Alba Sotorra on her documentary Commander Arian, which follows a group of Syrian women fighting against ISIS.
World Cinema
Under-the-radar non-English language filmmakers talk about their artistic processes.
‘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.
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.
Claire Simon: ‘It’s not that it’s realistic but that it’s the truth’
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.
‘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.
Arnaud 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.