Director Hinde Boujemaa and actress Hind Sabri discuss their collaboration on Noura’s Dream, which makes visible the invisible violence women face.
World Cinema
Under-the-radar non-English language filmmakers talk about their artistic processes.
María Paz González on Lina From Lima
Lina from Lima is one of the best acquisition titles at TIFF19. Director María Paz González talks making the film part realist drama about the immigrant working experience and part flamboyant musical.
TIFF19: Maria Sødahl, Andrea Bræin Hovig, and Stellan Skarsgård on Hope
Norwegian writer-director Maria Sødahl discusses her remarkable marital/cancer drama, Hope, with lead actors Andrea Bræin Hovig and Stellan Skarsgård.
Damien Manivel on Isadora’s Children
In Locarno, Damien Manivel talked to us about his latest film Isadora’s Children and told us about his working method — or lack thereof.
Director Sébastian Pilote on The Fireflies Are Gone
Director Sébastian Pilote and actress Karelle Tremblay discuss their award-winning coming-of-age story, The Fireflies Are Gone (La Disparition des Lucioles). This is an excerpt from our ebook The 2019 Canadian Cinema Yearbook, which is available for purchase here.
Director Alaa Eddine Aljem on The Unknown Saint
Moroccan director Alaa Eddine Aljem discusses his first feature, The Unknown Saint, a comic and absurdist fable about the intersection of faith and commerce.