All Interview articles – Page 2
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Features“We’re making films for the people”, says Tanzania’s Amil Shivji of his latest film ’Last Cow’
The Atlas Workshop project is set within a semi-nomadic ethnic group of the Maasai.
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FeaturesSuha Arraf talks about hiding politics in human stories for Atlas Workshops project ’Chentian’
The Palestinian filmmaker co-wrote Eran Riklis’ ‘The Syrian Bride’ and ‘Lemon Tree’.
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FeaturesAtlas Workshops’ Hédi Zardi looks ahead to the ‘epic, emotional stories’ told in the 2025 projects
Zardi says the Workshops provide a space to nurture creativity while giving a clear-eyed overview of market realities.
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FeaturesKaouther Ben Hania talks filming ‘Mimesis’ during ‘The Voice Of Hind Rajab’ festival, awards run
“We had to shoot in September, otherwise we had to give back some funds,” says the director.
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Features“The festival opens a conversation through cinema,” says Marrakech film festival’s Rémi Bonhomme
Marrakech has become a significant festival during awards season, while also platforming emerging talents.
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FeaturesAiming to be “100% real”, Glenn Freemantle’s ‘Warfare’ soundscape amplifies a real Iraq War firefight
Everything used in the recreation of the battle in Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s real-time drama was authentic.
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FeaturesWhy Mohammed Al-Ibrahim wanted to make Qatar’s first thriller ‘Sa3oud Wainah?’
“We consume a lot of genre,” says the director at the Doha Film Festival.
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FeaturesHow a serious accident inspired Jennfer Montgomery’s ‘This Tempting Madness’
The US-produced psychological thriller premieres at the International Film Festival of India.
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Features‘Shakti’ sees Nepal’s urgent need for political reform through personal, female lens
Marks the feature directorial debut of Nani Sahra Walker.
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Features‘Frankenstein’ production designer on mixing the “fantastic and the real” for the film’s epic sets
Production designer Tamara Deverell tells Mark Salisbury about the creation of one particularly lavish element in Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’: Victor’s laboratory.
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FeaturesDoha festival director Fatma Hassan Alremaihi talks about the vision for this year’s ambitious event
”Presenting challenging films with thoughtful framing” is the festival’s mission, says Alremaihi.
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Features‘Lala & Poppy’ filmmakers on bringing the transgender love story to screen
Veteran Indian producer Bobby Bedi and director Kaizad Gustad are behind the feature, which premieres at IFFI.
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FeaturesPhilippines billiards drama ‘Bilyarista’ defies the odds to premiere at IFFI
Written and directed by Phil Giordano, it follows a young girl living in the slums of Manila.
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FeaturesWhy the filmmakers of Norwegian romantic drama ‘My First Love’ believe the set was” the nicest one ever”
Mari Storstein’s debut fiction feature is now making its world premiere at the Tallinn Black Nights film festival.
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Features"We enable filmmakers to tell creative stories on their own terms,” says IDFA Bertha Fund’s Selin Murat
Selin Murat, former IDFA markets manager, took over the IDFA Bertha Fund earlier this year.
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FeaturesWhy Victor Kossakovsky wants ‘Trillion’, about a woman throwing tiny objects into the sea, to only be seen in cinemas
”Documentary as a form of art will exist only when we respect image, not story,” he says.
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FeaturesUK director Samuel Abrahams on mockumentary ‘Lady’, casting Sian Clifford and ‘Saltburn’ comparisons
The mockumentary screens in the first feature competition at Tallinn Black Nights.
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Features“No one stands alone,” says IDFA’s industry head of the festival’s sense of community
Source: Courtesy of IDFA Adriek van Nieuwenhuyzen Ask Adriek van Nieuwenhuyzen, head of industry at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), about the mood among professionals on the eve of this year’s industry programme (November 15-19) and she says there is some wariness but also ” incredible ...
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FeaturesTallinn industry head Marge Liiske talks rising costs, tackling AI and the importance of children’s films
The industry programme runs November 14-23.
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FeaturesHow Sam Pressman is continuing his father’s legacy with a global film slate
Sam is the son of Ed Pressman, the late independent producer who championed the early careers of Oliver Stone, Terrence Malick and Kathryn Bigelow.