Spinster director Andrea Dorfman's heartwarming comedy maintains that heroine Gaby (Chelsea Peretti) doesn’t need romantic love to be happy. Discover more great …
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In Her Chair
Female-identifying directors reflect on their experiences making films and leading creative teams.
Eva Riley on Perfect 10, her touching sibling story disguised as a sports film
Writer-director Eva Riley on Perfect 10's tumultuous journey from script to screen, and how she realised she wasn't making a sports or a crime movie but a story …
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An Alice Winocour masterclass on directing
Lockdown Film School #8In this session of Lockdown Film School, we talk to writer-director Alice Winocour about her features Augustine, Disorder, and Proxima in …
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To Shannon Murphy, Babyteeth is ‘not about cancer any more than it’s about a girl who plays the violin’
Shannon Murphy on how she put Babyteeth together, from casting to blocking, and why Milla’s cancer treatment is largely left off-screen. Read our review of …
Mira Burt-Wintonick on Wintopia: “You need to make the film only you can make”
Wintopia director Mira Burt-Wintonick on how she worked out a personal approach to making a documentary eulogy to her father, filmmaker Peter Wintonick.The film …
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Sanja Zivkovic on Easy Land, immigration, and mental illness
Sanja Zivkovic on the tricky business of depicting mental illness on screen, how she directed her two talented lead actresses, and crafting the aesthetics of …
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