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World Cinema

Under-the-radar non-English language filmmakers talk about their artistic processes.

Sauvage, Camille Vidal-Naquet

Elena Lazic / May 15, 2018

‘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, Yasemin Samdereli

Laura Anne Harris / May 4, 2018

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, Premières Solitudes

Elena Lazic / April 25, 2018

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.

Elena Lazic / April 24, 2018

‘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.

Mathieu Almaric, Arnaud Desplechin, Marion Cotillard, Ismael's Ghosts

Elena Lazic / March 21, 2018

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.

I Am Not a Witch, Rungano Nyoni

Elena Lazic / March 2, 2018

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.

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