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Interviews with female directors / Index of Interviews
Here you will find all of our interviews with film directors, actors, cinematographers, and more.
Director Imogen Thomas discusses her feature, Emu Runner, which explores an Aboriginal girl’s (Rhae-Kye Waites) grief — and her community’s resilience — after …
[Read more...] about Imogen Thomas on Emu Runner: ‘The film willed its way into existence.’
The Splinters ensemble — Sofia Banzhaf, Callum Dunphy, and Shelley Thompson — discuss finding their characters, collaborating with each other and director Thom …
[Read more...] about Interview: Splinters ensemble discuss their moving LGBTQ family drama
Co-director and Haida artist Gwaai Edenshaw discusses his landmark film Edge of the Knife (Swaaway K'uuna), the first feature film made in the Haida language. …
Co-directors Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky, and Nicholas de Pencier discuss their third collaboration, Anthropocene: The Human Epoch. …
[Read more...] about Interview: Anthropocene is an awe-inspiring look at environmental destruction
Director Sam Levinson, together with stars Hari Nef, Suki Waterhouse, and Abra, discuss Assassination Nation, a film about the broken way people communicate in …
Finnish Director Selma Vilhunen and screenwriter Krisikka Saari discuss their new film Stupid Young Heart, which premiered at the Toronto International Film …
[Read more...] about Interview: Stupid Young Heart is a nuanced look at white supremacy
Director Paddy Breathnach on building the characters and family dynamic in a film that makes the political personal, and crafting an immediate, engaging visual …
[Read more...] about Interview: One woman’s experience of the Dublin housing crisis in Rosie
French directors Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel, together with star Aomi Muyock, discuss Jessica Forever, a film as inspired by video games as it is by the …
Asante details the long road to making her passion project, Where Hands Touch, and explains the importance of nuance in her controversial love story. …
[Read more...] about Amma Asante: ‘These black children were walking a strange tightrope’
Stage and screen directing legend Richard Eyre discusses the real-life stage that is the courtroom in The Children Act and directing for stage vs. screen. Read …
[Read more...] about Interview: Richard Eyre on the real-life stages on screen in The Children Act
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