Interview
Alex Gibney, Going Clear
Judging by the Park City crowds that attempted to elbow their way into the world premiere of Going Clear: Scientology And The Prison Of Belief one might say this is Alex Gibney’s most talked-about film to date.
Robert Eggers, Anya Taylor-Joy, The Witch
Hot off the Sundance world premiere of his lauded 17th century chiller and the subsequent US deal with A24 Films, director Robert Eggers is thankful that festival audiences “get” his feature directorial debut.
Tiger directors: Jakrawal Nilthamrong, Vanishing Point
The Thai director talks about his feature inspired by his parents car accident, which receives its world premiere in competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
Tiger directors: Carlos M. Quintela, The Project of the Century
The Cuban director talks about his inter-generational drama, which receives its world premiere in competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
Tiger directors: Lukas Valenta Rinner, Parabellum
The Austrian director talks about survivalist feature, which receives its world premiere in competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
Tiger directors: Laura Citarella and Verónica Llinás, Dog Lady (La Mujer de los Perros)
The Argentine director and actress both talk about a woman who lives with a pack of dogs, which receives its world premiere in competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
RKSS Collective, Turbo Kid
Quebecois co-directors Anouk Whissell, François Simard and Yoann-Karl Whissell tell Jeremy Kay about their Sundance entry, a retro-fuelled, post-apocalyptic romantic action-adventure complete with classic 1980s 3D toy the View-Master.
Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden, Mississippi Grind
The veteran Sundance co-writer-directors tell Tiffany Pritchard about their return to Park City with the Premieres selection about gambling pals on a trip to a high-stakes poker game in New Orleans.
Benson Lee, Seoul Searching
The Toronto-born child of Korean parents who left their homeland in the 1960s returns to Sundance after 1998 selection Miss Monday with a unique spin on the teen movie genre based on his own experiences.
Tiger directors: Ismail Basbeth, Another Trip To The Moon
The Indonesian director talks about his magical surrealist film, which receives its world premiere in competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
Tiger directors: Britni West, Tired Moonlight
The US director talks about her tribute to small-town Montana, which receives its international premiere in competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
Tiger directors: Nicolas Steiner, Above and Below
The Swiss director talks about “underground dwellers”, which receives its international premiere in competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
Tiger directors: Jeppe Ronde, Bridgend
The Danish director talks about his teen suicide drama, which receives its world premiere in competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
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Tiger directors: Juan Daniel F Molero, Videophilia (And Other Viral Syndromes)
The Peruvian director talks about his teen drama, which receives its world premiere in competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
Tiger directors: Martin Radich, Norfolk
The British director talks about his father-son drama, which receives its world premiere in competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Benedict Cumberbatch reveals how he broke down with emotion during his last day playing Alan Turing in The Imitation Game. Elbert Wyche reports
The VFX of Interstellar
Double Negative’s Paul Franklin talks to Ian Sandwell about keeping the VFX for Interstellar grounded in reality while exploring the wonders of the universe
Stephen Daldry, Trash
Stephen Daldry tells Andreas Wiseman how he hopes his comedy thriller Trash will help change established perceptions of Rio’s favelas
Tomm Moore, Song Of The Sea
Oscar-nominated Irish animation Song Of The Sea draws on ancient folklore and traditional animation techniques to tell a universal family story. Wendy Mitchell talks to director Tomm Moore about the inspirations for the film
Michael Noer, Key House Mirror
Rising Danish director Michael Noer talks to Sarah Cooper about his third feature, the unusual love story Key House Mirror, which opens Goteborg
JM Cravioto, Reversal
The Mexican film-maker went to the same CUEC film school as Alfonso Cuaron and Emmanuel Lubezki. His English-language debut premieres in Sundance in Park City At Midnight on January 23. Spoiler alert.
Tiger directors: Remy van Heugten, Gluckauf
The Dutch director talks about his father-son story, which receives its world premiere in competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
Tiger directors: Kyros Papavassiliou, Impressions Of A Drowned Man
The Greek-Cyrriot director talks about his poetic meditation on the nature of time and identity, which receives its world premiere in competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
Tiger directors: Lisa Takeba, Haruko’s Paranormal Laboratory
The Japanese director talks about her second feature, which receives its world premiere in competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
Mark Titus, The Breach
In The Breach, Mark Titus examines depleted salmon populations in the Pacific Northwest and what is happening to reverse their decline.
Alexandre Desplat, The Imitation Game
Composer Alexandre Desplat tells Tiffany Pritchard about bringing Alan Turing’s frenetic mind to life through his score for The Imitation Game.
Adam Stockhausen, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Production designer Adam Stockhausen tells Andreas Wiseman about the ‘extreme’ move from 12 Years A Slave to The Grand Budapest Hotel and the challenges of capturing Wes Anderson’s unique vision.
Robert Elswit, Nightcrawler
Cinematographer Robert Elswit talks to Elbert Wyche about the challenges of shooting dozens of late-night locations for Dan Gilroy’s Nightcrawler.
Alejandro G Inarritu, Birdman
The Mexican director of Birdman talks to Jeremy Kay about his tortured creative process and his original vision of a man floating in his underwear.
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Julianne Moore talks to Jeremy Kay about the research and emotions behind her impressive turn in Still Alice
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Felicity Jones tells Wendy Mitchell about her intimidating first experience with Jane Hawking, and meeting carers and families during preparation for The Theory Of Everything
JK Simmons: The Whiplash effect
JK Simmons tells Michael Rosser how he brought the brutal teacher in Whiplash to life and how the role may change his career forever.
Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
Jessica Chastain talks to Wendy Mitchell about bringing the wife out from behind the scenes in JC Chandor’s A Most Violent Year.
Lucia Recalde Langarica, MEDIA
MEDIA’s new head of unit, Lucia Recalde Langarica, talks to Martin Blaney about how innovation in technology, people and content can be used to realise Europe’s untapped potential
David Oyelowo, Selma
David Oyelowo tells Ian Sandwell about how being British helped his portrayal of an icon and the need for it not to be an impersonation.
Georgia Parris lets sidelined woman have her Moment
London-based short film director has taken an unusual approach to showcasing contemporary dance, including with her latest film A Moment To Move.
Joshua Oppenheimer, The Look Of Silence
Joshua Oppenheimer talks to Wendy Mitchell about changing the culture of fear in Indonesia with The Act Of Killing and its follow-up, The Look Of Silence.
Andy Whittaker & Anna Godas, Dogwoof
UK distributor Dogwoof Films is celebrating a decade of championing its socially conscious films across multiple platforms. Company founders Andy Whittaker and Anna Godas tell Geoffrey Macnab about their vision.
Alicia Vikander, Testament Of Youth
Alicia Vikander tells Wendy Mitchell about doing Vera Brittain justice in Testament Of Youth and finding roles of emotional substance.
Mike Leigh, Mr. Turner
Mike Leigh talks to John Hazelton about raising finance, going digital and the importance of research in creating three-dimensional and historically accurate characters for his latest feature, Mr. Turner.
Ruben Ostlund, Force Majeure
Ruben Ostlund, the Swedish director of Force Majeure, tells Tiffany Pritchard about his lengthy casting process, the Titanic myth and his love of YouTube.
Hideaki Anno, Evangelion
Japanese animator and creator of the Evangelion series, Hideaki Anno, talks to Liz Shackleton about the joys of destruction.
Jan-Willem van Ewijk, Atlantic
Dutch director Jan-Willem van Ewijk explains to Melanie Goodfellow how a passion for windsurfing in Morocco was the inspiration for his film Atlantic.
Daoud Abdel Sayed, Out Of The Ordinary
Egyptian filmmaker Daoud Abdel Sayed talks to Liz Shackleton about working with child actors and tackling the supernatural in his latest film, Out Of The Ordinary, which is premiering at DIFF.
Toni El Massih, VOX Cinemas
Toni El Massih, director of distribution and film content at pan-Arab exhibitor VOX Cinemas, talks to Melanie Goodfellow about programming screens in the region.
The spark of Electricity
Director Bryn Higgins and star Agyness Deyn talk about bringing a unique young woman to life in British drama Electricity.
Bikas Mishra, Four Colours
Bikas Ranjan Mishra talks Liz Shackleton through the five-year development and production journey behind his debut feature, Four Colours (Chauranga).
Steven Knight, Locke
Writer-director Steven Knight tells Adam Woodard about a unique on-screen and off-screen journey with Locke, the Tom Hardy drama shot over just eight nights.
Wim Wenders & Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, The Salt of the Earth
Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado tell Elbert Wyche how they had to beat their own egos on documentary The Salt of the Earth.
André Singer, Night Will Fall
André Singer talks to Melanie Goodfellow about his powerful Holocaust documentary, Night Will Fall, which has a groundbreaking broadcast launch on January 27.
One on One
Robert Eggers, Anya Taylor-Joy, The Witch
Hot off the Sundance world premiere of his lauded 17th century chiller and the subsequent US deal with A24 Films, director Robert Eggers is thankful that festival audiences “get” his feature directorial debut.
Alex Gibney, Going Clear
Judging by the Park City crowds that attempted to elbow their way into the world premiere of Going Clear: Scientology And The Prison Of Belief one might say this is Alex Gibney’s most talked-about film to date.
Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden, Mississippi Grind
The veteran Sundance co-writer-directors tell Tiffany Pritchard about their return to Park City with the Premieres selection about gambling pals on a trip to a high-stakes poker game in New Orleans.
RKSS Collective, Turbo Kid
Quebecois co-directors Anouk Whissell, François Simard and Yoann-Karl Whissell tell Jeremy Kay about their Sundance entry, a retro-fuelled, post-apocalyptic romantic action-adventure complete with classic 1980s 3D toy the View-Master.
Benson Lee, Seoul Searching
The Toronto-born child of Korean parents who left their homeland in the 1960s returns to Sundance after 1998 selection Miss Monday with a unique spin on the teen movie genre based on his own experiences.
JM Cravioto, Reversal
The Mexican film-maker went to the same CUEC film school as Alfonso Cuaron and Emmanuel Lubezki. His English-language debut premieres in Sundance in Park City At Midnight on January 23. Spoiler alert.
Mark Titus, The Breach
In The Breach, Mark Titus examines depleted salmon populations in the Pacific Northwest and what is happening to reverse their decline.
Dan Berk and Robert Olsen, Body
Dan Berk and Robert Olsen tell Jeremy Kay about what makes them jump in the night and their Slamdance-bound story of three bored, stoned girls who head out to a vacant mansion.
James Napier Robertson, The Dark Horse
The New Zealander’s stirring true story has been one of the hits of the Palm Springs International Film Festival and stars a memorable Cliff Curtis as Genesis Potini, a bipolar Maori who used chess to improve the lives of thousands of Maori children.
Pablo Trapero, El Clan
The Argentine wunderkind behind Carancho, White Elephant and Lion’s Den sat down with Jeremy Kay to discuss his latest film four weeks into production in Buenos Aires.
Mipo O, The Light Shines Only There
Elbert Wyche talks to O about her fourth feature, a pensive drama about a depressed man played by Go Ayano who is trying to escape his painful past.
Pantelis Voulgaris, Little England
The Brides director returns with Greece’s foreign language Oscar submission, the story of two sisters who harbour a terrible secret while spending their lives in love with the same man.
Oles Sanin, The Guide
The Ukrainian director’s epic has become a hit in its home country, selling more than 277,597 tickets in its first 25 days to overtake Fury at the box office.
Christopher J. Dodd, MPAA
MPAA chairman and chief executive Chris Dodd talks to Liz Shackleton about Japanese audiences, China’s quotas and the impact of digital distribution on the film business.
Bert Marcus & Mike Tyson, Champs
Director Bert Marcus and subject Mike Tyson tell Jeremy Kay about how their boxing documentary, Champs, transcends the world of sports.
Gong Yu, iQiyi
iQiyi founder and CEO Gong Yu talks to Liz Shackleton about the company’s production plans and how it is working on its film business with parent company Baidu.
Robert Jones & Wayne Marc Godfrey, The Fyzz Facility
The Fyzz Facility’s Robert Jones and Wayne Marc Godfrey open up to Andreas Wiseman about their thriving production and finance company.
Javier Fuentes-Léon, The Vanished Elephant
The LA-based writer-director came to attention outside his native Peru in 2010 when Undertow (Contracorriente) scooped an audience award at Sundance. Now he’s back with another meditation on reality, albeit one that inhabits the noir milieu.
Alessandra Priante on Emirati cinema scene
Former Italian cultural attaché says cinema scene has evolved considerably in the last five years.
Nujoom Alghanem, Sounds of the Sea
Emirati filmmaker and poet Nujoom Alghanem talks about her feature-length documentary Sounds of the Sea capturing a way of Emirati life that is dying out.
Jacqueline Lyanga, AFI FEST
The festival director talks about a few of the anticipated highlights at this year’s feast of global film, including a certain picture that is finally coming home after it was originally set to play the festival in 2013.
Nicolas Villarreal, Nieta
Nicolas Villarreal is on track for Oscar qualification with his second animated short Nieta, which has screened at multiple festivals including Cannes and Facets, the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival.
Amr Waked, El Ott
Mystical revenge thriller premiered in competition at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
Hip-hop's Narcicyst on short film Rise
Iraqi-Canadian hip-hop and musician Yassin Alsalman, better known as The Narcicyst, is at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival with the short film Rise.
Leonardo Guerra Seragnoli, Last Summer
Leonardo Guerra Seragnoli’s debut drama Last Summer combines an impressive production team and cast with an intriguing premise.
Jorge Gutierrez, The Book Of Life
The Emmy-winning, Mexican-born director of TV animation makes his feature directorial debut on the Fox release – guided by none other than Guillermo del Toro.
Jon Fitzgerald, Brad Parks, Hollywood Film Festival
After Jon Fitzgerald and Brad Parks’ philanthropic body Cinecause acquired the Hollywood Film Festival (HFF) in February of this year, the event has received a total make-over and now promotes socially conscious films.
Ivan Kavanagh, The Canal
The director talks about Park Films’ deeply atmospheric Ireland/UK movie starring Rupert Evans, former Screen Star Of Tomorrow Antonia Campbell-Hughes and youngster Calum Heath.
Sadyk Sher-Niyaz, Kurmanjan Datka
Kurmanjan Datka is this year’s official foreign-language Oscar entry for Kyrgyzstan and recounts the story of one of the country’s most celebrated female leaders, who lived from 1811-1907.
Lee Yong-kwan, Busan Film Festival
Lee Yong-kwan tells Jean Noh about Busan International Film Festival’s role in the international industry, the diverse, new voices of Asian cinema and the festival’s focus on safety and stability
Partho Sen-Gupta, Sunrise
Receiving its world premiere in BIFF’s New Currents competition, Partho Sen-Gupta’s Sunrise tells the story of a police inspector whose daughter was kidnapped years ago when she was only six.
Szifron talks Wild Tales, new sci-fi film
The Argentine director talks about his hit Wild Tales and his ambitious sci-fi four-film project The Foreigner.
Michael R Roskam, The Drop
The upcoming Belgian director talks to Screen about making the move to US films and working with stars like Tom Hardy and the late James Gandolfini.
Fernando Trueba talks film career
Spanish Oscar-winning director, Fernando Trueba was the subject of the Binger/Screen International Interview at the Holland Film Meeting in Utrecht this weekend.
Gabe Ibáñez, Automata
Spanish director Gabe Ibáñez is in Zurich with star Antonio Banderas to present new sci-fi film Automata.
Tate Taylor, Get On Up
In Zurich opening night film Get On Up, US director Tate Taylor tells the story of legendary showman James Brown.
Ben Kingsley, Travis Knight on The Boxtrolls
The Oscar-winning actor and Laika CEO, lead animator and producer talk about family feature The Boxtrolls.
Kent Jones, New York Film Festival
The director and chair of the selection committee at NYFF talks to Jeremy Kay about why world premieres aren’t the name of the game, Martin Scorsese and a certain Edward Snowden documentary.
Yoav Goren, Immediate Music
The work of Yoav Goren has been featured in movie trailers for The Wolverine, Rush, 47 Ronin and Star Trek: Into Darkness among many others. On September 12, Goren gives a talk entitled Trailer Music: New Trends/ Modern Techniques at the Production Music Conference in Los Angeles.
Andrew Lau and Andrew Loo, Revenge of the Green Dragons
The co-directors sat down with Jean Noh ahead of the world premiere at Toronto of the gangster drama exec produced by Martin Scorsese.
Isabel Coixet, Learning To Drive
Patricia Clarkson and Ben Kingsley star in the Spanish director’s first film she says is ‘feel good.’
Alan Rickman, A Little Chaos
After making his directorial debut 16 years ago, Alan Rickman returns to the director’s chair with a period drama starring Kate Winslet and Matthias Schoenaerts.
Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, Samba
The French directing duo follow up their huge hit Intouchables with Samba, starring Omar Sy as an African immigrant in Paris who falls in love with his immigration worker.
David Oelhoffen, Far From Men
French director David Oelhoffen adapts Albert Camus’ short story The Guest into a survival story set during the Algerian War, starring Viggo Mortensen and Reda Kateb.
James Schamus on life after Focus
Schamus is working on screenplays including Zealot: The Life And Times Of Jesus of Nazareth and an adaptation of Philip Roth’s Indignation.
Jalmari Helander & Onni Tommila, Big Game
Daniel Horowitz talks to the Finnish director and lead star of Midnight Madness premiere Big Game.
Boo Ji-young, Cart
Boo Ji-young’s sophomore feature Cart is a topical tale of workers at a big-box retail store.
Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead, Spring
The directing duo talk about their second feature, which premiered in the Vanguard section at Toronto.
Susanne Bier, A Second Chance
The Oscar-winning Danish filmmaker follows the romance Love Is All You Need with this darker tale of a detective (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) who crosses a moral line after a family tragedy.
Andrew Niccol, Good Kill
In Good Kill, Ethan Hawke plays a conflicted former fighter pilot now operating drones from a base in Las Vegas.
Jean-Baptiste Léonetti, The Reach
Three years after his feature directorial debut Carré blanc played at the festival in 2011, the French director who made his name in commercials returns to Toronto with thriller The Reach.
Lone Scherfig, The Riot Club
Danish director and Toronto regular Lone Scherfig (An Education) tackles the badly behaved British aristocracy in Laura Wade’s adaptation of her play Posh, about an infamous Oxford University dining club.
Baldvin Z, Life In A Fishbowl
Icelandic director Baldvin Z’s second feature interweaves the story of three very different characters struggling with modern life in Reykjavik.
Michael Winterbottom, The Face of an Angel
Michael Winterbottom talks about his genre-bending new film inspired loosely by the Amanda Knox-Meredith Kercher case.
Joshua & Benny Safdie, Heaven Knows What
The filmmaking brothers talk about their Venice and Toronto selection, including how they were inspired by addict-turned-writer/actress Arielle Holmes.
Toronto: Cameron Bailey talks size and the Telluride policy
Toronto artistic director Cameron Bailey talks to Jeremy Kay about food trucks, not being a snob and the Tulluride policy
Thelma Schoonmaker: Editing is a misunderstood art
Martin Scorsese’s long-time editor talked Raging Bull, the move to digital and the art of cutting while at the Venice Film Festival where she has picked up a lifetime honour.
Naji Abu Nowar, Theeb
Premiering in Venice’s Orizzonti section, Naji Abu Nowar’s Theeb is a coming-of-age story about a young Bedouin boy who is forced to grow up fast following the death of his father and the arrival of a British army officer on a mysterious mission.
Pat Mills, Guidance
The Ottawa-born, Ryerson University graduate tells Jeremy Kay why he was the perfect person to play a booze and drug-addled former child star who bluffs his way into a job as a high school guidance counsellor.
David Gordon Green, Manglehorn
The director chats about fables, gospel choirs, casting Harmony Korine and Al Pacino’s preparation process.
David Mackenzie, Starred Up
Glasgow-based David Mackenzie’s gritty prison-set drama Starred Up starring UK hot-shot Jack O’Connell and Australia’s Ben Mendelsohn caused a stir as soon as it premiered in Toronto 2013 – but it’s much more than simply a story of violence and incarceration.
Cherien Dabis, May In The Summer
Following her noted 2010 debut Amreeka, Cherien Dabis swaps small-town USA for Jordan as a New Yorker returns to her native home in the run-up to her wedding.
Robert Englund reveals Richard Attenborough influence
The horror icon talks to Ian Sandwell about his latest film The Last Showing, which premiered at Film4 FrightFest, and the current state of the genre.
John McNaughton, The Harvest
Ian Sandwell talks to the American director about his first film in over a decade, The Harvest.
Luc Besson, Lucy
The French director of La Femme Nikita and Leon: The Professional returns with a new super-female – and in this case it’s no exaggeration. Plus he tells Jeremy Kay why the first meeting with Scarlett Johansson was like two dogs sniffing each other’s butts.
Richard Bates, Jr. & Matthew Gray Gubler, Suburban Gothic
Writer/director Richard Bates, Jr. and lead actor Matthew Gray Gubler talk to Ian Sandwell about Suburban Gothic, which world premiered at Fantasia.
Mike Cahill, I Origins
Mike Cahill burst onto the scene three years ago when his feature directorial debut Another Earth premiered at Sundance and won the special jury prize and the $20,000 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize.
Noboru Iguchi, Live & Nuigulumar Z
Ian Sandwell talks to the Japanese film-maker about his two films screening at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival.
Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz, Gett: The Trial Of Viviane Amsalem
The brother-and-sister filmmaking team talk about their drama set against the complicated divorce system in Israel.
Eran Riklis talks Dancing Arabs
Eran Riklis — one of Israel’s foremost film-makers — talks to Screen’s Wendy Mitchell about his latest film Dancing Arabs, and his ambitions to connect with a global audience
Nadav Lapid
The Kindergarten Teacher director talks about autobiographical inspirations, working with his mother, and his new film in Paris.
Richie Mehta, Siddharth
In Richie Mehta’s profoundly engrossing drama Siddharth, a chain-wallah in India sends his young son to work far away on the sub-continent. When the child does not return home, the father sets off on a quest.
Sundance Institute summer labs
The June Directors and Screenwriters Labs hosted by the Sundance Institute brought together filmmakers and creators from many disciplines and diverse locales. Elle Toussi went to Park City in Utah to speak to some of the participants.
Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson, Paris of the North
After seeing his debut feature Either Way remade into US film Prince Avalanche, director and writer Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson talks to Laurence Boyce about his second feature, which receives its world premiere in Karlovy Vary.
Katrin & Andres Maimik, Cherry Tobacco
Estonian film Cherry Tobacco has its World Premiere in Karlovy Vary. Laurence Boyce talks to the married director Andres and Katrin Maimik about influences, first love and dumpling faces.
Kevin Smith, Tusk
US director Kevin Smith talks about the state of independent film, his upcoming horror Tusk, meeting Game of Thrones author George RR Martin and why the Weinsteins passed on Clerks 3.
Grzegorz Jaroszuk, Kebab & Horoscope
KARLOVY VARY: Grzegorz Jaroszuk’s debut feature Kebab & Horoscope is the eagerly awaited first feature from the graduate of Lódz Film School which will premiere in the East of the West Competition. Laurence Boyce asks him about his influences and improvisation.
Steve James, Life Itself
In Life Itself, veteran documentarian Steve James adapts Roger Ebert’s memoirs to throw a light on the life of the celebrated Pulitzer Prize-winning movie critic, who died in 2013 following a long battle with thyroid cancer.
Karlovy Vary: Ben Rivers
British filmmaker and artist Ben Rivers will be one of the three recipients of a retrospective at this year’s Karlovy Vary Film Festival. Laurence Boyce caught up with him to ask what the retrospective holds.
Signe Baumane, Rocks In My Pockets
Rocks In My Pockets, the debut feature from respected animator Signe Baumane, will be the first animated feature ever to take part in the Karlovy Vary International Competition. Laurence Boyce spoke to her about the film.
Scott Derrickson, Deliver Us From Evil
The director of Sinister and The Exorcism Of Emily Rose locks horns with dark forces again in his latest film, which stars Eric Bana and Edgar Ramirez and opens in the US this week through Screen Gems. Jeremy Kay comes out from behind the sofa.
Martin Provost, Violette
Martin Provost’s French period drama Violette relates the story of author Violette Leduc and her relationship with Simone de Beauvoir. It stars Emmanuelle Devos and Sandrine Kiberlain and has just opened in Los Angeles ahead of a national roll-out.
Andrew Rossi, Ivory Tower
Director Andrew Rossi takes on the rising debt crisis in his documentary film Ivory Tower, which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and opens in the US on June 13 through Samuel Goldwyn. Elbert Wyche reports.
Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia, Recommended By Enrique
The neo-noir premieres at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 13 and plays again on June 17 and tells of a young actress and an aging cowboy in a small Texan town on the Mexican border. Emmanuelle Charlier saddles up.
E.L. Katz, Cheap Thrills
Ian Sandwell talks to the US film-maker about his feature directorial debut.
Curtis Burch, Words And Pictures
Producer Curtis Burch talks to Elbert Wyche about financing the film, the need for more character-based films in Hollywood, surprises from the cast and his plans for the future.
Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Winter Sleep
The Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan is glad to be back in Cannes, where he has a happy history. He won the Grand Jury Prize in 2002 for Distant and in again 2011 for Once Upon A Time In Anatolia and a Best Director Award in 2008 for Three Monkeys.
Thomas Cailley, Love At First Fight
“It’s more than the army - it’s the theme of survival” that interests Thomas Cailley in his Director’s Fortnight entry Love at First Fight (Les Combattants).
David Robert Mitchell, It Follows
The New York based director delivers a buzzy thriller with his second trip to Cannes.
Gaspard Ulliel talks about his YSL tranformation
The actor/model talks about working on Bertrand Bonello’s Saint Laurent.
Kanu Behl, Titli
Mumbai-based filmmaker Kanu Behl is making his feature debut with Titli, about the youngest member of a car-jacking brotherhood attempting to escape his oppressive family.
John Boorman, Queen and Country
Geoffrey Macnab speaks to the English film-maker about the sequel to his autobiographical feature Hope and Glory.
Fabrice du Welz, Alleluia
Having had his debut feature Calvaire selected for Critics’ Week in 2004, Fabrice du Welz returns to Cannes with Alleluia in Directors’ Fortnight.
Bridging Sarajevo’s past
The omnibus feature film The Bridges Of Sarajevo, consisting of 13 short films by 13 European directors, will have its world premiere as a Cannes Special Screening on Thursday.
Cuarons go from space to desert with Forsaken
“Forsaken is a story of survival,” says director Jonas Cuaron of his Mexico-France thriller that recently wrapped in Baja, California.
Dean DeBlois, How To Train Your Dragon 2
Dean DeBlois’ dragon-flying sequel How To Train Your Dragon 2 takes a bolder, braver approach than the first in the trilogy - bringing heavier topics to the table that according to DeBlois, “have made some people very nervous.”
Kristian Levring, The Salvation
Kristian Levring tells Wendy Mitchell about the inspiring process of making The Salvation, a ‘Western that’s a myth about Westerns’
Andrew Hulme, Snow In Paradise
The veteran editor talks about moving into the director’s chair with his story set in London’s East End.
Sebastiano Riso, Darker Than Midnight
Italian director Sebastiano Riso’s debut feature Darker Than Midnight - about a gay teenager living on the streets of the Sicilian city of Catania to escape a violent father who disapproves of his girlish looks - is premiering in Critics’ Week. Rai Trade handles sales.
Alice Rohrwacher, The Wonders
Thirty-two year-old Italian director Alice Rohrwacher returns to the Croisette with Competition entry The Wonders (Le Meraviglie), a coming-of-age story set in the Italian countryside.
