A decline in the relevance of cinema is linked to current geopolitical divides, according to Hungarian director Laszlo Nemes

“Because of technological advancement, we feel that cinema is irrelevant today,” said Nemes, speaking at the Venice press conference for his Competition film Orphan . “But I think if we stop telling big stories, we condemn ourselves to downfall as a civilisation.

“Cinema is not just an entertainment for the elite,” continued the filmmaker. “In its essence, it was very popular, in the way it can bring something very human to audiences.

“If we throw it out the window, we fail to touch each other’s soul; and cinema can achieve that. That there’s a conflict within civilisation that’s growing, and we’re losing cinema – that’s not by chance. The two are correlated, fo

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