Carlo Chatrian On His Challenging Tenure At Berlin & Plans To Make Italy’s National Cinema Museum An International Home For Indie Film — Thessaloniki
deadline.comFresh off his appointment as director of Italy’s National Cinema Museum, former Berlinale chief Carlo Chatrian is in Greece where he has curated an intriguing lineup of titles for the repertory sidebar at this year’s Thessaloniki Film Festival.
Grouped under the theme of ‘monsters,’ flicks handpicked by Chatrian include George Romero’s Night Of The Living Dead and Lee Chang-Dong’s Peppermint Candy.
The unique mix of titles has been a hit with audiences here in Greece and best exemplifies the unique and staunchly international programming style that Chatrian says has earned him the rep as an industry “outsider.” “I’m really attempting to expand the vision of cinema,” he says.
From 2012 to 2018, Chatrian was the artistic director of the Locarno Film Festival. He held the same position at the Berlin Film Festival from 2020 until this year when he stepped down after the German government announced plans to scrap the festival’s short-lived dual management structure.
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