Director Paddy Breathnach on Rosie, building the characters and family dynamic in a film that makes the political personal, and crafting an immediate, engaging visual style. Read all our TIFF coverage here.
Film Interviews
Interviews with female directors / Index of Interviews
Here you will find all of our interviews with film directors, actors, cinematographers, and more.
Jessica Forever interview: ‘In video games, it’s more about what you do in between the shootouts.’
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 work of Claire Denis.
Amma Asante: ‘These black children were walking a strange tightrope’
Amma Asante details the long road to making her passion project, Where Hands Touch, and explains the importance of nuance in her controversial love story.
Interview: Richard Eyre on the real-life stages on screen in The Children Act
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 our review of the film here.
Director Tuva Novotny and actress Pia Tjelta discuss one-take wonder Blind Spot
Director Tuva Novotny and lead actress Pia Tjelta discuss Blind Spot, a technically and conceptually dazzling feature debut about the stigma around mental illness.
Bodies in space (and time): Richard Billingham discusses TIFF18 highlight Ray & Liz
Richard Billingham discusses his debut feature Ray & Liz, which viscerally recreates some of his own memories growing up in 1970s’ Birmingham.