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Establishing Shots

Promising emerging filmmakers discuss their first feature film.

Orla Smith / December 6, 2019

Interview: Honey Boy is a confident step into fiction filmmaking for Alma Har’el

Poetic documentarian Alma Har'el discusses her first fiction feature, Honey Boy, Shia LaBeouf's autobiographical exploration of his childhood trauma. Honey …

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Hala, Minhal Baig, Geraldine Viswanathan

Orla Smith / November 23, 2019

Interview: Hala is a lyrical debut from Minhal Baig

Hala director Minhal Baig discusses fictionalising her own life story, her filmic influences, and Gerladine Viswanathan’s brilliant performance. We reviewed the …

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Elena Lazic / September 20, 2019

TIFF19: Writer-director Rose Glass on Saint Maud

Writer-director Rose Glass discusses her first feature, Saint Maud, making a thrilling and funny horror film, and getting comfortable working with …

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Alex Heeney / September 18, 2019

‘Violence can be very subtle’: Director Hinde Boujemaa and actress Hend Sabri on Noura’s Dream

Director Hinde Boujemaa and actress Hend Sabri discuss their collaboration on Noura's Dream, which makes visible the invisible everyday violence women face. …

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Alex Heeney / September 6, 2019

TIFF Establishing Shots: Heather Young on her first feature, Murmur

Writer-director Heather Young discusses Murmur, her feature film debut, making the transition from shorts to features, working with animals and non-actors, and …

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B. P. Flanagan / August 14, 2019

‘Connection to landscapes’: William McGregor on folk horror and Gwen

B. P. Flanagan interviews Gwen director William McGregor about making a gothic horror film in the foggy atmosphere of Northwest Wales. …

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