Author Archive

  Interview with Ivana Bosnjak and Thomas Johnson, co-directors of Udahnut zivot [Imbued Life] What inspired you to tell this story? What is your interest in taxidermy? We were inspired to create this film after having a taxidermy animal sitting on our shelf in our apartment in Zagreb. The pine marten was preserved in a moment; a still life staring down at us, as […]

  Interview with Hugo Pepper Guevara, director of Darikiken What did you want to explore with this child’s journey through the forest? Who or what inspired you to tell his story? My idea about a child in the jungle was to show the great connection and coexistence between the natives and the Amazon, a balance that is a delicate and thin line which is […]

  Interview with Hamza Bangash, director of Stray Dogs Come Out at Night Can you explain the title? What is the symbol or role of the dog, here? In the late of night, the streets of Karachi are run by stray dogs. They come out from their corners, sit in the middle of the road, are happy and carefree. We do not have a […]

  Interview with Felix Herrmann, director of Die Tinte Trocknet Nicht (The Ink doesn’t Dry) Can you tell us more about the title and the proverb at the beginning of the film? The proverb at the beginning “the pens have been lifted, the ink has dried” refers to the idea of fate, that the story of each one of us is already written. The […]

  Interview with Patricia Ramos Hernández, director of I Love Lotus Can you explain the title? Is this a reference to an actual brand of condoms? Previously I had another title, but it was a true condom brand and I didn’t want to have rights issues. That’s why I decided to invent a brand name that doesn’t exist. The story unfolding in a condom […]

  Interview with Max Walker-Silverman, director of Lefty/Righty Can you tell us a bit about the title? Lefty is a mythic cowboy name. It’s a nod towards the western genre that the film flirts with (sort of). And Righty, well, it’s pretty similar but completely opposite. Balance and opposition. Sounds like a movie to me! Is the story in any way biographical, or autobiographical? […]

  Interview with Johanna Pyykkö, director of The Manila Lover Firstly, why did you choose to set the story in Manila? I met a woman from the Philippines in Sweden. She was traveling and told me about how Nordic, white men tried to define and predict who she was based on their preconceptions. These white men were never able to see her real personality […]

  An interview with Idil Ibrahim, director of Sega  Is Sega based on someone in particular? How common is his situation in Senegal? The story of Sega is not based on the story of someone in particular, however, it was inspired by a number of people I’d come in contact with or read about. The situation is fairly common in Senegal. We filmed on […]

  An interview with Alex Feggans, director of Jackrabbit  So, tell us is the story entirely true? What elements are fictional? How did you come across it? Australia’s remote areas are perceived as such wild and inhospitable places that people will believe almost anything they hear about them. I wanted to play off those preconceptions and the outback thriller/horror genre to tell a story […]

  An interview with Aung Rakhine, director of The Last Post Office  There is a beautifully poetic quality to the film. First of all, is the post office based on an existing one? Where is it meant to be in Bangladesh? This film is like modern day fairy tale. Capturing magic realism as a medium to tell our harsh absurd reality.That’s where true poetic […]