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Watch the interview with the Icelandic filmmaker Sara Gunnarsdóttir and the American screenwriter Pamela Ribon about the short film My Year of Dicks selected in the 2023 International Competition (I1 programme).

Watch the interview with the Swiss-Portuguese-French filmmaker Aurélie Oliveira Pernet about her short film As Sacrificadas selected in the 2023 International Competition (I1 programme).

Watch the interview with the Irish filmmaker Jamie O’Rourke about his short film Scrap selected in the 2023 International Competition (I1 programme).

Interview with Guilherme Xavier Ribeiro, director of Ainda Restarão Robôs Nas Ruas Do Interior Profundo Can you tell us more about the choice of title?Last four years in deep Brazil we were bombarded by robots of far-right movements, financed by the same economic agents that destroy nature and kill people with social vulnerability. By triggering fake news, they create a collective delirium and […]

Interview with Alvin Lee, director of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Where did the idea for this film come from?          This story is a cumulative memory of my experiences in attending funeral wakes. I realised funeral wake nowadays have little to do with the deceased. In Singapore, we often see family members and funeral wake guests chatting leisurely, discussing business, drinking alcohol, and […]

Watch the interview with the Brazilian filmmaker Elizabeth Rocha Salgado about her short film São Paulo Open Wound selected in the 2022 International Competition (I1 programme).

Interview with Danil Ivanov, director of Holodno [It’s Cold] What has inspired you to shoot Holodno?On YouTube, I found a video where a former police officer was telling the story of how he and his partner, in his youth, were carrying the corpse of a fisherman on New Year’s Eve. The buses didn’t run and they had to pick up some passengers from […]

Interview with Elizabeth Rocha Salgado, director of São Paulo Open Wound How did you meet the Mamba Negra collective? I have been in one of their parties in Rio de Janeiro. It was amazing. It is a party with many performances from different artists.  Why did you choose to make a documentary about this underground scene in Brazil?My producer met them in Amsterdam, where […]

Interview with Andrea Szelesová, director of Sestry [Sisters] Can you tell us a bit about your inspiration and the story behind the story of Sestry?I thought for a long time what my graduation movie would be about. I had too many emotions I struggled to express. Problems at home, a loved one struggling with addiction and myself struggling with my self-worth. Many ideas had […]