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Promising emerging filmmakers discuss their first feature film.

Alex Heeney / April 12, 2021

‘A film about nothings that overwhelm you’: Kateryna Gornostai on Stop-Zemlia

Kateryna Gornostai discusses making her ensemble coming-of-age film, Stop-Zemlia, where everything for the characters is happening for the first time. Read …

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Alex Heeney / February 12, 2021

‘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 …

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A headshot of writer-director Gillian Wallace Horvat in front of a still of her film, I Blame Society. The text on the image reads, 'Interview'.

Orla Smith / February 12, 2021

Gillian Wallace Horvat on turning herself into a serial killer in I Blame Society

In the mockumentary I Blame Society, writer-director Gillian Wallace Horvat plays a murderous version of herself who makes a film about being a serial …

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Filmmakers Fernanda Valadez and Astrid Rondero, in front of a still of their film, Identifying Features. The text on the image reads, 'Interview'.

Orla Smith / February 11, 2021

‘In Mexico, reality surpasses fiction’: Fernanda Valadez and Astrid Rondero on Identifying Features

Writer-director Fernanda Valadez and writer-producer Astrid Rondero discuss how the political climate in Mexico impacted Identifying Features. Identifying …

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Alex Heeney / February 4, 2021

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 …

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A still from Were All Going to the World's Fair next to a still of writer-director Jane Schoenbrun. The text on the image reads, 'Interview'.

Orla Smith / February 3, 2021

Jane Schoenbrun wants We’re All Going to the World’s Fair to ‘scare you and make you cry’

Before the film's Sundance premiere, we spoke to writer-director Jane Schoenbrun about We're All Going to the World's Fair, their horror film about loneliness …

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