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Directing

Seventh Row Editors / July 19, 2020

A masterclass with Amma Asante on directing

In the 11th session of Lockdown Film School, we delve deep with BAFTA-winning writer-director Amma Asante into her entire body of work, including A Way of Life, Belle, A United Kingdom, and Where Hands Touch.

Seventh Row Editors / July 14, 2020

Lockdown Film School 10: A masterclass on making your first feature with Jasmin Mozaffari and Darya Zhuk

In session 10 of Lockdown Film School, Canadian filmmaker Jasmin Mozaffari (Firecrackers) and Belarusian filmmaker Darya Zhuk (Crystal Swan) give a masterclass on the challenges of making their first feature, getting funded, finding an audience, and learning on the job.

Alex Heeney / December 3, 2019

Director Jan Komasa on Corpus Christi and the priest impersonation problem

Director Jan Komasa discusses the bizarre true story that inspired Corpus Christi, how a bad audition gave him an epiphany about the film’s main character, and his aesthetic choices.

Elena Lazic / September 2, 2019

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.

B. P. Flanagan / August 14, 2019

‘Connection to landscapes’: William McGregor on folk horror and Gwen

B. P. Flanagan interviews Gwen director William McGregor about making a gothic horror film in the foggy atmosphere of Northwest Wales.

Elena Lazic / July 4, 2019

Maxime Giroux discusses The Great Darkened Days

Québécois director Maxime Giroux tells us about The Great Darkened Days, his absurdist, poetic, and often brutal fable about the corruptive power of capitalism. This is an excerpt from our ebook The 2019 Canadian Cinema Yearbook, which is available for purchase here.

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