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Interview with Kate McMullen, director of Little Berlin Why were you interested in the Berlin wall at first?I started thinking about it in 2019, when Germany was celebrating 30 years since the fall of the Wall – but I needed a new angle. Doing some digging, I came across Mödlareuth, a sleepy farming village which was split in two by the Iron Curtain in 1946. […]

Interview with Sara Szymanska, director of Pięć Minut Starsza [Five Minutes Older] Pięć Minut Starsza deals with sisterhood and identity. What did you wish to explore in the relationship between the two sisters?I actually have a twin sister myself, and I always felt that this relationship shaped my identity in very specific ways. Me and Nadia are very close, we look similar, we […]

Interview with Nieto, director of Swallow the Universe How have you heard of Daichi’s work?I was in Japan shooting a documentary about pets of Tokyo. I visited a club of old ladies with pets “love pets of Tokyo” there I met this estrange old woman who wanted to join the club, she has not a pet, but she has a grandson she considers […]

Interview with Špela Čadež, director of Steakhouse What was your inspiration for Steakhouse?I have always been interested in the phenomenon of interpersonal relationships. Psychological violence was one of the topics I had long wanted to explore. It’s something that seems so far, and then suddenly you realize you’re drowning in its vortex. Steakhouse is an emotionally evocative piece but is never didactic nor […]

Interview with Leonardo Martinelli, director of Fantasma Neon [Neon Phantom] What is your link to musicals and how did you come up with the idea of making Fantasma Neon a musical?I believe Brazil has some of the best composers in the world. The use of music in national cinema has always been keen, but musical cinema itself has never had many resources to […]

Interview with Sein Lyan Tun, director of Late Blooming in a Lonely Summer Day What was the importance of writing and creating a film like Late Blooming in a Lonely Summer Day that focuses on the desire a middle-aged woman feels for a younger coworker?As I have been working on women rights projects for years and I find that Myanmar is male dominated […]

Interview with Yoriko Mizushiri, director of Anxious Body How much is your creativity committed to the depiction of sensations and feelings? How did you work on this aspect for Anxious body specifically?I am not interested in giving a meaning or message through my work. Instead, I want to connect with the audience by expressing sensations and feelings that can be conveyed without a […]

Interview with Leonid Shmelkov, director of Ogurtsy [Cucumbers] Why were you interested in portraying a photographer from the world of fashion and luxury?For me it wasn’t important if it is specifically a photographer, or a film director, or a concept artist. I needed just someone from popular world, who works and depends on this world. I have several friends who are professionally involved […]

Interview with Josh O’Caoimh and Mikai Geronimo, co-directors of Fall of the Ibis King Can you tell us about the genesis of Fall of the Ibis King?Josh: Leading up to our final year of college where we make a graduation film, myself and a classmate challenged each other to each come up with a new film idea every day. The initial concept for […]

Interview with Dania Bdeir, director of Warsha How did you come up with the character? Is he based on someone you know?In 2017, I was sitting on my balcony in Lebanon overlooking all of Beirut and I saw a man standing on top of one of the tallest construction cranes. I was afraid thinking the man was going to jump. It all looked […]