Tom Alesch, born in 1973, started his career as a freelance contributor to radio and television before becoming a documentary filmmaker. Since 1999 he has been working as a director and editor at the media department of Luxembourg's Ministry of Education, Children and Youth. His freelance work explores artists and other thought-provoking people, society and industry in earlier times, as well as a contemporary society in socio-ecological transition. He is a member of the Board of Directors of a Christian adult education centre with a focus on personality development and media literacy. He has been a jury member at the “Festival du Film Italien de Villerupt”, the youth scriptwriting competition of the “Luxembourg City Film Festival”, the cross-border video art project “D’Konschtkëscht” and the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen.
Documentary filmmaker
Country of origin
Luxembourg
Festivals
Festivals
Current issues
Peter Paul Huth comments favourably on the 2026 Venice Film Festival awards ceremony, highlighting in particular the Golden Lion winner, “Kvinde Ukendt” (Unknown Woman) by May el-Toukhy, and “Un bon petit soldat” by Stéphane Brizé, which won the award for Best Screenplay and the INTERFILM Jury Prize.
Alex Gibney’s documentary *Musk* portrays a ‘hero of capitalism’, whilst Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s *DAU* evokes the victims of Stalinism.
Events
16.02.2025
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