A Talk with the Filmmaker

V13 from Vienne 1913:
Reflections on Working with Alain Didier-Weill

Richard C. Ledes, director and screenwriter

Friday, September 26, 2025 • 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM (ET)

Alain Didier-Weill’s stage depiction of the crucial debates taking place in Vienna in 1913 addresses the relevance of the racism of the time as well as the controversy between Freud and Jung on basic concepts that involve both psychoanalysis and politics. These tensions, as well as transposing them into a contemporary setting, in the film V13, will be addressed.

The film will be available to stream online 48-72 hours before the discussion for a fee of $15. For more information about screening the film, click here.

Location: In-person in NYC.

This event is free and open to the public. Registration required.

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Richard C. Ledes is a filmmaker, media artist, and writer based in New York City. Among the films he has directed are The Caller (which, like V13, has a screenplay based on the fictional work of the psychoanalyst Alain-Didier Weill) and Fred Won’t Move Out, which the British Film Institute named one of the ten best films of the actor Elliott Gould. He has also directed Adieu Lacan, with David Patrick Kelly in the role of Jacques Lacan, which is based on the writings of the Brazilian psychoanalyst Betty Milan.