2025 Oscars - The Film Verdict

Véronique Tshanda Beya

November 27, 2025 di The Film Verdict

Véronique Tshanda Beya, born Véro Tshanda Beya Mputu in Kinshasa, is an accomplished and award winning Congolese actress. After studying business and marketing in her homeland and going through a rather difficult period in her family and private life, she worked at a number of odd jobs, including selling clothes on the streets of Kinshasa....

Claude Waringo

November 27, 2025 di The Film Verdict

A founding member of Samsa Film, Claude Waringo co-founded ULPA, the Luxembourg Audiovisual Producers‘ Guild. He is a member of the European Film Academy. Between 2013 and 2018, he was a member of the jury for the Creative Development Fund of the SSA (Switzerland) and has since been a reader for the OFC (Switzerland). Claude...

Eric Lamhène

November 27, 2025 di The Film Verdict

Eric Lamhène is a writer/director based inLuxembourg. He earned his Master of Arts with distinction at the London Film School in 2010.He has since written and directed several short films as well as various episodes of the television series Comeback and the documentary series Routwäissgro for RTL television. He is a writer on the Netflix...

Sascha Ley

November 27, 2025 di The Film Verdict

Multidisciplinary artist Sascha Ley is a singer, improviser, actress, poet and performer who explores stylistic boundaries at the intersections of jazz, free improvisation, imaginary folklore, classical and new music, creating a blend of improvisation and composition. Based in Luxembourg, she performs internationally as a soloist, with her own duo, in quartet, and as a guest...

Luc Schiltz

November 27, 2025 di The Film Verdict

Luc Schiltz is known to Luxembourgish and international audiences for his leading role in the series "Capitani" (Seasons 1 and 2), broadcast on Netflix and RTL. Trained at the Conservatoire Royal de Liège (Belgium), he has played a succession of roles in theater and film, between Luxembourg and Brussels. He has also appeared in a number...

Carla Juri

November 27, 2025 di The Film Verdict

Hailing from Switzerland, Carla Juri was born in Locarno and raised in the Ticino region. From 2005 to 2010, she trained as an actress in Los Angeles and London. She came to prominence with her performance in her first feature film, Cihan Inan's 180° (2010), for which she won the "Quartz" for Best Actress at...

Esperanza Martin Gonzalez-Quevedo

November 27, 2025 di The Film Verdict

An amateur actress, Esperanza Martin Gonzalez-Quevedo made her film debut in Eric Lamhène's short film "Sola" (2021). Following this short film, she was invited to join the main cast of Eric Lamhène's first feature film, “Breathing Underwater”. Growing up in Spain, Gonzalez-Quevedo practiced dance and spent two years with an alternative theater company called Sala...

Alessia Raschella

November 27, 2025 di The Film Verdict

Alessia Raschella's break-through film debut is in Eric Lamhène's feature film “Breathing Underwater", in which she played an integral role, evolving alongside the main character. Alessia has transitioned seamlessly into cinema, taking on smaller but impactful parts, marking the exciting inception of her promising career in the film industry Alessia Raschella made her acting debut at the...

Rae Lyn Lee BIO

November 26, 2025 di Deborah Young

Rae Lyn Lee, Director of photography and co-writer A childhood fascination that began with artand poetry led Rae Lyn Lee into the world of story and imagery. Born and raised in Singapore, she began her career as a stills photographer, directing and shooting images for fashion magazines and commercial clients. Despite her growing success, her...

Synopsis of Breathing Underwater

November 26, 2025 di The Film Verdict

BREATHING UNDERWATER tells the story of Emma, who is whisked away in the dead of night, covered in bruises and unexpectedly pregnant. As she grapples with her pregnancy and her emotional shackles to her husband Marc, Emma rediscovers lost facets of herself through her unlikely camaraderie and strife with the women and children of...

An Interview with Rusudan Glurjidze

November 29, 2024 di Deborah Young

The director of Georgia’s International Film submission ‘The Antique’ discusses the film’s difficult Venice debut and modern-day censorship from Russia.

Back to Life

November 27, 2024 di Lucy Virgen

Shot largely as a light-hearted comedy and buoyed by the charm of its young protagonists, Venezuela’s ‘Back to Life’ enters the Oscar race.

An interview with the Hueck Brothers

November 27, 2024 di Lucy Virgen

Luis Carlos Hueck and Alfredo Hueck, the brothers behind ‘Back to Life’, talk about their approach to filmmaking with The Film Verdict.

CineVerdict: Vuelvealavida

November 26, 2024 di Lucy Virgen

En tono de comedia y apoyada en el encanto de sus jóvenes protagonistas ‘Vuelvealavida’ entra a la pelea de los Óscares por la mejor película internacional por Venezuela

Una entrevista con los hermanos Hueck

November 25, 2024 di Lucy Virgen

Luis Carlos y Alfredo Hueck dos hermanos venezolanos en busca del Oscar