A Q&A With Kiwi Filmmaker Cathy MacDonald
Kiwi Writer/director Cathy MacDonald spent nearly a decade in the UK, writing and directing promos and commercials for everyone from Disney to the BBC…
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Chasing Miranda July in ‘L.A. Tea Time’
Quebecois filmmaker Sophie Bédard Marcotte goes searching for Miranda July in her 2019 documentary film, L.A. Tea Time. FRONTRUNNER learns more.
‘Fat Front’: A Film By Louise Detlefsen & Louise Kjeldsen
Four young women promote body positivity, joining the fight against a fat-phobic world in Louise Deltefsen and Louise Kjeldsen’s documentary Fat Fro…
FRONTRUNNER Meets Filmmaker Eliza Hittman
Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always is Eliza Hittman’s third feature film, telling the story of a teenage girl forced to travel from rural Pennsylvania…
Katie Armstrong at The Armory Show (and Beyond)
Katie Armstrong is a multi-disciplinary animator who hand-paints frames, writes poetry, sings songs, and plays the music which all comprise her video …
Shadow Flowers at the IDFA Film Festival 2019
The documentary Shadow Flowers tells the story of a North Korean housewife, Ryun-hee Kim, who involuntarily becomes a South Korean citizen. Duped by a…
A Q&A with BURDEN Director Andrew Heckler
Facts transmit their own kind of alchemy to a story. A writer easily could have invented the plot of Andrew Heckler’s debut film BURDEN, but we’d …
London Korean Film Festival Part II: Freckles
Sentenced to her Summer holidays in a fat camp by her absent parents, bashful Young-shin experiences a sexual awakening. Freckles (주근깨) is a bit…
London Korean Film Festival Part I: The Stars Whisper
Hard-of-hearing Yeon-hee reluctantly starts at a new school. She makes an awkward first impression in class, garnering the attention of the fanciful Y…
Silence as Protest – Filmmaker David Shields on Lynch: A History
Marshawn Lynch, the twice-retired running back who played for the Oakland Raiders, spent his time in the NFL pissing off fans and press alike for his …