A muse to Terrence Malick (A Hidden Life), and a connoisseur of Luxembourg since her performance in Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden (Amour Fou, 2016), award-winning Austrian actress Valerie Pachner returns under our borders to sit on the LuxFilmFest international jury.<\/p>\n
LuxFilmFest<\/span> How do you view a film differently when on a jury as opposed to watching for pleasure? Valerie Pachner : I try to have two inner selves on a jury\u2014one that is still viewing for pleasure, because that tells me whether I get joy from watching a film, to keep that emotional space open. But then, of course, I also watch from a more analytical perspective. And seeing the broader picture, because it is a group of films that we are watching. As an actor, even watching movies in day-to-day life, I do the same \u2014 I am a spectator who wants to be entertained, but of course there are moments when you can\u2019t help but imagine how a scene would look on set.<\/p>\n LFF: <\/strong><\/span>You have been nominated for, and <\/strong>won awards all over the world \u2014 what <\/strong>does that recognition mean for you? <\/strong>Should art be a competition?<\/strong><\/p>\n V.P : I don\u2019t see festivals chiefly as a competition, I see them as a platform and a joyous meeting of filmmakers. Maybe there is a certain resistance to competition in art, but I have always enjoyed the way festivals honour movie making. Because that is missing in the world of cinema. In the theatre you have that direct meeting with the audience. I think competition is human nature, so there is a certain excitement to it. As long as you see it as fun and recognise that all these films are worthy, it is fine.<\/p>\n LFF:<\/span> Your characters often go through very intense emotional challenges. Is that something you seek out in a script?<\/strong><\/p>\n V.P. : Choosing a script is a mix of things, it can be about the film maker and what the story wants to say. But if I also have the chance to challenge myself as an actor, something I can sink my teeth into, then that is perfect. Even with smaller characters, I like finding what I want to tell through them, almost in a little world of their own.<\/p>\n LFF:<\/span> You have worked with Nele Mueller-Stoefen [for Delicious, which was at this year\u2019s Berlin Film Festival] and Maria Schrader, who is another V.P. : It hasn\u2019t called me yet, to be honest. I think it takes so much\u2026 you have to know so many things and there is so much responsibility. I feel, as an actor, I get the best part of movie making, although maybe some editors would disagree. Being on set, especially for smaller independent movies is intense and a bond grows over a short time with that group of people. It is not a normal life.<\/p>\n Interviewed by Duncan Roberts<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A muse to Terrence Malick (A Hidden Life), and a connoisseur of Luxembourg since her performance in Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden (Amour Fou, 2016), award-winning Austrian actress Valerie Pachner returns under our borders to sit on the LuxFilmFest international jury. LuxFilmFest How do you view a film differently when on a jury as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":17554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"class_list":["post-18003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","year-2025-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxfilmfest.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxfilmfest.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxfilmfest.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxfilmfest.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxfilmfest.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18003"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxfilmfest.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18006,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxfilmfest.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18003\/revisions\/18006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxfilmfest.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxfilmfest.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxfilmfest.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nactor turned director. Is directing something you have considered?<\/strong><\/p>\n