Writer-director Loretta Todd discusses the 20 year journey to making Monkey Beach.
Genre Films
‘Astronauts are so fragile’: Alice Winocour on Proxima
Proxima is one of the best acquisition titles at TIFF19. Director Alice Winocour discusses drawing a connection between motherhood and space exploration.
Quinn Armstrong on his bizarre police training parody, Survival Skills
Quinn Armstrong’s Survival Skills parodies ’80s VHS police training videos to explore the police’s relationship to domestic violence. Somehow, it completely works.
Natasha Kermani and Brea Grant on the horror of daily misogyny in Lucky
Director Natasha Kermani and writer-star Brea Grant discuss their slasher horror-comedy Lucky, a film that makes the horrific impact of daily microaggressions visible.
Michael Venus and Gro Swantje Kohlhof on German horror and Sleep
Director Michael Venus and star Gro Swantje Kohlhof discuss their new German horror film, Sleep, which deals with dreams, patriarchy, and Nazis.
An Alice Winocour masterclass on directing
In this session of Lockdown Film School, we talk to writer-director Alice Winocour about her features Augustine, Disorder, and Proxima.