About Art – Films on Artists and their Realities
Please note: Online ticket sales for this event end two hours before the start of the film. As long as tickets are still available, you are welcome to purchase them at the box office.
AI WEIWEI'S TURANDOT
Italien, USA 2025 – Director: Maxim Derevianko – Original language: English, Italian – Subtitles: English – Length: 78 min.
“I like to do what I’m not good at.” Ai Weiwei’s artistic vision meets Puccini’s Turandot. The opera questions norms and addresses social conflict. In a new production, it becomes a means for Ai Weiwei to focus on current tensions and to reflect on his own biography. “I like trouble. So I think opera is truly a trouble.” Helga-Mari Steininger
Biography
Maxim Derevianko has been working as a filmmaker at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma since 2015, where he creates trailers and streams for opera and ballet productions. AI WEIWEI'S TURANDOT is his first feature-length documentary.
Filmography
AI WEIWEI’S TURANDOT, IT, USA 2025, 78 min.
No youth rating
Writer: Maxim Derevianko, Michele Cogo. Production: Incipit Film. Producer: Marta Zaccaron, Christine La Monte & Andy Cohen. International Sales: Rise And Shine World Sales
