A conversation in german with director Pia Marais about her debut film THE DISOBEDIENT (german title: DIE UNERZOGENEN), together with Actress Céci Chuh.SYNOPSISStevie (Céci Chuh), a precocious 14-year-old girl must cop...

A conversation in german with director Steffi Niederzoll about her debut film SEVEN WINTERS IN TEHRANSYNOPSIS In the summer of 2007, an older man approaches Reyhaneh Jabbari and asks the architecture student who has a ...

SYNOPSISMika (Karolina Kominek) returns to Poland to meet her father who is suffering from a severe brain injury and inherent memory loss. Although they haven't seen each other for many years, upon her arrival she becomes the father'...

 A conversation with director Damian Kocur about his debut film BREAD AND SALT. SYNOPSISTymek is a young pianist. He returns to his small hometown for vacation to visit his mother, younger brother and his childhood f...

A conversation with Matthias Luthardt on his debut film PINGPONG.A Coming of Age drama in the seemingly intact world of the German middle class:when 16-year-old Paul shows up at his relatives’ house to gain distance from the death o...

Apichatpong Weerasethakul on his debut film MYSTERIOUS OBJECT AT NOON, the blurred lines between documentary and fiction, and on "Avatar" being a document of humanity.More about Apichatpong Weerasethakul

A conversation with Céline Sciamma on her debut film NAISSANCE DES PIEUVRES. In her films, Sciamma challenges cinematic and cultural conventions regarding the field of growing up, bodies, love, family and the arts as such. Within h...

We had an interesting conversation with director Itonje Søimer Guttormsen about her debut film GRITT. On March 10 at 8pm (Berlin time).SYNOPSISThe artist Gritt is struggling for belonging in an unwelcoming society, but then sh...

A conversation with French director Alexis Langlois on three of his short films: TRINKETS & DARK THOUGHTS (FR, 27min, 2016)  TERROR, SISTERS! (FR, 28min, 2019)  THE DEMONS OF DOROTHY (FR, 29min,...

Als das Debut von Markus Schleinzer in Cannes Premiere feierte, verliessen einige Zuschauer*innen den Saal:  MICHAEL ist das klinische Porträt eines 35-Jährigen Pädophilen, der ein zehnjähriges Kind in seinem Keller gefangen hält. Der Film...

How can nature be dead? Portuguese director Catarina Vasconcelos raises that question in her debut film A METAMORFOSE FOS PÁSSAROS. It is a visual voyage through the history of her family. Catarina created cinematic sculptures that represent sc...

 It is our great pleasure to invite you to an evening with award-winning Romanian director CORNELIU PORUMBOIU and Variety film critic JAY WEISSBERG!  We will have a conversation with Porumboiu about his Cannes-winning feat...

We’re thrilled to share our talk with Radu Jude and Ada Solomon, both winners of the Golden Bear 2021. The director/producer duo from Romania will give us insights in the making of THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD, Radu Jude’...

The interview was conducted online on the 25.03.2021. We spoke with Dea Kulumbegashvili about her debut film BEGINNING  (130 Min, GE, 2020) Film synopsis:In a sleepy provincial town, a Jehovah’s Witness co...

The interview was conducted online on the 11.03.2021. We spoke with Pelin Esmer about her debut film THE COLLECTOR (Original Title: KOLEEKSIYONCU)  (documentary, 47 Min, TR, 2002) Synopsis: Passionate collector Mit...

The interview was conducted in English at the cinema in the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB) on the 09.01.2020.We spoke with Henner Winckler and co-writer Stefan Kriekhaus about their debut film - KLASSENF...

The interview was conducted in German at the cinema in the German Film and Television Academy Berlin on the 28.11.2019.We spoke with Angela Schanelec and DoP Reinhold Vorschneider about their debut film - DAS GLÜCK MEINER SCHWESTE...