“The perception of IFFR as an event with edgy and unconventional cinema isn’t wrong. But it’s just one part of a much bigger truth,” she tells Variety ahead of 55th edition.
“You’re going to find the most avant-garde and the most popular films – two sides of everything. Tiger films [shown in the Tiger Competition] don’t immediately speak to many people, but then we show Kleber Mendonça Filho’s ‘The Secret Agent,’ which does.”
“The Secret Agent” has been making waves during awards season, emerging as an Oscar contender.
“We need to support a wide variety of films. We need to be there for all of them.”
She states there’s a “responsibility” that comes with being the biggest cinema-related event in the country.
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