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  An interview with Vladimir Leschiov, director of Elektrika Diena  Why did you choose a power cut to kick off the series of events? It is how I feel about the times we are currently living in. There is nervousness, instability, and fragility of relationships between people in the modern world. Light is one of the main conditions for human beings to be safe […]

  An interview with Yonatan Shehoah, director of Pigua (Terror)  How serious is the tension nowadays between Jews and Arabs in Israel? Is polarization increasing? Yes unfortunately, in certain seasons when conflicts and terrorist attacks in the country increase, communication and relations between Arabs and Jews is severely affected, distrust and fear in the streets can be felt even in the air. The political and social […]

  An interview with Laura Baumeister de Montis, director of Ombligo de Agua  Can you explain the choice of title? Our main character dreams of tomatoes, that she grows them and makes a living from them. In the story this dream represents the desire for a more simple and basic life in opposition to the life full of expectations and competition which she lives […]

  An interview with Soheil Amirsharifi, director of Gosal [Fault Line]  Can you explain the title of Gosal [Fault Line]? As you know “Fault line” is a fracture in the ground which causes an earthquake. The story of the film happens during a rehearsal which is designed to prepare the students for proper reaction when an earthquake happens. I find this a good title for […]

  An interview with Tan Wei Ting, director of CA$H  Why were you interested in picturing cashiers struggling with being fired? Do you have further projects on this subject? CA$H is actually part of a short film series Temasek 20/20, which prompted aspiring young filmmakers in Singapore to imagine what the future holds for us beyond the year 2020. I remember researching particularly into the […]

  An interview with Vincent Lambe, director of Detainment  How did you learn about the James Bulger case’s children transcripts? I was 12 when it happened and I grew up hearing about the case. I could never understand how these two ten-year-old boys could commit such a horrific crime. A lot of people will say they were simply “evil”. I think it’s easier to […]

  An interview with Thomas Buisson, director of Claude libre  >Where did you get the idea for the character Claude? I got the idea for this character after hearing about a news item that took place in the south of France in 2012. A 70-year old man held up a horse race betting bar in his town and then fled on a bicycle. Everyone […]

  An interview with Reed Van Dyk, director of Interiør  Why did you choose this particular title? I wish I knew. As with all creative decisions, it’s mostly a gut response, an instinct thing. I could offer some intellectual justification for the title, but that would be a bore. Can’t even remember when the idea came to me. It has been the name since the beginning though. […]

  An interview with Mohammad Reza Fahriyansyah, director of Kembalilah Dengan Tenang  Why were you interested in the question of grief? It departed from the story of my family when we needed to decide where to bury my late father. The entire procedure of taking care of the dead body and the funeral had to be done according to sharia, thus he had to […]

  An interview with Paulina Ziółkowska, director of Na Zdrowie!  Why were you interested in germs and their spread? I get the flu quite often. And when you are lying in bed, sick and bored, you have a lot of time to think about stuff. And I made a film.  How much have you been inspired by symbiosis, duplication, cell division? Not so much. […]