Festivals Interviews
Camerimage 2025 Interview: SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE Director Scott Cooper and DP Masanobu Takayanagi Talk Defying Expectations
A biopic about one of the most famous musicians in rock, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere avoids the standard life story formula to focus on the trauma of creating the album Nebraska. With Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen, and...
Tokyo 2025 Interview: THE CHATTERBOXES Director Ken Kawai Discusses Crafting Humor From Language Barriers
A rising CODA director discusses his charming dramedy of communication errors.
Golden Horse 2025 Interview: DEAR STRANGER Director Tetsuya Mariko Talks Transnational Filmmaking, New York, and Puppet Theater
The director of Toei's first English-language feature talks puppets, New York, and transnational dialogues.
Jihlava 2025 Interview: SUPERHUMANS, Inna Shevchenko Talks Documenting the Body as a Battlefield, Shooting During an Ongoing War
Inna Shevchenko outlines the development of her feature documentary Superhumans, offering insight into filming inside a Ukrainian prosthetics center during an active war and the creative, ethical, and production challenges that shape the project.
Creature Feature Preacher Interview: THE CREEP TAPES, Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice Talk Friendship and a Sociopath
Video: The filmmakers talk about their friendship and how that developed into a funny but scary show.
Morelia 2025 Interview: IT WOULD BE NIGHT IN CARACAS Directors Mariana Rondón and Marité Ugas on Shooting Their Political Thriller in Secret
Set in 2017, It Would Be Night in Caracas depicts political upheaval through the eyes of a Venezuelan writer desperate to flee the country. As the city collapses around her, she is threatened by revolutionaries, the police, and paramilitary operatives....
Beyond Fest 2025 Interview: Meiko Kaji Talks Scorpion, Snowblood, Stray Cat Rock, and the Refreshing Nature of Wearing a Costume, As Her Career Turns 60
The Japanese genre film legend speaks with Screen Anarchy for the first time ever.
Fantasia 2025 Interview: KAKUKAKU SHIKAJIKA, Akiko Higashimura and Mei Nagano Talk Bringing a Mangaka's Autobiographical Work To Screen
A beloved manga artist and her on-screen counterpart discuss the live-action adaptation.
Toronto 2025 Interview: LOVELY DAY, Philippe Falardeau Talks Adapting Alain Farah's Novel, Visualizing Anxiety, Deconstructing the Wedding Film
Philippe Falardeau discusses the making of his bold and unconventional adaptation of Alain Farah's autobiographical novel, which reframes the wedding film as a playful yet unsettling exploration of memory, anxiety, and cultural identity.
Toronto 2025 Interview: TO THE VICTORY!, Valentyn Vasyanovych Talks Dystopian Comedy, Wartime Filmmaking, His Lead Role
Valentyn Vasyanovych discusses the making of his latest film, from stepping in front of the camera to navigating wartime production realities.
Busan 2025 Interview: HANA KOREA, Frederik Sølberg on Directing Across Cultures, Casting Minha Kim
Danish filmmaker Frederik Sølberg discusses his fiction debut, an immersive and collaborative drama that bridges documentary sensibilities with narrative cinema to portray the complex realities of North Korean refugees in the South.
Busan 2025 Interview: ALL GREENS Director Takashi Koyama Talks the High-School Drug-Dealing Dramedy You Didn't Know You Needed
A lively conversation with the mind behind a daring dramedy at this year's BIFF.
Toronto 2025 Interview: Shu Qi Talks GIRL, Finding a Film Grammar for Girlhood, and What's Next
Hong Kong-Taiwanese legend Shu Qi discusses her directorial debut.
Locarno 2025 Interview: DON'T LET THE SUN Director Jacqueline Zünd Discusses Heat, Humanity, and the Poetics of Minimalism
Swiss filmmaker Jacqueline Zünd discusses the visual language, thematic layering, and hybrid process behind her fiction debut, offering insights into a future world shaped as much by emotional estrangement as by climate collapse.
Locarno 2025 Interview: Jury President Rithy Panh Talks the Urgent Politics of Cinema, Totalitarianism and Algorithms
This year´s Locarno Jury President Rithy Panh reflects on the evolving role of cinema in an age of digital distraction, reaffirming his uncompromising commitment to artistic freedom, memory, and the political responsibility of filmmakers today.
Locarno 2025 Interview: FANTASY Director Kukla and Cast Talk Gender, Motherhood in the Film Industry, Reimagining Balkan Youth on Screen
Slovenian director Kukla and cast members Sarah Al Saleh, Alina Juhart, and Mina Milovanović discuss the development of the film, a multi-year project shaped by collaborative rehearsal, regional identity, and a visually driven approach to storytelling.
Locarno 2025 Interview: SOLOMAMMA Director Janicke Askevold on Redefining Family, Donor Anonymity, Building Intimacy Through Genre
Norwegian director director Janicke Askevold offers an in-depth look at the creative process behind the film, unpacking its real-life inspirations, thematic complexity, and the collaborative choices that shaped its distinctive tone and performances.
Locarno 2025 Interview: PHANTOMS OF JULY Director Julian Radlmeier on Quiet Politics, Surreal Humor, Psychogeographic Origins
Julian Radlmeier reflects on shifting away from overt satire toward a more lyrical and layered mode of storytelling in his latest film, born from a single photograph and shaped by the strange, revealing textures of a forgotten East German town.
Locarno 2025 Interview: IRKALLA: GILGAMESH'S DREAM Director Mohamed Al-Daradji on Casting Real Orphans, Filming Amidst Baghdad's Unrest
Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji reflects on the wounds that shape his cinema, the ethical complexities of working with traumatized children, and the quiet defiance of making films in a country where storytelling can still be an act of survival.
Locarno 2025 Interview: FOLLIES Director Éric K. Boulianne Talks Non-Monogamy, Fake Bushes, and That EYES WIDE SHUT Orgy Scene
Canadian writer-director Éric K. Boulianne reflects on the artistic, ethical, and production risks of 'Follies,' charting a course from DIY filmmaking to on-screen intimacy.
