Director Léa Mysius makes an impressive debut with Ava, which respectfully and unblinkingly grants Ava’s wish to be seen before she goes blind.
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Director Xavier Legrand on his Silver Lion winning debut Custody
Theatre actor Xavier Legrand discusses directing his first feature, Custody, mixing realism and genre, working with a young actor, and thinking in frames.
‘There have been two big stories in my life — the AIDS crisis and the cinema’: Robin Campillo on BPM (Beats Per Minute)
Director Robin Campillo and actors Nahuel Pérez Biscayart and Arnaud Valois discuss the making of 120 BPM (Beats Per Minute), the importance of Act Up, and coming out of the AIDS closet.
‘I wanted to show that kind of strength that women have’: Kathleen Hepburn on her debut feature Never Steady, Never Still
Canadian Director Kathleen Hepburn discusses her feature debut,Never Steady, Never Still, which beautifully tackles Parkinson’s disease.
Elizaveta Stishova on Suleiman Mountain and the Kyrgyzstan film industry
Suleiman Mountain director Elizaveta Stishova talks tragedy and farce, the film industry in Kyrgyzstan, and being a woman in rural Kyrgyzstan.
The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches reinvents Quebec horror
Simon Lavoie’s gorgeous adaptation of the popular Québécois novel, The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches critiques, subverts, and reinvents the Quebec horror film.