Writer-director Rose Glass discusses her first feature, Saint Maud, making a thrilling and funny horror film, and getting comfortable working with actors.
Establishing Shots
Promising emerging filmmakers discuss their first feature film.
‘Violence can be very subtle’: Director Hinde Boujemaa and actress Hend Sabri on Noura’s Dream
Director Hinde Boujemaa and actress Hind Sabri discuss their collaboration on Noura’s Dream, which makes visible the invisible violence women face.
TIFF Establishing Shots: Heather Young on her first feature, Murmur
Writer-director Heather Young discusses her feature debut, Murmur, working with animals and non-actors, and developing the film’s formal aesthetic.
‘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.
Director Alaa Eddine Aljem on The Unknown Saint
Moroccan director Alaa Eddine Aljem discusses his first feature, The Unknown Saint, a comic and absurdist fable about the intersection of faith and commerce.
Interview: The director and star of Firecrackers blaze onto our screens
Canadian rising stars Jasmin Mozaffari and star Michaela Kurimsky discuss Mozaffari’s evocative, energetic debut, Firecrackers. This is an excerpt from the ebook The Canadian Cinema Yearbook which is available for purchase here.