Interview with Regina Pessoa, director of Tio Tomás, a Contabilidade dos Dias [Uncle Thomas, Accounting For the Days] Did your uncle pass away many years ago? My uncle passed away in 2005 while I was in France working on my film Tragic Story with Happy Ending. In fact, one time when I was calling my mom as usual, Uncle Thomas was with her […]
Interview with Haris Raftogiannis, director of Premier amour Why did you want to deal with the theme of desire? To love and to be loved is something that concerns me a lot. Love is a political act as one of my friends says. To make a film especially on the sarcastic side of love, was something much intriguing for me and Nikos Vavouris, the editor of […]
Interview with Chris Filippone, director of How to Breathe in Kern County Where did you shoot? How did you select and find your film locations? I shot primarily in California’s southern San Joaquin Valley, mainly in the dusty, agricultural region of Kern County and the city of Bakersfield. This region reflects an image of California that most people never encounter, lacking the beaches […]
Interview with Maïté Sonnet, director of Massacre Tell us a little about how Massacre came about. I wanted tell the story of a reversal, a passage: from powerlessness to power. I was able to quickly imagine the two characters in the film: two little girls who initially seem innocent gradually become threatening. This pair of girl-witches, like a two-headed monster, was my starting […]