All Interview articles – Page 4
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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.
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Features“European cinema must broaden its genre range,” says Seville head Manuel Cristóbal
Cristóbal says the Seville European Film Festival is a place where producers come to find out what exhibitors can sell,
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FeaturesJohn Skoog on why Denis Lavant was the right man to play an iconic Swedish figure in ‘Redoubt’
‘Redoubt’ is based on the true story of man who fortified his house and community against the threat of Soviet invasion during the Cold War.
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FeaturesIt’s much more difficult to sell spec scripts now, says ‘American Beauty’ and ‘Six Feet Under’ writer Alan Ball
”I’m not sure any of the people who are greenlighting projects, film or TV, are willing to stick their neck out on something brand new/”
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FeaturesWhy three top Taiwanese producers joined forces to launch LHB X An Attitude
Three top Taiwanese producers have joined forces under the LHB X An Attitude banner, lining up projects that have international ambitions.
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Features“There is a fresh boost of artistic dynamism in film,” says Geneva’s Anais Emery
Creativity is what counts, says Emery of this year’s festival, which opens on October 31.
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FeaturesChristophe Terhechte reflects on six years at DOK Leipzig and gives key advice to his successor
“Maintaining institutional funding, ensuring fair pay, and securing third-party funding” are key challenges going forward.
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FeaturesHow Tokyo film festival is celebrating auteurs while championing the next generation of filmmakers
One of Asia’s leading festivals has a focus on gender equality and the nurturing of young talent while helping build a strong inter-Asia filmmaking network.
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FeaturesJulien Temple on being an early adopter of AI, sharing the results with David Bowie
Temple’s feature doc ‘I Am Curious Johnny’ about Johnny Pigozzi is screening at the Rome Film Festival.