After premiering at the Venice Film Festival, Bruce LaBruce’s Saint-Narcisse screened across Canada at Montreal’s Festival du Nouveau Cinema. LaBruce talked to us about updating the Narcissus myth, tackling taboos, twincest, and taking inspiration from 1970s Quebec cinema. What if Narcissus looked into the pond and his reflection walked out of it so that they […]
Film Interviews
Interviews with female directors / Index of Interviews
Here you will find all of our interviews with film directors, actors, cinematographers, and more.
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.
‘Men are so used to seeing their gaze perpetuated’: Alankrita Shrivastava on censors and patriarchy
Alankrita Shrivastava (Turning 30, Lipstick Under My Burkha) on shaking up the patriarchal film industry and the Indian censorship board.
Cheryl Foggo reclaims Black Canadian history in John Ware Reclaimed
Director Cheryl Foggo on how telling the real story of John Ware in John Ware Reclaimed can help us understand the Black Canadian experience today and Canada’s history of racism. The film is currently screening virtually at the AGH Film Festival in Ontario until October 25. It’s one of Canada’s best kept secrets that there’s […]
‘The system is so entangled in daily life’: Garrett Bradley on Time
Garrett Bradley discusses her new documentary, Time, a non-linear document of one woman’s emotional landscape over the 20 years of her husband’s incarceration.
LFF Interview: 180° Rule reveals the secrets and lies of a patriarchal society
Farnoosh Samadi on her provocative new film, 180° Rule, which confronts the horrific consequences of robbing women of their agency.