All Interview articles – Page 29
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FeaturesThree African doc filmmakers talk bringing the stories of their generation to a global audience
Seydou Cissé and Ousmane Samassékou from Mali and Aïcha Macky from Niger are all screening films at IDFA.
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FeaturesFinnish director Aku Louhimies on telling a story of female desire in ‘The Wait’
Actress/writer Inka Kallén stars in the adaptation of a classic novel, which will premiere at Tallinn Black Nights.
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NewsIDFA DocLab head on Facebook woes, the “messy metaverse” and how to make living as a VR filmmaker
DocLab is now in its 15th year.
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FeaturesOeke Hoogendijk explains how she convinced her agoraphobic mother to feature in ‘Housewitz’
The Dutch documentary director is debuting two very different films at IDFA.
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FeaturesRising Icelandic filmmaker Tinna Hrafnsdóttir talks about her directorial debut ‘Quake’
Icelandic psychological mystery is premiering at Estonia’s Black Nights Film Festival.
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FeaturesWhy the Black Nights Discovery Campus is the cornerstone of Tallinn festival’s industry focus
The new talent initative is designed to give regional talent an international boost.
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FeaturesIDFA Bertha Fund head: “Whenever there is a rise in applications, it comes from Latin America”
Isabel Arrate Fernandez, head of the Bertha Fund, on why applications doubled in 2020.
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FeaturesLouis Hothothot on how IDFA opening film ‘Four Journeys’ brought him back to his family
The film tells the story off how China-born Hothothot was an illicit second child during China’s one-child era.
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FeaturesSydney Film Festival director Nashen Moodley talks date changes, fainting audience members
Moodley discussed staging this year’s event, the most talked about films and the pros and cons of the on-demand elements.
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FeaturesNew talent focus: ‘Carajita’ directors Ulises Porra and Silvina Schnicer
The Spanish and Argentinian filmmaking duo on how they pressed reset on their San Sebastian favourite Carajita.
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FeaturesRising Spanish director David Pantaleón on his ode to anti-masculinity ‘Our Father’
Pantaleón’s debut feature is screening at the Seville European Film Festival this week.
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FeaturesLiliana Torres talks drawing on her own real-life heartbreak for docu-drama ‘What Went Wrong?’
‘What Went Wrong?’ is making its debut at the Seville European Film Festival this week.
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FeaturesWhy filmmakers should be exploring the ‘metaverse’
The industry should prepare to engage audiences in the next iteration of the internet, according to former Digital Domain exec John Canning.
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FeaturesMSR Media’s Philippe Martinez talks selling to platforms and shooting in St Kitts & Nevis
MSR is currently filming ‘Christmas In The Caribbean’ with Elizabeth Hurley.
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NewsBelfast Film Festival brings it home with ‘Lyra’ and Kenneth Branagh’s awards season hopeful
The festival is taking place as a hybrid event in Northern Ireland from November 4-13.
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FeaturesThe Centrepiece interview: Netflix’s Scott Stuber talks original films strategy, acquisitions, chasing IP
Netflix’s head of global film also discusses working with auteurs, theatrical windows and winning awards.
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FeaturesAFM Q&A: “The industry needs markets now more than ever”, say IFTA heads
Jean Prewitt and Clay Epstein, president and chairperson respectively of the Independent Film & Television Alliance, share their views on the challenges facing the independent film landscape.
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FeaturesAFM Q&A: Upgrade Productions partners Matt Brodlie and Jonathan Kier on their global ambitions
The Los Angeles-based pair plan to produce local-language content for the global market.
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NewsSandrine Kiberlain talks personal roots of debut feature ‘A Radiant Girl’
Feature directorial debut follows a young Jewish woman living in Paris in 1942.
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FeaturesAFM Q&A: WaZabi Films’ co-presidents Anick Poirier and Lorne Price on what’s working in the market
The Montreal-based company is focusing on completed films at this AFM.