Interview with Nyima Cartier, director of L’homme silencieux [A Quiet Man] What made you want to tell the story of Vincent Blanchot? Is the character based on a real person? A few years ago I read Melville’s short story Bartleby. It takes place on Wall Street in the 1850s and tells the story of Bartleby, an accountant who ceases working one day and […]
Interview with Suzannah Mirghani, director of Al-Sit This is a very moving story. Is it based on personal experience or someone you know? The story of the arranged marriage depicted in my film Al-Sit is a common one in Sudan and the norm for many Sudanese families. While I did not personally experience an arranged marriage, I grew up in this cultural environment […]
Interview with Rayka Zehtabchi and Sam Davis, directors of Are You Still There? You created three great female characters, and the daughter-mother bond is really well depicted. What can you tell us about the character development? Rayka: Spoiler alert here. The story is very personal. My father passed away during my first year of college. Despite pressure from my family and friends to […]
Interview with Fernando Criollo, director of Cumbres y cenizas [Summits and Ashes] Can you explain the choice of title? I was interested in the idea of carrying on the shoulders the meaning of life, while ascending to a point that allows us to see ourselves more clearly and from further afield. Metaphorically, rise to the call of the Apus, the spirits of the […]
Interview with Dmitry Geller, director of Khoziayka mednoy gory [The Mistress of the Copper Mountain] The synopsis mentions that the film is based on the Ural mining factory folklore. Can you tell us a bit about the specificity of this folklore? Ural is considered the biggest industrial zone in the world. Its development began in the 18-19 centuries. The people who worked in […]
Interview with Thanasis Tsimpinis, director of Escaping the Fragile Planet What drew you to this story that focuses on an encounter between two men just before the end of the world? Τhere are not quite as many boy-meets-boy (or girl-meets-girl) tales out there. And like in my previous short film Fawns, I like creating queer characters, although I choose to not necessarily focus […]