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  Interview with Aida Esther Bueno Sarduy, director of Guillermina What is the inspiration behind the film Guillermina? As soon as I heard about the story of Guillermina Dueñas, six years ago, I knew it would be my first film. I think it is a beautiful, profound story that allows me to explore different issues about the nature of racism, a subject I have […]

  Interview with Angineh Isanians, director of Beyond the Threshold Where does the idea of Beyond the Threshold come from? It’s always been in my nature to clearly see when others were being kept from expressing themselves, when their rights were being taken away or violated, even in the most seemingly benign ways. I could never stand for the way our society would act […]

  Interview with Geoffroy de Crécy, director of Empty Places What inspired you to make this film without characters? I’ve been working in 3D animation for many years, but I have a problem with the representation of human beings using this technique. I find that it’s not suitable, and it’s very rare that a character is well incarnated in 3D. It may be a […]

  Interview with Kim Tran, director of Zoe and Hanh Obvious question. How much of this film is autobiographical? It’s not really autobiographical, but it was inspired by my upbringing and how I was never given the sex talk by my parents. I wanted to explore the ramifications of that through an aging mother and her grown up daughter, specifically through the lens (and […]

  Interview with Tebogo Malebogo, director of Heaven Reaches Down to Earth What a poetic film and title. Can you explain your choice for the latter? The title is taken from one of the last pages of André Aciman’s Call Me By Your Name. Guadagnino’s film was of course an influence, but after we decided on the setting of our film and found that quote in the […]

  Interview with Sungbin Byun, director of God’s Daughter Dances To somebody who hasn’t seen God’s Daughter Dances, how would you introduce it? Military service is mandatory for all men who hold Korean citizenship. In this context, Korean MTF trans men must pass through a phase of recognition as women. This film is the story of an MTF trans person who tries to live […]

  Interview with Tomer Shushan, director of Ayn Levana [White Eye] Where did the idea of Ayn Levana come from? The story of the film actually happened to me. About two years ago, I was on my way to meet my mentor to finalize a script for a short film I was working on for a few months. It was the last day to […]

  Interview with Marie Losier, director of Which Is Witch? Could you explain the title for us? The title is a play on words in English, which is my dominant language, and it’s quite musical to pronounce. The three sisters are shamans, i.e. witches, and which one will manage to wake the prince? Which is witch? Also, my friend Claire Doyon, who’s in the […]

  Interview with Christèle Alves Meira, director of Invisível Herói [Invisible Hero] The film, I believe, is staged, but it sometimes looks documentary. How did you achieve this result? Duarte is passionate about literature. He spends his days reading in the braille library that he built up over the years, located in the residence for blind people where he lives (filmed in the first […]

  Interview with Thorsten Fleisch, director of Mustererkenntnis [Pattern Cognition] How often do you direct cinematographic experiments? How many have you directed including a journey into extremely overcharged screens? I’ve been making short experimental films for more than 20 years now. Most of the films fall into the experimental animation category. On a few of them I was working with flickering and strobing for example […]