Filmmaker, costume designer, and artist Niki Lindroth von Bahr discusses the making of her short film The Burden, a stop-motion musical with animal puppets who sing about existential despair. The Burden is available to stream on The Criterion Channel and Hoopla in Canada and the US. You can rent or purchase the film on Vimeo […]
Film Interviews
Interviews with female directors / Index of Interviews
Here you will find all of our interviews with film directors, actors, cinematographers, and more.
Director Joshua Z. Weinstein on authentically depicting Hasidic Jewish life in Menashe
Director Joshua Z. Weinstein discusses how he created an authentic portrait of Hasidic Jewish life in his narrative feature debut, Menashe.
Steve James talks ABACUS: Small Enough to Jail
In this excerpt from the ebook In Their Own Words: Documentary Masters Vol. 1, Steve James discusses the making of his documentary ABACUS: Small Enough to Jail. To read the full interview, purchase a copy of the ebook here. Steve James’ new documentary, ABACUS: Small Enough to Jail is a wonderful little treasure. On one […]
Interview: Director Cristian Mungiu on the sound design of Graduation
Director Cristian Mungiu discusses his approach to sound and framing in his new film, Graduation, which won Best Director at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.
Writer-director Amanda Kernell talks Sami Blood
Amanda Kernell discusses her exquisite feature debut, “a coming-of-age story, with joik and blood, about a girl with a knife,” and how it illuminates South Sami history.
Marcela Said on Los Perros: ‘As women, we take risks that men do not take.’
Presented in Critics’ Week, Chilean director Marcela Said’s Los Perros is part of a welcome resurgence of political films at the Cannes Film Festival. Free-spirited, sexually liberated Mariana develops a relationship with her riding teacher Juan. When she learns that he is being prosecuted for crimes committed as a serviceman under Pinochet, she recklessly seeks […]