{"id":476837,"date":"2026-02-15T16:52:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T16:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/476837\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T16:52:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T16:52:23","slug":"charli-xcx-on-why-she-went-the-festival-route-with-the-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/476837\/","title":{"rendered":"Charli xcx On Why She Went The Festival Route With \u2018The Moment’:"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve been training to play this role my entire life, from the day I was born. In ways, it\u2019s extremely method,\u201d Charli xcx<\/a> joked this afternoon during a Berlinale<\/a> presser when quizzed about the character she portrays in The Moment<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film, which debuted last month at Sundance, screens this week in Berlin<\/a> as part of the Panorama section. Directed by Aidan Zamiri from a screenplay he wrote with Bertie Brandes, the film is based on an original idea by Charli xcx. The \u201cBrat\u201d singer-songwriter also stars in the film, which follows a rising pop star as she navigates the complexities of fame and industry pressure while preparing for her arena-tour debut.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe singer-actor reiterated during this afternoon\u2019s presser that \u201cthe scenarios that we show in the film are not true scenarios\u201d that have actually happened during her career.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBut given a different set of circumstances, they might have, and I have definitely come close to those circumstances, especially having been in the music industry for so long,\u201d she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve definitely met characters that we touch on, and I\u2019ve definitely reacted in ways close to the way that I react in the film. You know, have I had a breakdown in the back of a Viano while smoking a million cigarettes? Yes. So I definitely had a lot to draw upon.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tLater during the presser, Charli xcx was quizzed on why she decided to debut The Moment on the festival circuit, to which she told the room that she was honored to screen at both Berlin and Sundance, describing the festivals as places that \u201cchampion a wide variety of filmmakers with really important voices.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis festival in particular,\u201d she said of Berlin, \u201cis known for not shying away from political films and films that have a real social angle by directors who really are visionary and have something to say. For me, as a producer and actor, for Aidan, as a director, and David as a producer, those are the kinds of films we love.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tShe added: \u201cI feel passionate about working within these spaces.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Moment starring ensemble features Kylie Jenner, Rachel Sennott, Kate Berlant, Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd, Rosanna Arquette, Jamie Demetriou, Arielle Dombasle, Hailey Benton Gates, Trew Mullen, Mel Ottenberg, Richard Perez, Isaac Powell, Rish Shah, Tish Weinstock, Michael Work\u00e9y\u00e8, Shygirl, and A.G. Cook.<\/p>\n

\n\tCharli xcx also produced the film under her Studio365 label alongside David Hinojosa. Exec producers are Brandon Creed, Mikey Schwartz-Wright, and Zach Nutman.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tLast month, A24 reported that The Moment is its fastest-selling limited release.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBerlin runs until Feb 22. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI\u2019ve been training to play this role my entire life, from the day I was born. In ways,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":476838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[12268,190170,49,48,9083,75,341,133295],"class_list":{"0":"post-476837","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-berlin","9":"tag-berlinale","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-charli-xcx","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-music","15":"tag-the-moment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}