Author Archive

  Interview with Marc Raymond Wilkins, director of Bon voyage    The story is told like a thriller (music, suspense, camera shots). What impression were you hoping to leave the audience with? The topic of refugees escaping war and terror, confronted with a wealthy but paranoid society, is not new to cinema. But what has been happening in the Mediterranean Sea during the last […]

  Interview with Reed Van Dyk, director of DeKalb Elementary    To what extent is the film true to the real-life story? Did you use creative license to write up the conversation between the two characters outside of the phone conversation with the police? How did the research process go? I started the writing process by collecting all the research I could get my […]

  Interview with Javier García, director of Norte (North)    What motivated you to make a film about this programme? Mainly because I’ve always been interested in exploring the human mind through film. One day, Sergio Arróspide allowed me to read the script he had written and I fell in love immediately with his text. It is based on a true story. The Basque […]

  Interview with Mostafa Gandomkar, director of Alan    Can you tell us how you got the cast together and chose the filming location? The first issue I faced after writing the screenplay was production in the context of a difficult situation. My sensibility to realism made me spend a very long time in pre-production. I can say very bravely that I searched all […]

  Interview with Anna Budanova, director of Sredi Chernih Voin (Among the Black Waves)     Can you tell us about the legend the film is based on? This animation is based on the ancient Celtic legend in which the souls of drowned people turn into shape-shifting seals, or Selkies. But when I started to explore this story deeply, I discovered that many other peoples […]

  Interview with Thomas Horat and Corina Schwingruber Ilic, directors of Ins Holz (In the Woods)    There’s something moving and celebratory about the fact that this work is still being carried out by men not machines. What did you want to share with us by portraying these workers? Corina: The work they do for months is much harder and way more expensive than […]

  Interview with Vladimir Leschiov, director of  Gaidot Jauno Gadu (Waiting for the New Year)    Can you tell us a bit more about your animation style and artistic choices? Why isn’t there any speech? How did you select the music? I am an artist first and I am very familiar with different art techniques. I am not sure if I have a specific […]

  Interview with Thelyia Petraki, director of Helga Är I Lund (Helga is in Lund)    So, tell us a bit more about who Helga is and where Lund is. Who is Helga is best finding out watching the film. Lund is a town in South Sweden where Helga can be probably found, or not?  Can you explain your idea of opening the film to […]

  Interview with Anand Kishore, director of Disco Obu    So, how much is based on real life and how much is fiction? The situations and events in Disco Obu are entirely fictional. However, the idea of Obu’s character came from my research on people who were once popular in fields like arts, music, sports, and film, but who eventually resorted to a different […]

  Interview with Youn-Jung Lim, director of Fly    What inspired you to tell Eunbyeol’s story? I do believe that the films I make always reflect myself at certain stages of my life. And at the time, I was looking for a breakthrough, some kind of miracle in my life to keep me going. As a filmmaker, as a woman, as a person who tries to […]