INTERVIEWS

Conversations, chats, and critical thoughts with filmmakers and all those involved with the moving image.

Victoria Verseau speaking at Tromsø International Film Festival about her film, 'Trans Memoria'
'You have to be able to handle the normality that comes after a dream': Victoria Verseau on 'Trans Memoria'
TROMSØ 2025: In this wide-ranging conversation, the writer-director speaks on her relationship to documentary/fiction, the importance of the mystified world, and creating films about the trans experience that aren’t exclusively uplifting.
Julian Chou in Rotterdam
'You have to keep running to hold on to hope': Julian Chou on 'Blind Love'
ROTTERDAM 2025: Premiering her sophomore feature, the Taiwanese director spoke to us about the multifaceted ways in which her newest film speaks to the "contradictory nature of contemporary Taiwanese society".
Writer-director Mathias Broe
'I wanted the intimate scenes to be very vulnerable': Mathias Broe on 'Sauna'
SUNDANCE 2025: The director of this new gay love story speaks about collaborating with a Copenhagen porn collective and drawing from real-life trans experiences in the Danish healthcare system.
Gala del Sol, writer-director of 'Rains Over Babel'
‘This is what we thought was necessary in Latin American cinema’: Gala del Sol on ‘Rains Over Babel’
SUNDANCE 2025: The young Colombian-born filmmaker speaks about finding inspiration in traditions of Latin American magical realism and creating her stylish debut feature in collaboration with local theatre actors and her family.
Gianluca Matarrese, director of 'GEN_'
'There’s another way possible': Gianluca Matarrese on 'GEN_'
SUNDANCE 2025: The Italian documentarian shared his insights into the making of his new film, who traverses a huge spectrum of patient cases to showcase the very real examples of a more compassionate healthcare system.
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