Interview with Salar Pashtoonyar, director of Koha wa Tapaha [Hills and Mountains] In Koha wa Tapaha, we hear the voice of the main character as she tells her story, but we don’t see her. What was your intent behind this choice? There are two reasons. One was a creative choice and the second out of a solution to an obstacle imposed on us. Creatively, […]
Interview with Jan Bujnowski, director of Diabeł [The Devil] Who is the devil here and what does he represent? Why did you choose to portray him this way? The devil in my film represents all the people who prey on other’s weaknesses and try to make a profit from their misery. How he looks like is defined by the time when the […]
Interview with Bahar Pars, director of Åsnelandet I have read that Åsnelandet part of a trilogy. Can you tell about your inspirations and the story behind this trilogy?When I started working with the project, I noticed that it contained too many aspects and material for only one film. It was a way to challenge myself to repeat things, but from a different perspective […]
Interview with Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan, director of The Headhunter’s Daughter Can you tell us a bit about your inspirations and the story behind The Headhunter’s Daughter? What inspired you the main character?My main inspiration for The Headhunter’s Daughter is the cultural landscape of my hometown of La Trinidad, Benguet and the greater Cordilleran region. Populated by diverse northern tribes (Igorots), the region […]
Interview with Valentin Stejskal, director of 5pm Seaside Where did the idea of 5pm Seaside come from?The film was built on a love story a truck driver shared with me. Fifteen years ago, he was in love with his buddy in the Greek military, but since then he wasn’t able to talk with anyone about it. He isolated himself to protect this memory […]