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  Interview with Hamza Bangash, director of Stray Dogs Come Out at Night Can you explain the title? What is the symbol or role of the dog, here? In the late of night, the streets of Karachi are run by stray dogs. They come out from their corners, sit in the middle of the road, are happy and carefree. We do not have a […]

  Interview with Vincent Pouplard, director of Ce n’est qu’après [Only After] When you started making the film, did you specifically want to work with young adults, or was the age of the witnesses simply a consequence of the topic that interested you or of your approach in handling the topic? I wanted to work with young adults, with young people who had difficulties […]

  Interview with Felix Herrmann, director of Die Tinte Trocknet Nicht (The Ink doesn’t Dry) Can you tell us more about the title and the proverb at the beginning of the film? The proverb at the beginning “the pens have been lifted, the ink has dried” refers to the idea of fate, that the story of each one of us is already written. The […]

  Interview with Patricia Ramos Hernández, director of I Love Lotus Can you explain the title? Is this a reference to an actual brand of condoms? Previously I had another title, but it was a true condom brand and I didn’t want to have rights issues. That’s why I decided to invent a brand name that doesn’t exist. The story unfolding in a condom […]

  Interview with Max Walker-Silverman, director of Lefty/Righty Can you tell us a bit about the title? Lefty is a mythic cowboy name. It’s a nod towards the western genre that the film flirts with (sort of). And Righty, well, it’s pretty similar but completely opposite. Balance and opposition. Sounds like a movie to me! Is the story in any way biographical, or autobiographical? […]

  Interview with Manuela Irene Espitia, director of Sol del Llano What inspired you to tell the story of this mother and her two children? As I became a mother I also struggled with grief for the loss of my cousin. It was a big challenge emotionally and I felt the need to make another film. I wanted to shoot in my grandparents’ house […]

  Interview with Qiu Yang, director of She Runs Can you tell us a few words about Yu, the main character of She Runs? Of course. Yu’s a young Chinese teenager girl who’s in her junior high. She’s part of the school’s aerobic dancing team but has been trying to get away from it. What was the appeal in the subject matter? It’s inspired by a […]

  An interview with Idil Ibrahim, director of Sega  Is Sega based on someone in particular? How common is his situation in Senegal? The story of Sega is not based on the story of someone in particular, however, it was inspired by a number of people I’d come in contact with or read about. The situation is fairly common in Senegal. We filmed on […]

  An interview with Alex Feggans, director of Jackrabbit  So, tell us is the story entirely true? What elements are fictional? How did you come across it? Australia’s remote areas are perceived as such wild and inhospitable places that people will believe almost anything they hear about them. I wanted to play off those preconceptions and the outback thriller/horror genre to tell a story […]

  An interview with Aung Rakhine, director of The Last Post Office  There is a beautifully poetic quality to the film. First of all, is the post office based on an existing one? Where is it meant to be in Bangladesh? This film is like modern day fairy tale. Capturing magic realism as a medium to tell our harsh absurd reality.That’s where true poetic […]