FRED’s Bénédicte Prot interviews director Alexander Sokurov, who presented his latest work FRANCOFONIA in competition at the 72nd Venice Film Festival. tells us more about the intentions behind his cinematic pyramid on the Louvre and talks about dictators, life, death, and beauty.
FRANCOFONIA: As he watches the wreck of a ship carrying works of art through a webcam, Russian maestro Alexander Sokurov muses on Paris and the rescue of the Louvre during the German Occupation by its director Jacques Jaujard and the nazi officer in charge of the Kunstschutz, Franziskus Wolff-Metternich.
Oscar-nominated Bosnian showrunner Jasmila Žbanić on series "I Know Your Soul", the real-life suicide case behind the story, subverting stereotypes with her female lead and the series' central theme of the importance of family and communication.
"Arni" is inspired by the powerful and intense image of the lead actor, Péter Ture. It tells a story of resilience and strength in a world that can be hostile and mean.
Barbara Allen with her film "House Music: A Cultural Evolution" paints a clear picture of the birth of a genre that is still rocking the dancefloors, and that in Chicago found a second prolific home to develop and evolve.
Kesmat El Sayed, one of the speakers on a panel on Arab Cinema, held in the frame of the World Cinema Fund days at the Berlinale 2025, is a producer from Egypt, based in Germany, who explains the difficult work …
Emma Barboni, film commissioner of the Emilia Romagna Film Commission, tells us about the production of the film "Paternal Leave" by Alissa Jung, presented in the Generation section of the Berlinale, and also about the new funds available for film …
Gemma Lynch is the Head of Production of Sardinia film Commission. She has been at the European film Market bringing a huge delegation of professionals from the region to navigate inside the European Film Market to be known and to …