo and the Metamorphosis

“I want to challenge the viewing habits of the public and to take a risk for it”

BERLINALE 2021: We talked to the French director about his new experimental film  

08/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Panorama

The 7th edition of the Berlin Critics’ Week offered to look at cinema differently

The 7th edition of the Berlin Critics’ Week offered to look at cinema differently

The German film critics association, which is at the origin of the event funded in 2015, organised this year an online edition including a film selection, conferences and debates  

08/03/2021 | Festivals | Awards | Germany

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