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Maison du Bonheur, Sofia Bohdanowicz

Justine Smith / November 30, 2017

‘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.

Thelma, Joachim Trier

Alex Heeney / November 25, 2017

With Thelma, Joachim Trier continues to develop his ‘dirty formalism’

Although it is his first foray into genre, Thelma is a continuation of director Joachim Trier’s signature ‘dirty formalism’, and further explores the themes of family dysfunction found in his previous work.

Alex Heeney / November 22, 2017

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.

Thelma, Joachim Trier, Eili Harboe

Alex Heeney / November 21, 2017

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.

Thelma, Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier, Eili Harboe

Alex Heeney / November 20, 2017

Co-writer Eskil Vogt on Thelma: ‘We’re not happy with movies just being naturalistic. It has to explore cinematic form.’

Co-writer Eskil Vogt discusses approaching genre cinema for the first time, depicting characters’ interiority on screen, and his collaboration with director Joachim Trier.

Summer 1993, Laia Artigas, Carla Simón

Orla Smith / November 9, 2017

Summer 1993 captures how children process grief

Carla Simón’s outstanding debut feature, Summer 1993, chosen as Spain’s 2018 Foreign Language Oscar submission, explores the contradictory ways in which six-year-old Frida processes the deaths of her parents.

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