Venice 2023 / Giornate degli Autori
41 articles available in total starting from 14/03/2023. Last article published on 12/09/2023.
Interview: Afef Ben Mahmoud, Khalil Benkirane • Directors of Backstage
"The idea was to start with the show and then get closer to these characters, who are normal people"
VENICE 2023: The directorial duo talk about their road movie through the forests of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, where we follow a dance troupe as they head out on the last leg of their tour
Interview: Teona Strugar Mitevska • Director of 21 Days Until the End of the World
"It's a film that came intuitively; the only rule was to shoot in 21 days"
VENICE 2023: The Macedonian director talks about her most personal film to date in it, in which she asks: “What would you do if you only had 21 days left to live?”
Interview: Kyoshi Sugita • Director of Following the Sound
"The regret of not having helped her mother always follows the main character"
VENICE 2023: The film by the Japanese director broaches the topics of empathy and altruism through the character of a young woman who can detect the pain in the faces of strangers
Interview: Fabio Mollo, Alessandra Cataleta • Directors of Flesh and Bronze
"We wanted to make a film that would not just tell the story of the work of art per se"
VENICE 2023: With their documentary, the directorial duo retrace half a century's worth of history, telling the story of the world's two best-preserved bronze statues: the Riace bronzes
Interview: Alessandro Roia • Director of With the Grace of a God
"My interest lay in making a film that would be unyielding and wouldn't pander to visual trends"
VENICE 2023: The Italian actor steps behind the camera for the first time to follow a man who, after the death of one of his old friends, is forced to confront the ghosts of his past
