Director Hinde Boujemaa and actress Hind Sabri discuss their collaboration on Noura’s Dream, which makes visible the invisible violence women face.
Film Interviews
Interviews with female directors / Index of Interviews
Here you will find all of our interviews with film directors, actors, cinematographers, and more.
TIFF interview: Kuessipan filmmakers on their Innu coming-of-age story
Kuessipan is one of the best acquisition titles at TIFF19. Director Myriam Verreault and co-writer Noami Fontaine talk telling the story of two Indigenous teens coming-of-age.
María Paz González on Lina From Lima
Lina from Lima is one of the best acquisition titles at TIFF19. Director María Paz González talks making the film part realist drama about the immigrant working experience and part flamboyant musical.
TIFF19: Maria Sødahl, Andrea Bræin Hovig, and Stellan Skarsgård on Hope
Norwegian writer-director Maria Sødahl discusses her remarkable marital/cancer drama, Hope, with lead actors Andrea Bræin Hovig and Stellan Skarsgård.
TIFF19: An interview with the creative team behind the film Rocks
Director Sarah Gavron and her team of collaborators discuss the making of their film Rocks, collaborating with teenage girls to develop the film’s characters, and the importance of music.
Interview: Carol Nguyen on No Crying at the Dinner Table
One of the best films at TIFF is a Canadian short by the supremely talented Carol Nguyen who tells us how she approached putting her own family on camera to unveil family secrets and trauma in this moving film