It's Madge in the hot seat

Confidence is certainly no barrier. In production notes for the pop queen's first feature film behind the camera, 'Filth & Wisdom,' the 49-year-old said she was aiming high. 'I have always been inspired by the films of Goddard, Visconti, Passolini and Fellini and hope that I may one day make something that comes close to their genius,' she wrote in a statement, listing four great film makers and misspelling two.

Her 81-minute first feature is unlikely to be hailed as a classic. However, many journalists who saw it at the Berlin Film Festival on Wednesday before a world premiere gala screening said it was better than they expected.

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The light-hearted, fast-paced story of three flatmates seeking fame and fulfilment, each reflecting aspects of Madonna's own life, is also unlikely to be her last. "It's definitely not a one-off," Madonna said in an interview. She told a packed news conference later she might release 'Filth & Wisdom' on the Internet and planned to unveil a documentary about Malawi at the Cannes Film Festival in May.

'Filth & Wisdom' is certain to draw comparisons with the work of director husband Guy Ritchie. Asked in the interview if she sought his advice during the shooting, she replied: "Not the editing so much but definitely before I started filming ... He said 'confidence, that's the most important thing that you need to exude on a set, confidence."