Interview with Pauline Penichout, director of Mat et les Gravitantes [Mat and her mates] Could you explain the choice of title to us? The word “gravitante” is a word we used often at the time of the film to refer to ourselves. Mat didn’t really live in the squat at the time, she said she gravitated around it, she moved from one squat […]
Interview with Anna Szöllősi, director of Helfer How would you describe the crisis the woman is facing? To what extent is the helper helping? The woman is struggling with anxiety and has an intense fear of death. She also has constant nightmares about drowning. She wants to become free from this existential fear and is asking for immortality from the helper. The helper […]
Interview with Brendan Canty, director of Jam I notice the film was directed by yourself and written by Sam Lazar. How did that collaborative process come about? Did you develop the idea together or where you involved as a director after the script was written? I came on board after the script was written so had no correspondence with Sam. However, he kindly […]
Interview with Samuel Morris, director of Desert Dogs How did you discover this world and what drove you to make a documentary about it? I started skating at a very young age. There were always two realities in my life. On one hand it was my family, on the other hand it was my great passion, skateboarding. These two realities rarely blended, because […]
Interview with Emanuela Muzzupappa, director of Accamòra [Right Now] I assume this is a personal film, can you tell us a bit more about the background of the story? This story is completely personal, perhaps too much personal. It originates from a situation that I was experiencing within my family at that time. One of those moments that no one hopes to ever […]
Interview with Ramzi Bashour, director of The Trees How much are you aware of the severity of the droughts in Lebanon? Is this what sparked your interest in this subject matter? A lot of the environmental science concerned in the film derived from discussions with my father who is a soil-chemist and professor of agriculture in Lebanon. Droughts were not specifically what sparked […]
Interview with Neo Sora, director of The Chicken How autobiographical is the story? Or is it based on someone else you know? The story itself is an adaptation of a short story entitled “An Afternoon On November 3rd” by Naoya Shiga. However, I interpreted this 100-year-old story to be set in modern-day New York. The characters are largely modelled off of the characters […]
Interview with Jonas Riemer, director of Der Übers Meer Kam (The One Who Crossed the Sea) Whose story is this based on? What sort of research did you carry out to tell it? The film is based on the true story of my uncle, who is also the narrator of the film. In the early 1980s, he fled the GDR and crossed the […]
Interview with Eddy Schwartz and Yordan Petkov, codirectors of Noshtna Smyana [Night Shift] What drove you to explore the story of Hristo? Despite being very specific in its details, the story touches on some broader topics that are important and close to us – workers’ exploitation, racial tensions in Bulgaria, friendship and sacrifice. The story is a vehicle to explore and bring out […]
Interview with Lorna Nickson Brown, director of Ned & Me Obvious question. Why did you choose to explore this subject matter? Have you had any personal experience of the issues around euthanasia? I was drawn to this subject matter because I think it is one of the greatest questions of our age, or any age, and I don’t have an answer for it. […]
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