Sally Potter discusses getting us into the characters’ heads, the importance of set design for dramatic tension, and getting emotionally charged yet very funny …
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In Her Chair
Female-identifying directors reflect on their experiences making films and leading creative teams.
Leilah Weinraub on exalting hedonism in Shakedown
Leilah Weinraub discusses Shakedown, waiting for the right climate to release her film on black lesbian club nights, the pitfalls of classic documentary …
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‘I don’t go with a game plan’: Director Sofia Bohdanowicz on Maison du Bonheur
Director Sofia Bohdanowicz discusses her process, representing older women in film, and photographing lived in spaces in her new film Maison du Bonheur. …
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‘She can be strong, even when she is wearing a bikini’: Director Coralie Fargeat and star Matilda Lutz discuss their feminist rape-revenge film Revenge
Director Coralie Fargeat and star Matilda Lutz discuss Revenge, the stigma around genre cinema, mixing humour and violence, and the way victims are still held …
‘I’m fascinated by the industrialization of the birthing process’: Director Heather Young on Milk
Canadian writer-director-editor Heather Young discusses her short, Milk. Watch the film for free here. Young has since made a great feature debut, Murmur, which …
‘It was exciting to see the possibilities that should be there for all’: Alanis Obomsawin on Our People Will Be Healed
Documentarian Alanis Obomsawin discusses Our People Will Be Healed, depicting community, gaining the trust of her subjects, and centering their voices in her …