What was the inspiration for this film? There is no direct inspiration as such. I follow cultures and people around the length and breadth of the countryand a few parts of the world too. I love meeting new people and understanding their life. I am a mountain person and for some reason, I have a biased belief that whatever…
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*OSCAR CONTENDER THE WAKE* directed by Luis Gerard: “Everyone I work with is different, and no process is ever the same; it’s just a matter of understanding who you’re working with and being able to adapt”
Interview with Luis Gerard An excellent short that puts ‘Gun Violence front and centre in the US,’ What was your inspiration to introduce a deaf-mute child? The curious thing is that when I came up with the idea for “THE WAKE,” Zander’s character was not deaf. In fact, when I started writing the script, his character spoke…
Laura Waters Hinson’s Film Street Reporter: “Sheila’s story was the one I needed to tell. Sheila was on a clear journey to overcome the obstacles in her life and to achieve her dream of becoming a photojournalist by going back to school at the age of 59. “
Interview with Laura Waters Hinson by Jamie Richardson What was it that drew you to the story of Sheila White? As a professor of film at American University, I direct the Community Voice Lab, which produces documentary films that capture the voices of community storytellers too often unseen and unheard. The creative ethos of Community Voice is…
Interview with Pier-Philippe Chevigny, Director of Rebel
In his film Rebel, Pier-Philippe Chevigny takes a lucid and poignant look at the extreme right-wing groups that emerged in Quebec in response to the migration crisis of 2017. We spoke to the director Pier-Philippe Chevigny about the film, it’s politics and his future projects. What inspired you to become so interested in political issues?…
Tritan Loraine on Everybody Flies “The Government works to protect the aerospace industry, rather than protect the public health”
Through his latest documentary Everybody Flies, former Airline Captain Tristan Loraine uncovers the facts about the air we breathe on commercial aircraft. This eye-opening film will receive its world premiere in September at the prestigious Raindance Film Festival. Everybody Flies (2019) discloses the never-before-seen documentation, scientific facts, and personal testimonies relating to the controversial issue of cabin air quality. With more than 18 years…
Interview with Josh Melrod and Ujon Tokarski of Major Arcana
Congratulations on the amazing movie. It’s finally out there. You must be very proud and excited about it? Josh Melrod (Director): I’m so thrilled. This is something that took three years and the amount of relief that I felt when it premiered was overwhelming. Joy, pride and the stress going away. Ujon, for you…
Interview with Writer, Director and Actor Jay Alvarez (Dizzy Pursuit)
“It’s a great thrill of walking by an actor who rehearsing or trying memorize the lines that you wrote.” Hi Jay, how are you doing? Jay Alvarez: Very well. Thank you. Congratulations with Dizzy Pursuit, your new film. It’s a very unique and dark story. Where did the story come from? Jay:…
FILM – ‘The Silence’ Directors Ali Asgari and Farnoosh Samadi – “it touched people’s hearts and we are happy about that”
Joint directors Farnoosh Samadi and Ali Asgari’s must-see live action short film The Silence has been selected for over 400 film festivals around the world and won many prestigious film awards, including Oscar-qualifying awards at Leeds International Film Festival and Hamptons International Film Festival. The film stars Fatma Alakus, Cahide Ozel and Valentina Carnelutti (Medici: Masters of Florence) and shares a strong…
RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL – ‘Siblings’ Director Laura Plancarte “If you want to make documentaries, just do it. It’s a great process and an incredible world.”
Director Laura Plancarte’s Siblings is the second film she has had selected at Raindance Film Festival. This must see documentary relates to the very current issue of immigration and deportation, begging the question ‘is there an American dream?’. Siblings tells in parallel the story of two Mexican brothers that want to go back to the…
Interview with Director of The Voice in the Head, Cyrus Trafford
It is thought that 1 in 4 people experience a mental health problem each year in the UK, these problems also representing the largest single cause of disability. In Cyrus Trafford’s moving short film, The Voice in the Head, he brings the subject of mental health to the forefront, in the hope of raising awareness and provoking…
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