All Interview articles – Page 82
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FeaturesNasser Al Dhaheri, A Tale of Water, Palm Trees and Family
The Emirati director talks about his feature documentary on the importance of water and date palms to life in Dubai.
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FeaturesJoyce Nashawati, Blind Sun
Nightmarish thriller Blind Sun, the debut film by the Lebanon-born director, is one of the festival hits of the year.
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FeaturesNoura Kevorkian, '23 Kilometres'
The Lebanese director explains why a very personal film about her father’s illness is a metaphor for the state of her homeland.
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FeaturesOmar Shargawi, 'Al Medina'
The Danish-Palestinian film-maker was inspired by dark days — with echoes of the Dogme movement — for his latest film Al Medina.
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FeaturesLarry Yang, Mountain Cry
Larry Yang talks about how he adapted a rural Chinese story set in the 1980s for contemporary audiences in China and overseas.
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FeaturesAnu Menon, Waiting
London-based director Anu Menon talks about her second feature Waiting, which is receiving its world premiere in Dubai
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FeaturesSean McAllister, A Syrian Love Story
The film-maker says he wanted to make a film about the ‘hidden gem’ of the Middle East, but then events made Syria anything but.
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FeaturesHany Abu-Assad, The Idol
The prize-winning director talks about why he was unable to resist making The Idol, the story of the Palestinian winner of Arab Idol
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FeaturesDubai: Meet the jury
DIFF has assembled an eclectic group of international film-makers to take a seat on the festival juries, Screen meets Deepa Mehta [pictured], Nujoom Alganem, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, Ali F Mostafa and Kim Magnusson.
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FeaturesRifqi Assaf, The Curve
The film-maker who hails from Jordan and Palestine talks about his debut feature, road movie The Curve.
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FeaturesMajid Al Ansari, Rattle The Cage
The director talks about his ‘kick-ass’ thriller Rattle The Cage (Zinzana), which screens in Dubai’s Muhr Emirati competition
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FeaturesJuris Kursietis, 'Modris'
The directorial debutant behind Latvia’s foreign-language Oscar submission talks to Jeremy Berkowitz about growing up, his filmmaker influences and what two Lats can buy you today – or not.
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FeaturesAwards Season: Directors, Writers
Interviews with Steven Spielberg, Ridley Scott, Danny Boyle, Aaron Sorkin, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and Phyllis Nagy.
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FeaturesWriter Phyllis Nagy talks adapting 'Carol'
Directors, producers and actors came and went but Phyllis Nagy remained the one constant. The writer of Patricia Highsmith adaptation Carol talks to Nikki Baughan
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FeaturesCary Joji Fukunaga on the perilous 'Beasts Of No Nation' shoot
Making Beasts Of No Nation was a long-held ambition for True Detective director Cary Joji Fukunaga. He talks to Jeremy Kay about overcoming the perilous shoot and the Netflix pay-off
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FeaturesAlejandro Gonzalez Inarritu on the challenges of 'The Revenant'
For Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, making The Revenant was comparable to Ernest Shackleton’s heroic exploration of the Antarctic. He tells Jeremy Kay about the challenges and rewards of endurance film-making
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FeaturesDanny Boyle and Aaron Sorkin talk 'Steve Jobs'
Danny Boyle and Aaron Sorkin, the director and writer of Steve Jobs, tell Mark Salisbury why it is crucial for film-makers to tell the stories of the tech titans shaping our world
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FeaturesRidley Scott on why he landed on 'The Martian'
With The Martian, Ridley Scott has landed the biggest global hit of his career. The director tells Jeremy Kay about his initial reservations, working with Matt Damon and why he keeps so busy
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FeaturesSteven Spielberg talks 'Bridge Of Spies' and future projects
Steven Spielberg reveals how his latest feature, Bridge Of Spies, has been more than 50 years in the making, why he continues to shoot on film and whether he would ever re-cast Indiana Jones. Michael Rosser reports
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NewsDanny Boyle: Facebook, Apple are “beyond governments”
In an interview with Screen, the Steve Jobs director warns that technology giants need to be accountable or there will be a “price to pay”.