Interview with Jinkyu Jeon, director of The House of Loss Can you tell us more about the choice of title?Ten years ago, when I was working in a senior care center as a soldier on mandatory duty, everyone was moving forward step by step on their own path, but I felt like I was the only one tied to the place. I don’t want […]
Interview with Enrique Buleo, director of Las Visitantes What made you want these ladies’ story? Were they inspired from people in your life? In my village, most of the retired people that usually go to guided tours are women and many of them are widows. Widows are very common here (and maybe everywhere) and I’ve always thought that they really begin to live when […]
Interview with Ophelia Harutyunyan, director of Il faut tout un village… Why are there no men? What’s the social and economic context in which this story is unfolding?There are many villages in Armenia that have almost no adult men, only women, children and elders. This is a result of men going to Russia to find work, like construction or other blue collar jobs. […]
Interview with Ahmed Abdelsalam, director of CAI-BER Is the character of Nour based on someone you know?The character of Nour is a portrait of my generation, facing social oppression and the urge to flee and find home somewhere away. But honestly, she was particularly based on my two best friends, Nagat and Passent. We have had a long journey trying to find home […]
Interview with Sein Lyan Tun, director of Late Blooming in a Lonely Summer Day What was the importance of writing and creating a film like Late Blooming in a Lonely Summer Day that focuses on the desire a middle-aged woman feels for a younger coworker?As I have been working on women rights projects for years and I find that Myanmar is male dominated […]
Interview with Émilie Pigeard, co-director of Babičino Seksualno Življenje [Granny’s Sexual Life] How did the idea of asking old women to speak about their sex life come to you and Urška? How did you manage to handle this sensitive topic with them?The idea for the film comes from a Slovenian book entitled Fire, Ass and Snakes Are Not Toys which transcribes the testimonies of women about […]