Doc Day 2017 - Festival de Cannes

July 2017

Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow Ally Derks interviewed filmmaker Barbet Schroeder on the Doc Day – an event organized by Marché du Film at the Festival de Cannes.

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The interview was on Barbet Schroeder’s latest documentary film “The Venerable W” – the last instalment in the director’s Trilogy of Evil, selected for a Special Screening in Official Selection at the Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes.

Doc Day 2017 - Part III - Barbet Schroeder in conversation with Ally Derks

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