Simon talks about making her new documentary, Premières Solitudes, tackling teenage frustrations, being truthful on camera, and the position of the adult filmmaker vis-a-vis her young subjects.
[Read more…] about Claire Simon: ‘It’s not that it’s realistic but that it’s the truth’World Cinema
Under-the-radar non-English language filmmakers talk about their artistic processes.
‘You only address colonialism with solemn seriousness if you don’t experience it daily’: Lucrecia Martel on Zama
Argentine director Lucrecia Martel discusses Zama, colonialism, violent masculinity, and how absurdist humour is a potent way to criticize both.
[Read more…] about ‘You only address colonialism with solemn seriousness if you don’t experience it daily’: Lucrecia Martel on ZamaArnaud Desplechin: ‘Each character must have a mystery’
Arnaud Desplechin and star Mathieu Amalric discuss Ismael’s Ghosts, what they bring to each other, the bigger-than-life characters they create and play, and the secrets that they keep.
[Read more…] about Arnaud Desplechin: ‘Each character must have a mystery’Director Rungano Nyoni on her Zambia-set debut I Am Not a Witch
Zambia-born, Cardiff-raised director Rungano Nyoni discusses her first feature I Am Not a Witch — which tackles patriarchal constraints on women in Zambia — and her own experiences with sexism in the film industry. The film is now available on VOD.
[Read more…] about Director Rungano Nyoni on her Zambia-set debut I Am Not a Witch‘A flamboyant film devoid of guilt’: Sebastián Lelio on A Fantastic Woman
Sebastián Lelio discusses A Fantastic Woman, his collaboration with actress Daniela Vega, balancing heightened style with realistic character work, and his thoughts on ‘political’ filmmaking. Read our Berlin 2017 review of the film here.
[Read more…] about ‘A flamboyant film devoid of guilt’: Sebastián Lelio on A Fantastic Woman‘At the cinema, I can believe in God’: Bruno Dumont on Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc
Bruno Dumont discusses the making of his Joan of Arc metal musical, Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc, achieving the film’s oddball comedy, and his aversion to cinematic moralising.
[Read more…] about ‘At the cinema, I can believe in God’: Bruno Dumont on Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc