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.
World Cinema
Under-the-radar non-English language filmmakers talk about their artistic processes.
‘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.
‘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.
‘I don’t go with a game plan’: Director Sofia Bohdanowicz on Maison du Bonheur
Director Sofia Bohdanowicz discusses her process, representing older women in film, and photographing lived in spaces in her new film Maison du Bonheur.
Cinematographer Jakob Ihre on Thelma: ‘Even in fantastical moments, the light is still naturalistic’
Cinematographer Jakob Ihre discusses adapting to shooting on itital, lighting different characters for a thematic purpose, and how production design affects his creative choices.
Director Joachim Trier on his ‘gaze from another place’ in Thelma
Director Joachim Trier on Thelma, the dynamic between the subjective and objective gaze and portraying a dysfunctional father-daughter relationship.