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In Her Chair

Female-identifying directors reflect on their experiences making films and leading creative teams.

An image of Kris Rey superimposed over a still from her film, I Used to Go Here, featuring Gillian Jacobs. The image has the text, Interview, over it.

Alex Heeney / August 8, 2020

Kris Rey on her comedy of mid-30s malaise, I Used to Go Here

Writer-director Kris Rey on her new comedy, I Used to Go Here, about a writer who returns to her alma mater for a few days of self-discovery.

An image of Andrea Dorfman, superimposed over a still from her film, Spinster. The image has the text, "Interview," over it.

Orla Smith / August 8, 2020

Andrea Dorfman on Spinster, an ‘anti rom-com’ for the ages

Spinster director Andrea Dorfman’s heartwarming comedy maintains that heroine Gaby (Chelsea Peretti) doesn’t need romantic love to be happy.

An image of writer-director Eva Riley, in front of a still from her film, Perfect 10. In the still, brother and sister pair Leigh and Joe ride on a motorbike together, laughing and smiling. The image is labelled "Interview."

Orla Smith / August 5, 2020

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.

Seventh Row Editors / June 25, 2020

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.

Shannon Murphy, Babyteeth, Eliza Scanlen, Toby Wallace

B. P. Flanagan / June 22, 2020

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.

Mira Burt-Wintonick, Wintopia, HotDocs 2020

B. P. Flanagan / June 12, 2020

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.

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