An interview with Alex Boya, director of Turbine Would it be correct to see an analogy with the current impact on the way new technology has immersed itself in our lives to the detriment of the way we connect as people? Yes, the way technology has settled into our lives has changed us. However, I don’t know if it’s to the detriment of […]
An interview with Philip Andelman, director of The Big Break Who or what inspired you to write the main character of The Big Break? The main character was supposed to be representative of an American every-man. A guy who does everything by the books, who is a dutiful husband and father, a diligent worker, and simply cannot get ahead in life. There’s a growing sense […]
An interview with Khris Cembe, director of Soy una Tumba It’s a very moving short. What motivated you to portray this story? My motivation was the idea of talking about childhood, death and loneliness. That’s why I placed the story in my hometown, where I grew up and where I started to understand what life is about. Galicia is a seaside region that […]
Interview with Erik Warolin, director of Bermuda Was the cafe based on a real one that you know? Where is it set? The location is one of many restaurants we scouted. The most important thing for the story was that the café windows should be big enough for the car to be in the movie camera’s field of view during the whole conversation […]
An interview with Aliaksei Paluyan, director of Lake of Happiness Is the character of Jasja based on a real girl? The character of Jasja is based on the story of my father. He was 7 years old when his mother died and my grandfather decided to send him to an orphanage. This traumatic experience in his childhood has always been a taboo topic […]
An interview with Thanasis Neofotistos, director of Leoforos Patision (Patision Avenue) Can you tell us, for those of us who don’t know, what happened on Patision Avenue? Why did you want to set the short there? The story of Katerina, Yanni’s mother, takes place on Patision Avenue. A young, aspiring actress is on her way to a very important audition, when she learns […]
An interview with Dawid Ullgren, director of Nittonhundraåttioett (1981) Why 1981? What is the significance of that year? The year 1981 is an interesting period of time here in Sweden for the gay community. It was a kind of in-between time when everything started to seem a little bit brighter. In 1979, the National Board of Health and Welfare declassified homosexuality as a […]
An interview with Jesús Reyes, director of Elena Can you tell us about the context in which the story is happening? Why did the paramilitary end up there? First, I must say that Elena is part of a trilogy composed by Red Land, 2013 and Genaro, 2017 (both premiered in Clermont-Ferrand in their respective years). This trilogy is about the paramilitary violence that happened […]
An interview with Andrew Stephen Lee, director of Manila is Full of Men Named Boy What elements of the story are based on real-life events? I was backpacking in Europe during Michael Jackson’s funeral and I was surprised at how many people gave me their condolences. I don’t know Michael Jackson at all so it was quite funny to me at the time. […]