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EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2026

Andres Veiel • Director of Riefenstahl

"Riefenstahl was very contemporary on many levels, not only in relation to the production of fake news"

by Jesús Silva Vilas, Ana Stanic

The German director speaks about why a figure like Leni Riefenstahl still hits a nerve today, and why her story refuses to stay in the past

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Ahead of the European Film Awards, we caught up with Andres Veiel to talk about Riefenstahl [+see also:
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, nominated for European Documentary. He spoke about why a figure like Leni Riefenstahl still hits a nerve today, and why her story refuses to stay in the past.

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