Director Joshua Z. Weinstein discusses how he created an authentic portrait of Hasidic Jewish life in his narrative feature debut, Menashe. …
Film Interviews
Interviews with female directors / Index of Interviews
Here you will find all of our interviews with film directors, actors, cinematographers, and more.
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 …
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Interview: Steve James talks ABACUS: Small Enough to Jail
Steve James’ new documentary, ABACUS: Small Enough to Jail is a wonderful little treasure. On one level, it’s the story of a small family-owned bank, ABACUS, in …
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Interview: Director Cristian Mungiu on the sound design of Graduation
Cannes Winning director Cristian Mungiu discusses his approach to sound and framing in Graduation. …
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Writer-director Amanda Kernell talks Sami Blood
Amanda Kernell discusses her exquisite feature debut, "a coming-of-age story, with joik and blood, about a girl with a knife," and how it illuminates South Sami …
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Interview: Atsuko Hirayanagi on her female midlife crisis comedy Oh Lucy!
A film starring Josh Hartnett presented in Critics’ Week was always going to attract our attention. Oh Lucy!, directed by first-time filmmaker Atsuko …
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Interview: Chloé Zhao on The Rider, her feminist film about masculinity
Winner of the top prize at Directors’ Fortnight, Chloé Zhao’s The Rider follows a young cowboy, Brady Blackburn (Brady Jandreau), forced to reconsider his …
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Marcela Said on Los Perros: ‘As women, we take risks that men do not take.’
Presented in Critics’ Week, Chilean director Marcela Said’s Los Perros is part of a welcome resurgence of political films at the Cannes Film Festival. …
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HotDocs Interview: Marie Clements chronicles Canada’s Indigenous Civil Rights Movement in musical doc The Road Forward
Indigenous musician Marie Clements discusses her musical documentary, The Road Forward, which chronicles Canada's Indigenous Civil Rights Movement. …
HotDocs Interview: Kyoko Miyake talks Tokyo Idols and female objectification
Director Kyoko Miyake talks Tokyo Idols, how the girls stay safe, and how the inherent sexism in this subculture isn’t that different from life in the West. …
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