Interview with director Anne-Marie O’Connor on Mum
I wanted my first film to be somehow personal.
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Interview with filmmaker Qiu Yang: A Gentle Night
I don’t believe life always has a resolution for you. Especially when you live in a country like China. Things you set out to do or problem you set …
David Layton & Mike Nicholson: Capturing Gene Roberts
"The Newspaperman," by its own admission, "...maybe the best example of what journalists can accomplish when given resources and encouraged to shoot f…
Stéphanie Gicquel: Across Antarctica
You can be in the best physical condition, but if you cannot fund the expedition, you will stay home. You can have the best logistics on the starting …
Sing: A Q&A With Director Kristof Deak
"I like to think of it as an ode to the power of standing up united. A study of how 'divide and conquer' works on a small scale and how it could be de…
Tyler Hubby: Transforming the Documentary
I wanted his works to take the foreground but found myself having to create a few visual motifs for some of the music compositions so I tried to make …
Alexandra Liveris: A Persistence of Vision
The film balances Calatrava as artist, architect, and engineer. But, most importantly, asks more questions than leaves answers. Is enigma a part of …
Juanjo Giménez Peña: Timecode
After an accident report obliges Luna to watch old security footage, she notices that Diego secretly likes to dance when he thinks nobody is watching,…
Lluis Quilez: Filming in the “Exclusion Zone”
The film speaks about loneliness, the power of imagination and the faith in love.
Christopher Amos: How Peter Tatchell brought Human Rights to the Mainstream
The true story of how one man defies critics to create change and bring human rights issues into the mainstream..