At Sobey Road Entertainment, we believe great stories shape culture — and the rarest ones deserve to be told with vision and care. Few filmmakers embody that ethos more than Werner Herzog, whose fearless explorations of truth, myth, and the human spirit have shaped cinema for generations.
This week at the Venice Film Festival, Herzog will be recognized with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, a career-spanning honor presented by none other than Francis Ford Coppola. Together, these two titans of storytelling represent the uncompromising pursuit of art that defines film at its highest level.
Herzog’s legacy includes landmark works such as Fitzcarraldo, Grizzly Man, and Aguirre, the Wrath of God. Now, he turns his gaze toward the natural world once again with his latest documentary, Ghost Elephants — a project Sobey Road is proud to have recently collaborated on. The film will screen out of competition at Venice, followed by a masterclass led by Herzog himself.
Venice’s festival director Alberto Barbera praised Herzog as “a brilliant narrator of unusual stories, a visionary humanist, and a tireless explorer.” His words echo the very principles we hold at Sobey Road: to champion rare, meaningful stories with cultural gravity, entrusted to filmmakers who dare to see differently.
As Coppola and Herzog share the stage in Venice, the moment underscores what we believe at Sobey Road: these aren’t just filmmakers — they are legacy-builders. Their stories endure because they are told with boldness, integrity, and vision.
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Brian Nugent
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