’Forest High’ Charms Berlinale Audience as Director Manon Coubia Talks Small Budgets, Timeless Landscapes

“Nothing ever happens by chance,” Alpine hut guardian Suzanne (Anne Coesens) tells her guest (Yoann Zimmer) as they both share the journeys that led them to the remote setting of “Forest High” (“Forêt Ivre”), Manon Coubia’s feature debut as a director, premiering at the Berlinale. It so happens that the Belgian director speaking with Variety […]

By Roberto Prieto