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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.

Orla Smith / December 6, 2019

Interview: Honey Boy is a confident step into fiction filmmaking for Alma Har’el

Poetic documentarian Alma Har’el discusses her first fiction feature, Honey Boy, Shia LaBeouf’s autobiographical exploration of his childhood trauma.

Alex Heeney / December 3, 2019

Director Jan Komasa on Corpus Christi and the priest impersonation problem

Director Jan Komasa discusses the bizarre true story that inspired Corpus Christi, how a bad audition gave him an epiphany about the film’s main character, and his aesthetic choices.

Hala, Minhal Baig, Geraldine Viswanathan

Orla Smith / November 23, 2019

Interview: Hala is a lyrical debut from Minhal Baig

Hala director Minhal Baig discusses fictionalising her own life story, her filmic influences, and Gerladine Viswanathan’s brilliant performance.

Videophobia, Daisuke Miyazaki

Justine Smith / November 13, 2019

Daisuke Miyazaki on his striking techno-thriller, Videophobia

Daisuke Miyazaki discusses his Japanese techno-thriller Videophobia, which premiered at the Festival du nouveau cinema in Montreal.

Zombi Child, Bertrand Bonello

B. P. Flanagan / November 6, 2019

Bertrand Bonello on Zombi Child: ‘What do you do with your history?’

Bertrand Bonello talks about how he developed the story of Zombi Child, his process with actors, and how he navigates subjects like colonialism.

Alex Heeney / October 22, 2019

Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles on Bacurau

Co-directors Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles discuss Bacurau, their collaboration, the film’s sound design, and how they embraced old-fashioned filmmaking techniques from the 1970s.

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