All Interview articles – Page 109
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FeaturesBazi Gete, Red Leaves
King Lear is one inspiration for Ethiopian-Israeli director’s debut feature.
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FeaturesBenny Fredman, Suicide
Real events inspired Fredman’s first feature, an action thriller about a man pursued by a loan shark.
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FeaturesLeah Meyerhoff, I Believe In Unicorns
Meyerhoff talks about the need for more films about young women.
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FeaturesMartina Gedeck
The Lives of Others star talks about her time in Jerusalem and the need to tell second world war stories.
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FeaturesKeren Yedaya, That Lovely Girl
The Israeli director talks about her controversial third feaure, about an incestuous relationship.
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FeaturesMarin Karmitz looks back on 40 years
Marin Karmitz, the subject of a tribute at this week’s Jerusalem Film Festival, talks to Melanie Goodfellow about his journey from militant film-maker to building MK2, a leading exhibitor, producer and distributor in France.
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FeaturesShira Geffen, Self Made
Shira Geffen talks about how humour plays apart in her surreal tale of female identity.
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FeaturesRonit 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.
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FeaturesEran 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
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FeaturesNadav Lapid
The Kindergarten Teacher director talks about autobiographical inspirations, working with his mother, and his new film in Paris.
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FeaturesRichie 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.
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FeaturesSundance 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.
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FeaturesHafsteinn 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.
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FeaturesKatrin & 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.
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NewsMel Gibson on a return to directing
After picking up the top honour at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Mel Gibson talked to Screen about a return to directing, a possible move into television and reuniting with Lethal Weapon director Richard Donner.
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FeaturesSteve 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.
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FeaturesKarlovy 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.
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FeaturesSigne 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.
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FeaturesScott 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.
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FeaturesMartin 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.