The World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival featured some genuinely exciting and original films, as well as many films that check the selection’s regular boxes.
‘The idea for the sound design was accepting silence’: Iuli Gerbase on The Pink Cloud
Brazilian filmmaker Iuli Gerbase discusses her feature debut, The Pink Cloud, about a couple unable to leave their homes for years but shot before the pandemic.
Luzzu director Alex Camilleri on why ‘Malta needed to play itself’
Writer-director Alex Camilleri discusses his feature film debut Luzzu which premiered at Sundance, telling authentic Maltese stories, and turning fishermen into actors.
FYC: Matt Dillon’s and Lars Eidinger’s complex portraits of men in Proxima
In Proxima, Matt Dillon and Lars Eidinger play the rare male characters who are flawed, privileged, and yet still empathetic.
‘He was always raw’: Aldis Hodge on playing Jim Brown in One Night in Miami…
Aldis Hodge on playing Jim Brown with a cool, level head in One Night in Miami…, exploring the character through rehearsals, and responding in the moment. We also talked to Kingsley Ben-Adir about his work on the film here. As Jim Brown, the football-star-turned-actor, and one of the four men hanging out on that fateful […]
Phyllida Lloyd on her journey from all-female Shakespeare to Irish indie Herself
Phyllida Lloyd discusses her Irish domestic abuse drama, Herself, and collaborating with Claire Dunne and Harriet Walter on stage and screen.