PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Eva Cools, director of the film Cleo.
Eva Cools tells the story of a young girl who loses her parents in a car accident with no responsible and tries ti cope with this fact. the director then bases part of the film on her personal story but then the analysis of the issue of grief and guilt becomes more universal, and haunting too.
Cleo: Seventeen-year-old Cleo survives a tragedy accident in which both parents lose their life. His grandmother offers Cleo and her brother a house, but ends up having to manage the rebellious teenager, the which seeks comfort in the mysterious Leos, a man of twelve years older.
"How to have sex" , the opening film of Alice nella Città 2023, is DOP Molly Manning Walker's directorial debut and is about the sexual pressure the teenage world is built around
"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.
Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Director, Huo Meng’s "Living the Land" captures rural China in transition, blending poetic visuals with a deep reflection on family, tradition, and modernization.
When the night stands still, at the 75h Berlinale, is a personal exploration of the silent, corrosive legacy that colonialism has left on the Filipino psyche.