Interview with Dong Jiang, director of The Elevator How did you come up with the idea for The Elevator?The original idea came from a television news piece that talked about elevators being installed as part of building renovations in older neighborhoods. In May 2019, in a Starbucks in Beijing, I pitched the idea to Jing Su and Li Ge, the producers of my earlier […]
Interview with François Robic, director of Rien d’important Where did you get the idea for Rien d’important? After making a documentary where I’d filmed my sister and her friends I wanted to make a fiction film with people who hadn’t acted before, who would play themselves in directed improvisations, which we reworked live during shooting. I also wanted to make a film simply, with a […]
Interview with Przemyslaw Adamski and Katarzyna Kijek, co-directors of Slow Light Can you tell us more about the medical condition? Did you come across something similar in real life?It is a fictive medical condition but it’s rooted in scientific research. “Slow light” is a term used in physics to describe a wave of light that was slowed down way below its fundamental physical constant. Danish physicist […]
Interview with Shao Tzu Lin, director of Summer Rain What did you want to explore through Kao Li-Hsuan and Kao Cheng-Hsuan’s relationship?During the pandemic in 2021, I went back to my hometown and spent two months with my mom and my brother. Although we had our phones to use and spent so much time on social media, we still felt very bored. Ten years […]
Interview with Dian Weys, director of Bergie What was the starting point of Bergie? There were three elements that lead to Bergie’s conception. I live in Cape Town where it is a very common sight to see people sleeping on sidewalks. I heard a story about a person that was homeless who died, but people thought he was sleeping. I wondered for a long […]