International Interviews
FILIPIÑANA Interview: Rafael Manuel Talks the Colonial Legacy of the Philippines
Also: How he works between different languages, actors and non-actors, and the film's particular visual form. Jorrybell Agoto delivers an understated performance as a marginalised "tee-girl" in this Filipino debut feature.
Locarno 2026: Asia Argento on Failure, Scandal, and Choosing the Road "That Had a Heart"
Honoured with Locarno's Lifetime Achievement Award, Asia Argento reflects on surviving childhood fame, turning trauma into 'Scarlet Diva,' rejecting Hollywood millions and finding meaning in a career.
Locarno 2026 Interview: MANHUNT Director Wayne Wapeemukwa on Humanizing Killers, Settler Mythology, and Cinema Without Sermons
Wayne Wapeemukwa talks about transforming a notorious Canadian killing spree, confronting misogyny and settler mythology, working with nonprofessional actors, and resisting demands that cinema reduce violent characters to moral lessons.
Locarno 2026 Interview: KETTICÈ Filmmakers Luca Guadagnino and Giovanni Tortorici on Adolescent Rebellion and Protecting Cinema's Rare Roses
At Locarno, the Palermo-born director and his producer traced a line from adolescent resistance to an endangered idea of cinema, specific, unruly and built from a language of its own.
Locarno 2026 Interview: DONKEY PRINCESS Filmmakers Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña Say "Jan Švankmajer Is Our Father"
The acclaimed Chilean duo discusses expanding their handmade cinematic language into live action and drawing on the formative influence of Jan Švankmajer.
Locarno 2026 Interview: NOBODY'S VIOLENCE Filmmaker Denis Côté Talks Mortality and Making Cinema That "Floats"
The Québécois auteur explains how illness shaped the film's grainy 16mm aesthetic, why disciplined production is essential to improvisation, and how critical feedback informs his uncompromising filmmaking.
Locarno 2026 Interview: SIXTEEN MOMENTS OF MY LIFE Filmmaker Albert Serra Discusses Five Cameras, Six Years of Creation, and AI's Limits
The Catalan filmmaker explains why his concert film was an "accidental consequence" of six years of work, why cinematographers must edit, and why artificial intelligence can never be innocent.
Locarno 2026 Interview: OBJET A Filmmaker Ann Oren on Touch and the Ecstasy of Losing Control
Filmmaker and visual artist Ann Oren discusses how her sophomore feature draws on Lacan, touch-starved digital culture, Jan Švankmajer, surgical preparation and the dangerous promise of surrender.
Locarno 2026 Interview: O JACARÉ Filmmaker Basil da Cunha on Gangster Heroes
Plus: a two-year edit and Reboleira's last dance.
Locarno 2026 Interview: THE DAYS OFF Filmmaker Lucila Mariani Discusses Internet Nostalgia
Plus: Reality shifting, and an ominous eclipse.
Locarno 2026 Industry: Marco Perego on Killing the Producer's Ego
Plus: Turning small budgets into freedom, and using AI as a tool, not an auteur.
Locarno 2026: Olivia Wilde on Why Streamers "Bribe" Films Away From Theaters
Plus: Shooting comedy on 35mm, and refusing to "be less."
Locarno 2026: James Gray on Why Every Director "Steals Like Crazy"
Plus: The trap of chasing "fresh" and why AI can't replace human cinema.
Interview: Michel Bonset Wants You To Watch Dutch With Him
Like many other countries, the Netherlands have their own film industry with its own knacks, weirdness, rumors and history. Award-winning Dutch scriptwriter (and sometimes actor) Michel Bonset started a channel on Instagram in which he discusses four Dutch films every...
Locarno 2026: Zoe Saldaña on Making Gatekeepers Answer for Exclusion
Plus: The liberating power of sci-fi and why she's ready to say: "Give me that camera."
Locarno 2026: Virginie Efira on Her Crooked Path From TV, a 20-Minute Japanese Take in Heels, and Why Acting Begins With Listening
After receiving the Leopard Club Award, the Belgian-born star talks comedy, Gena Rowlands, post-#MeToo sets and learning Japanese for Ryūsuke Hamaguchi's All of Sudden.
THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONER Interview: Kiyoshi Kurosawa on the Adaptation Between Fiction and Reality
Masahiro Motoki, Masaki Suda, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Munetaka Aoki, and Ryota Miyadate star in Kurosawa's historical drama mystery film.
Fantasia 2026 Interview: ATTACK ON PARADISE Creator and Star Saïd Boumazoughe, Director Bob Colaers Talk Heroes, Heart, and How to Change the World with Action Movies
Saïd Boumazoughe co-wrote and stars in Attack on Paradise as a second generation Moroccan immigrant named Suleyman, who, after being released from prison, returns to his Antwerp suburban neighbourhood to find his mother's apartment block has been taken over by drug...
SANGSTER DIRECTS HAMMER: Watch a Conversation with Severin's David Gregory and Author / Filmmaker Marcus Hearn
My first encounter with Jimmy Sangster came long before I ever heard his name. As my father flipped through channels one lazy Saturday afternoon, I suddenly begged him to stop, as some guy I later found was Van Helsing...
SHEEP IN THE BOX Interview: Hirokazu Kore-eda on the Future of AI Technology and Human Society
The science fiction drama stars Haruka Ayase and Daigo Yamamoto as a couple and Kuwaki Rimu as the humanoid son.
