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Teresa Vena


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

Dāvis Sīmanis • Director of The Year Before the War

Interview: Dāvis Sīmanis • Director of The Year Before the War

“From the beginning, I wanted to focus on an eclectic visual style”

We talked to the Latvian director, who presented his third feature film at the International Film Festival Rotterdam  

10/02/2021 | IFFR 2021 | Big Screen Competition

Alex Camilleri • Director of Luzzu

Interview: Alex Camilleri • Director of Luzzu

“For Malta to be itself, I chose locations that stayed away from the ‘picture postcard’ views of the island”

We talked to the Maltese director on the occasion of the premiere of his first feature at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival  

10/02/2021 | Sundance 2021 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Kaweh Modiri • Director of Mitra

Interview: Kaweh Modiri • Director of Mitra

“For safety reasons, we couldn’t cast Iranian actors working or living in Iran, so we cast internationally”

We talked to the Dutch director about his second feature film, premiering at International Film Festival Rotterdam  

09/02/2021 | IFFR 2021 | Limelight

Ronny Trocker • Director of Human Factors

Interview: Ronny Trocker • Director of Human Factors

“Personally, I like it very much when a film cannot be read in only one way, but it is also risky”

We talked to the German director, whose second feature premiered at Sundance, in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition  

08/02/2021 | Sundance 2021 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Hogir Hirori • Director of Sabaya

Interview: Hogir Hirori • Director of Sabaya

“There were some dangerous situations, and I was stunned when I realised that they are part of the everyday life of the people there”

We talked to the Swedish director, whose documentary was shown at Sundance, in the World Cinema Documentary Competition  

05/02/2021 | Sundance 2021 | World Cinema Documentary Competition

York-Fabian Raabe  • Director of Borga

Interview: York-Fabian Raabe • Director of Borga

“I try to think from many different perspectives as a director”

We spoke to the German director, who won the Award for Best Feature Film at the Max Ophüls Prize in Saarbrücken with his debut feature  

02/02/2021 | Max Ophüls Prize 2021

Borga wins the 2021 Max Ophüls Prize

Borga wins the 2021 Max Ophüls Prize

German director York-Fabian Raabe's first feature has been handed the Award for Best Feature Film plus three more prizes at this year's Max Ophüls Prize Festival  

25/01/2021 | Max Ophüls Prize 2021 | Awards

My Mexican Bretzel wins the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg

My Mexican Bretzel wins the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg

Spanish director Nuria Giménez Lorang's first feature has been handed the International Newcomer Award for Best Director at this year's German gathering, the first under new management  

23/11/2020 | Festivals | Awards | Germany

Sascha Keilholz and Frédéric Jaeger • Festival director and head of programme, International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg

Interview: Sascha Keilholz and Frédéric Jaeger • Festival director and head of programme, International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg

“2020 is the year of debuts, the first steps taken by a whole squad of promising directors”

We talked to Sascha Keilholz and Frédéric Jaeger, the new director and head of programme of the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, which goes online from 12-22 November  

12/11/2020 | /Germany

Anne Fontaine  • Director of Night Shift

Interview: Anne Fontaine • Director of Night Shift

"The female character is the one who disrupts the routine – her own fragility leads her to reflect on the humanity of their task"

BERLINALE 2020: We met up with French-Luxembourgish director Anne Fontaine as she presented her new film, Night Shift, in the Berlinale Special section  

02/03/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Berlinale Special

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