Awards
Trailblazing German filmmaker Margarethe von Trotta is set to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the European Film Academy for her outstanding body of work. A press release announced the...
Margarethe von Trotta kicked off her career as an actress, but the trailblazer is best known for her work as a feminist director. The influential German filmmaker is set to receive a lifetime...
Features
Coinciding with the release of her latest film, “Searching for Ingmar Bergman,” the Quad will celebrate the work of Margarethe von Trotta with a retrospective. In a Women and Hollywood...
Trailers
“Bergman’s films have been my constant companions. This is where it all began for me,” says Margarethe von Trotta in a new trailer for “Searching for Ingmar Bergman.”...
Interviews
Margarethe von Trotta launched her career as an actress. She directed her first feature, “The Second Awakening of Christa Klages,” in 1978. The next year marked the release of “Sisters,...
News
Here’s a piece I wrote for CNN’s Leading Women section: It would be wonderful to say that in 2013 things were looking up for women in Hollywood — both onscreen and behind the...
Originally published on October 29. Hannah Arendt opens in New York today and in Los Angeles on June 7th. Last, but not the bit least is a conversation with master director Margarethe von Trotta...
Festivals, Interviews, News
Last, but not the bit least is a conversation with master director Margarethe von Trotta along with actress Barbara Sukowa who bring us the story of Hannah Arendt one of the first highly visible...
Greetings from the Toronto Film Festival. I touched down on Thursday afternoon and since that moment this has been a serious whirlwind. Since it is my second year I understand is the key is pace and...
Unlike the folks at Cannes, Toronto seems to understand that there are many great women directors, making films that can play at the highest level and this year is no different. The first wave of...
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