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Establishing Shots

Promising emerging filmmakers discuss their first feature film.

Aoife McArdle, Kissing Candice, Ann Skelly, Ryan Lincoln

Orla Smith / March 5, 2018

Interview: Youth is ‘a dark fairytale’ in Kissing Candice

Music video director Aoife McArdle discusses her narrative feature debut, Kissing Candice, which marks her as a bold new visual stylist.

I Am Not a Witch, Rungano Nyoni

Elena Lazic / March 2, 2018

Director Rungano Nyoni on her Zambia-set debut I Am Not a Witch

Zambia-born, Cardiff-raised director Rungano Nyoni discusses her first feature I Am Not a Witch — which tackles patriarchal constraints on women in Zambia — and her own experiences with sexism in the film industry. The film is now available on VOD.

Leilah Weinraub, Shakedown, Berlinale 18

Elena Lazic / February 22, 2018

Leilah Weinraub on exalting hedonism in Shakedown

Leilah Weinraub discusses Shakedown, waiting for the right climate to release her film on black lesbian club nights, the pitfalls of classic documentary practice, and trusting your audience.

Michael Pearce, Beast, Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn

Alex Heeney / January 21, 2018

Establishing Shots: Introducing Beast director Michael Pearce

Director Michael Pearce discusses directing actors and developing the eerie tone of his directorial debut Beast, a psychological thriller with formal ambition. Read the rest of our Sundance 2018 coverage here.

Revenge, Coralie Fargeat, Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz

Elena Lazic / November 6, 2017

‘She can be strong, even when she is wearing a bikini’: Director Coralie Fargeat and star Matilda Lutz discuss their feminist rape-revenge film Revenge

Director Coralie Fargeat and star Matilda Lutz discuss Revenge, the stigma around genre cinema, mixing humour and violence, and the way victims are still held responsible for being attacked. This is an excerpt from our forthcoming ebook on feminist horror beyond empowertainment. To read the entire article, get your copy of the book here.

Francis Lee, God's Own Country

Alex Heeney / November 2, 2017

Director Francis Lee on the craft behind God’s Own Country

We interview director Francis Lee talks about the technical aspects of making his first feature, from sound to camera movement to editing.

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