All Interview articles – Page 55
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FeaturesWhy explicit arthouse drama ‘Fidelity’ is dividing opinion in Russia
Director Nigina Sayfullaeva stresses that the film is about a liberated woman in charge of her own decisions.
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NewsMy Screen Life: ‘1917’ producer Pippa Harris on her crowded office and learning French
The UK producer and Bafta chair talks about her working day, first job in the industry and her desire to take a meeting with Bong Joon Ho.
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FeaturesHow a hospital stay inspired the new film from Belgium director Marion Hansel
The prolific filmmaker was the subject of a career retrospective at IFFR.
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FeaturesYoon Dan-bi talks award-winning Rotterdam title ‘Moving On’
South Korea’s Yoon Dan-bi shares the personal story behind her first feature.
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Features“There is no subject more unpleasant than mine”: Belgium’s Patrice Toye on her Rotterdam title ‘Tench’
The film is about a reluctant paedophile.
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NewsAna Elena Tejera on the ethics of filming indigenous communities in IFFR title ‘Panquiaco’
Tejera’s film follows a fisherman who returns to his native Panama.
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FeaturesThe story behind Angola’s Rotterdam Bright Future title ‘Air Conditioner’
The film was directed by Fradique, a member of Angolan filmmaking collective Geração 80.
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Features“It would be complicated for a transgender woman to go back and play a man”: Malou Reymann on casting ‘A Perfectly Normal Family’
Malou Reymann’s ‘A Very Normal Family’ is screening at both IFFR and Goteburg.
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Features“What if the wings of society fall off?”: Director Mees Peijnenburg on his IFFR title ‘Paradise Drifters’
Peijnenburg’s first feature debuts at IFFR before going to Berlin.
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FeaturesDavid Furnish talks ‘Rocketman’ sex scene debate, LGBT representation, future film projects
Furnish is nominated for his first film Bafta for the biopic.
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FeaturesIran’s Massoud Bakhshi talks Sundance drama ‘Yalda, A Night For Forgiveness’
Blacklisted in Iran, the director talks about the challenges of making his second feature.
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FeaturesLaura Dern: "It’s an amazing time for complicated female characters in film and television"
Screen talks to her about a year of radical contrasts.
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Features“There’s more potential for VHS”: Jack Henry Robbins on retro Rotterdam title ‘VHYes’
The title plays in the Bright Future strand.
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FeaturesHow ‘Icarus’ Oscar win persuaded Turkish intelligence to help on Sundance hit ‘The Dissident’
’I want my films to play like a global narrative scripted feature thriller.’
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NewsSundance director Fernanda Valadez talks Mexican abduction drama ‘Identifying Features’
’This war has many faces and it involves all kinds of illegal business.’
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FeaturesDirector Maïmouna Doucouré reveals the “shocking” inspiration behind Sundance drama ‘Cuties’
French drama premieres in Sundance’s World Dramatic Cinema section.
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Features“There was a real wildness about the script” Ewen Bremner on Ulrich Thomsen’s Rotterdam title ‘Gutterbee’
Danish actor Ulrich Thomsen’s second film as director is a satire of Trump’s America.
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FeaturesWhy Rotterdam’s slimmed-down CineMart is good for the international film business
Less projects, more room to shine.
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FeaturesOutgoing Rotterdam chief Bero Beyer on his bold final edition and future plans
This is the popular festival chief’s fifth and final year in charge of the event.
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FeaturesWhat plans does director John Cooper have for his Sundance Film Festival farewell?
Cooper has run the Utah-based event for a decade.