László Nemes Talks Role Of Filmmaker In Current Geopolitical Context

With the Venice Film Festival unfolding against a tense geopolitical backdrop this year, topped by the Gaza crisis and the ongoing war in Ukraine, there is talk of whether politics will eclipse cinema on the Lido this year.

Quizzed on the role of filmmakers in the current political context at the press conference for his Golden Lion contender Orphan , Hungarian director László Nemes gave a thoughtful reply.

“As filmmakers, there are some things we can do and some things we cannot do. What we can do, and what I’m striving to do, is to establish human links, relationships between people. If someone is sitting in the audience and I don’t know them, I can communicate with them,” he said.

“We can have our subjectivities… but I want to make films in which there’s enough freedom and sp