All Q&A articles – Page 25

  • RKSS Collective
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    RKSS Collective, Turbo Kid

    2015-01-26T20:33:00Z

    Quebecois co-directors Anouk Whissell, François Simard and Yoann-Karl Whissell tell Jeremy Kay about their Sundance entry, a retro-fuelled, post-apocalyptic romantic action-adventure complete with classic 1980s 3D toy the View-Master.

  • Benson Lee
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    Benson Lee, Seoul Searching

    2015-01-26T04:32:00Z

    The Toronto-born child of Korean parents who left their homeland in the 1960s returns to Sundance after 1998 selection Miss Monday with a unique spin on the teen movie genre based on his own experiences.

  • Reversal
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    JM Cravioto, Reversal

    2015-01-22T05:06:00Z

    The Mexican film-maker went to the same CUEC film school as Alfonso Cuaron and Emmanuel Lubezki. His English-language debut premieres in Sundance in Park City At Midnight on January 23. Spoiler alert.

  • Mark Titus
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    Mark Titus, The Breach

    2015-01-20T06:18:00Z

    In The Breach, Mark Titus examines depleted salmon populations in the Pacific Northwest and what is happening to reverse their decline.

  • Body
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    Dan Berk and Robert Olsen, Body

    2015-01-15T02:19:00Z

    Dan Berk and Robert Olsen tell Jeremy Kay about what makes them jump in the night and their Slamdance-bound story of three bored, stoned girls who head out to a vacant mansion.

  • The Dark Horse
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    James Napier Robertson, The Dark Horse

    2015-01-07T19:08:00Z

    The New Zealander’s stirring true story has been one of the hits of the Palm Springs International Film Festival and stars a memorable Cliff Curtis as Genesis Potini, a bipolar Maori who used chess to improve the lives of thousands of Maori children.

  • El Clan
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    Pablo Trapero, El Clan

    2014-12-14T23:44:00Z

    The Argentine wunderkind behind Carancho, White Elephant and Lion’s Den sat down with Jeremy Kay to discuss his latest film four weeks into production in Buenos Aires.

  • Mipo Oh
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    Mipo O, The Light Shines Only There

    2014-12-13T02:38:00Z

    Elbert Wyche talks to O about her fourth feature, a pensive drama about a depressed man played by Go Ayano who is trying to escape his painful past.

  • Pantelis Voulgaris
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    Pantelis Voulgaris, Little England

    2014-12-13T02:25:00Z

    The Brides director returns with Greece’s foreign language Oscar submission, the story of two sisters who harbour a terrible secret while spending their lives in love with the same man.

  • Oles Sanin
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    Oles Sanin, The Guide

    2014-12-04T04:24:00Z

    The Ukrainian director’s epic has become a hit in its home country, selling more than 277,597 tickets in its first 25 days to overtake Fury at the box office.

  • Chris Dodd
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    Christopher J. Dodd, MPAA

    2014-11-14T11:15:00Z

    MPAA chairman and chief executive Chris Dodd talks to Liz Shackleton about Japanese audiences, China’s quotas and the impact of digital distribution on the film business.

  • Champs
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    Bert Marcus & Mike Tyson, Champs

    2014-11-07T19:13:00Z

    Director Bert Marcus and subject Mike Tyson tell Jeremy Kay about how their boxing documentary, Champs, transcends the world of sports.

  • Gong Yu
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    Gong Yu, iQiyi

    2014-11-06T22:51:00Z

    iQiyi founder and CEO Gong Yu talks to Liz Shackleton about the company’s production plans and how it is working on its film business with parent company Baidu.

  • Cake
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    Robert Jones & Wayne Marc Godfrey, The Fyzz Facility

    2014-11-06T21:38:00Z

    The Fyzz Facility’s Robert Jones and Wayne Marc Godfrey open up to Andreas Wiseman about their thriving production and finance company.

  • Javier Fuentes-Léon
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    Javier Fuentes-Léon, The Vanished Elephant

    2014-10-30T20:10:00Z

    The LA-based writer-director came to attention outside his native Peru in 2010 when Undertow (Contracorriente) scooped an audience award at Sundance. Now he’s back with another meditation on reality, albeit one that inhabits the noir milieu.

  • Alessandra Priante
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    Alessandra Priante on Emirati cinema scene

    2014-10-30T05:58:00Z

    Former Italian cultural attaché says cinema scene has evolved considerably in the last five years.

  • Nujoom Alghanem
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    Nujoom Alghanem, Sounds of the Sea

    2014-10-30T05:47:00Z

    Emirati filmmaker and poet Nujoom Alghanem talks about her feature-length documentary Sounds of the Sea capturing a way of Emirati life that is dying out.

  • Jacqueline Lyanga
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    Jacqueline Lyanga, AFI FEST

    2014-10-29T17:44:00Z

    The festival director talks about a few of the anticipated highlights at this year’s feast of global film, including a certain picture that is finally coming home after it was originally set to play the festival in 2013.

  • Nicolas Villareal
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    Nicolas Villarreal, Nieta

    2014-10-29T17:29:00Z

    Nicolas Villarreal is on track for Oscar qualification with his second animated short Nieta, which has screened at multiple festivals including Cannes and Facets, the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival.

  • Amr Waked
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    Amr Waked, El Ott

    2014-10-28T05:03:00Z

    Mystical revenge thriller premiered in competition at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival.