The tragicomedy by the Slovenian director premieres in New Directors and looks into what happens if you begin to mistrust everyone who surrounds you
Categoria: interviews
Interview: Ana Lazarevic • Director of The Game – “I felt a huge sense of responsibility and wanted to be as prepared as I could be” – Toronto 2021 – Discovery
The Serbian director talks about what inspired her to create her first feature, an intimate story about a smuggler and a group of boys he is supposed to drive across the border
Interview: Ana Lazarevic • Director of The Game – “I felt a huge sense of responsibility and wanted to be as prepared as I could be” – Toronto 2021 – Discovery
The Serbian director talks about what inspired her to create her first feature, an intimate story about a smuggler and a group of boys he is supposed to drive across the border
Interview: Jonas Poher Rasmussen • Director of Flee – “I didn’t intend to do a refugee story; I wanted to do a story about my friend” – Millennium Docs Against Gravity 2021
We talked to the Danish director whose latest movie has become one of the year’s most celebrated titles and came out on top at Millennium Docs Against Gravity
Interview: Icíar Bollaín • Director of Maixabel – “In the Basque Country, they still have a complex task ahead of them – that of learning to live together” – San Sebastián 2021 – Competition
In her new movie – and with the complete dedication of her accomplice Blanca Portillo – the Madrilenian filmmaker reconstructs a recent real-life event linked with the terrorism suffered by Spain
Interview: Icíar Bollaín • Director of Maixabel – “In the Basque Country, they still have a complex task ahead of them – that of learning to live together” – San Sebastián 2021 – Competition
In her new movie – and with the complete dedication of her accomplice Blanca Portillo – the Madrilenian filmmaker reconstructs a recent real-life event linked with the terrorism suffered by Spain
Interview: Butheina Kazim • Founder, Cinema Akil – “It’s been challenging since Day 1” – /United Arab Emirates
We spoke about the programming strategies of the only independent arthouse cinema in the Gulf region, focusing on its curatorial approach to European films and its work on engaging audiences
Interview: Peggy Johnson • Executive Director, The Loft Cinema – “We have open doors to any films and no limitations” – /US
The Executive Director of the Arizona-based theatre discussed its main initiatives, the reception of classics and new titles by the audience, and programming European films
Interview: Sinje Köhler • Director of Viva Forever – “Real friendships have a solid base that won’t alter with age, something that stays forever” – /Germany
The German director’s debut explores the dynamics behind long-lasting friendships
Interview: Francesco Lettieri • Director of Lovely Boy – “Trap music was a good starting point to portray all the absurdity, contradictions and nihilism of these modern times” – Venice 2021 – Giornate degli Autori
VENICE 2021: The sophomore film by the Italian director tells of the dizzying rise and fall of a young trap music star who got sucked into a downward spiral of drugs and self-destruction