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In Her Chair

Female-identifying directors reflect on their experiences making films and leading creative teams.

A still from Point and Line to Plane and an image of director Sofia Bohdanowicz

Justine Smith / September 17, 2020

TIFF Interview: Sofia Bohdanowicz on grief and magical thinking in Point and Line to Plane

Sofia Bohdanowicz’s short Point and Line to Plane is her most personal film to date, a meditation on grief that marks a formal shift for the director. Read her insights…

Director Sophy Romvari in front of a still from her film Still Processing. This is an interview from TIFF.

Justine Smith / September 12, 2020

TIFF Interview: Sophy Romvari on Still Processing and personal cinema

Sophy Romvari’s deeply personal documentary short, Still Processing, is a triumph of personal cinema. Read about how Romvari made the film…

Directors Aisling Chin-Yee and Chase Joynt are pictured in front a black and white still of jazz musician Billy Tipton. The image features text that states this is an interview at TIFF.

Orla Smith / September 12, 2020

TIFF Interview: Reclaiming transmasculine history in No Ordinary Man

Transgender jazz musician Billy Tipton’s life was distorted by the media after his death. No Ordinary Man aims to correct that narrative.

Natasha Kermani and Brea Grant in front of a still from their film Lucky. The image features text that says this is an interview for the Fantasia Film Fest.

Alex Heeney / September 9, 2020

Natasha Kermani and Brea Grant on the horror of daily misogyny in Lucky

Director Natasha Kermani and writer-star Brea Grant discuss their slasher horror-comedy Lucky, a film that makes the horrific impact of daily microaggressions visible.

An still from the short film Exam, next to the film's director Sonia K. Hadad. The image bears the text: Interview.

Orla Smith / August 24, 2020

Exam is the year’s most horrifically tense short

Iranian writer-director Sonia K. Hadad discusses crafting her nail-biting short film Exam, starring captivating up-and-comer Sadaf Asghari.

An image of Kris Rey superimposed over a still from her film, I Used to Go Here, featuring Gillian Jacobs. The image has the text, Interview, over it.

Alex Heeney / August 8, 2020

Kris Rey on her comedy of mid-30s malaise, I Used to Go Here

Writer-director Kris Rey on her new comedy, I Used to Go Here, about a writer who returns to her alma mater for a few days of self-discovery.

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