For the North American release of her 2017 film, Spoor, Agnieszka Holland goes deep on her filmmaking process, working with actors, and how she develops a film’s aesthetic.
Women Directors
In honour of #52filmsbywomen, we've collected all of our reviews of films directed by women and interviews with female directors all in one place.
The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet: Ana Katz on the best film of Sundance
Ana Katz’s The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet was our favourite film of Sundance and won awards at IFFR. We spoke with Katz about collaborating with her brother over a three year shoot.
Shatara Michelle Ford’s Test Pattern explores power dynamics
Shatara Michelle Ford’s Test Pattern explores power dynamics, in the lead up to and aftermath of a sexual assault, and how a couple copes.
IFFR Review: Aristocrats compares two women’s freedom in class-conscious Tokyo
Yukiko Sode’s Aristocrats, which world premiered at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam (IFFR), follows two Tokyo women of different social classes who are both romantically connected to the same man.
‘The idea for the sound design was accepting silence’: Iuli Gerbase on The Pink Cloud
Brazilian filmmaker Iuli Gerbase discusses her feature debut, The Pink Cloud, about a couple unable to leave their homes for years but shot before the pandemic.
Gillian Wallace Horvat on turning herself into a serial killer in I Blame Society
In the mockumentary I Blame Society, writer-director Gillian Wallace Horvat plays a murderous version of herself who makes a film about being a serial killer.