‘Being a bitch is not necessarily what you’re doing, but how you’re perceived.’ – Director Sophie Fiennes on making Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami
Toronto International Film Festival
Erika Cohn talks doc The Judge on the first female Shari’a judge in the Middle East
Documentarian Erika Cohn discusses making a film about Judge Kholoud Al-Faqih, encouraging dialogue, telling a character-driven story, and questioning cliches.
‘In my country, realism is surrealism!’: Kamila Andini on her dreamlike film The Seen and Unseen
Indonesian director Kamila Andini discusses her abstract and fantastic sophomore feature The Seen and Unseen, holism, and the thrill of the unknown.
TIFF Review: In Luk’Luk’I, Vancouver plays itself, but the Olympics don’t
Contrasting the patriotism of the Olympics with daily struggles in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Wayne Wapeemukwa’s Luk’Luk’I explores the shallowness of national identity.
‘I work almost exclusively with women… theirs are the interesting voices’: Limor Shmila on her debut feature Montana
Director Limor Shmila and lead actresses Noa Biron and Netta Shpigelman discuss Montana, which premiered in the Discovery Programme at TIFF.
TIFF17 Interview: Sadaf Foroughi on her feminist coming-of-ager Ava
Iranian-Canadian filmmaker Sadaf Foroughi discusses her Discovery Peogramme FIPRESCI winner Ava and making a feminist film.