Alba Sotorra on her documentary Commander Arian, which follows a group of Syrian women fighting against ISIS.
Film Interviews
Interviews with female directors / Index of Interviews
Here you will find all of our interviews with film directors, actors, cinematographers, and more.
Laura Nix on Inventing Tomorrow: ‘They’re trying to literally save where they live’
Nix discusses her documentary Inventing Tomorrow, which follows a diverse group of students at a science fair who are working to benefit where they live.
‘Nudity is their work outfit’: Camille Vidal-Naquet on Sauvage
Writer-Director Camille Vidal-Naquet discusses telling the story of a male sex worker with humour, romance, and a frank approach to nudity.
Léonor Serraille on Jeune Femme, her anti-Frances Ha
Léonor Serraille discusses her feature debut Jeune Femme, a portrait of a complicated, impulsive young woman and her process of self-reinvention.
HotDocs interview: A country is drowning in Anote’s Ark
Photographer Matthieu Rytz turned to documentary filmmaking to tell the story of an island that will soon be eradicated by rising sea levels with Anote’s Ark.
The Night of all Nights asks: How do couples stay together?
The Night of All Nights director Yasemin Samdereli worked through doubts about her own marriage by making a documentary about long-term relationships.