An interview with Txema Novelo, director of Déjalo Ser Which cameras did you use to shoot? How did you create that 80’s style? I shoot Déjalo Ser entirely on Super 8 mm color negative. Using as far as I know the only camera that after the death of Super 8 mm sound film allowed to synchronize dialogue and sounds with an external recording device. […]
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An interview with See Wee Aw, director of Kampung Tapir Is Kampung Tapir city real or imaginary? Kampung Tapir is a fictional place, but it is inspired by most of the village/town names from Malaysia. Usually the place named after the animal or mines etc due to the various amount of it in the place. There is a place called “Kampung Gajah” means “Elephant […]
An interview with Shady El-Hamus, director of Nachtschade Why did you want to focus a film on an illegal immigrants transporter? It all started with some CCTV footage I saw online of a minivan on a European highway – suddenly it flips 180 degrees and then comes to a halt. The driver gets out and runs off and then from the back of […]
An interview with Nikita Diakur, director of Ugly How much were you interested in small acts of malice and reality’s hardness? It is something that everyone encounters. Plus, small acts of malice can turn into big ones very quickly. Therefore, it is an important topic to talk about. Why were you interested in a Native American look-alike character? Native American culture has an […]
An interview with Chintis Lundgren, director of Manivald What gave you the idea of using foxes and wolves to tell this story? I like to use anthropomorphic characters because it’s easier for the viewer to identify themselves with animals than it would be with human characters. And if you do identify with a character and recognize yourself in them, it gives you a […]
An interview with Erica Scoggins, director of The Sacred Disease Why were you interested in hopeless diseases? By hopeless, do you mean incurable, chronic, or unexplainable? The Sacred Disease is based on my experience with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, partial seizures stemming from the part of the brain controlling memory and emotion. A “misfire” in this part of the brain produces strange episodes consisting of […]
An interview with Pierre Boulanger, director of Bye bye les puceaux (Bye, Bye Virgins) How did you come up with the idea of exploring the relationship between Inès and Abdel? In the film, Inès and Abdel are two teenagers. They’re strangers to each other and their worlds and personalities are incompatible. While the difference of the sexes tends to soften when we’re adults, it’s […]
An interview with Sarah Arnold, director of Parades (Fabula Rasa) How did you come up with the idea of the encounter and the kidnapping in Parades? I wanted an encounter between order and disorder, a confrontation between the law and disobedience. Lionel’s kidnapping and the blow to the head, that is anarchy knocking the law out. How did you construct these two characters? […]
An interview with Cheuk Man Wong, director of Piled Cloud How did you get the inspiration for Piled cloud ? I was inspired by an experience of a friend. My friend who was from Mainland China came to Hong Kong to study film. Due to distorted property market and rocket high rental price in Hong Kong, many local people cannot afford to rent an entire […]