Olivia Vinall on bringing Shakespeare’s women into the 21st century, working on TV,m and her new film, A Beautiful Curse.
Film Interviews
Interviews with female directors / Index of Interviews
Here you will find all of our interviews with film directors, actors, cinematographers, and more.
Lynne Sachs on Film About a Father Who and a career of personal filmmaking
Eight films by Lynne Sachs premiere on the Criterion Channel today, including her new feature, Film About a Father Who. We sat down to discuss the decades long process of making a film about her father, and how that project relates to her other films about family.
Director Andrew Haigh reflects on Weekend ten years later
For the tenth anniversary of Weekend, writer-director Andrew Haigh reflects back on this life-changing film, telling queer stories, and more.
Arsalan Amiri on making a realistic genre film, Zalava, in Iran
Writer-director Arsalan Amiri and co-writer Ida Panahandeh discuss their first foray into genre territory, Zalava, which won prizes at the Venice International Film Festival.
‘We are a nation of stories and poems’: Khadar Ayderus Ahmed on The Gravedigger’s Wife
Writer-director Khadar Ayderus Ahmed discusses making his feature debut, The Gravedigger’s Wife, a love story set in Djibouti City.
‘The more we went inside Lise’s perspective, the better it got’: Tea Lindeburg on As in Heaven
Director Tea Lindeburg discusses her remarkable film As in Heaven about a day in the life of a teenage girl about to lose everything in 1880s Denmark.