INTERVIEW: ‘Shiva Baby’ Writer & Director Emma Seligman
If anxiety was a movie, then it would easily be Emma Seligman’s directorial debut Shiva Baby. Confidently directed and written, and with a phenomenal breakthrough performance from Rachel Sennott at the centre of the film, Shiva Baby tells the story of a college student named…
INTERVIEW: Director and Star of ‘The Last Right’
The Last Right is an Irish comedy written and directed by Aoife Crehan, starring Michiel Huisman and Niamh Algar, as well as rising star Samuel Bottomley, as autistic teenager Louis. Bradford-born Samuel Bottomley appeared in Paddy Considine’s film Tyrannosaur (2011), Private Peaceful (2012), TV show…
INTERVIEW: ‘Everything in the End’ Writer & Director Mylissa Fitzsimmons
Everything in the End is a film about Paulo (Hugo de Sousa) – a man who has travelled from Portugal to Iceland in the last days of Earth. He has encounters with various locals and contemplates life’s meaning amongst the stunning scenery. Your film is…
INTERVIEW: ‘Underplayed’ Composer Kate Simko
Stacey Lee’s documentary Underplayed focuses on women in the electronic music industry and community. Famous DJs Rezz, Alison Wonderland, and more share their stories of struggle and success in a male dominated field. Composer/DJ/Electronic Music Producer Kate Simko channeled her own experiences as a woman…
INTERVIEW: ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ Co-Writer Adele Lim
Raya and the Last Dragon marks Disney’s first foray into Southeast Asian cultures and traditions. Directed by Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada, and written by Adele Lim and Qui Nguyen, the movie centres on the titular Raya (Kelly Marie Tran) as she embarks on…
SXSW INTERVIEW: ‘Executive Order’ Director Lázaro Ramos
Lázaro Ramos is a Brazilian actor, presenter, producer, director and author who, over the last 20 years, has received more than 70 awards, played almost one hundred characters in cinema, theatre and television, and has published five books. He has been a UNICEF ambassador since…
INTERVIEW: ‘Antigone’ Director Sophie Deraspe
Antigone was Canada’s official entry to the International Film category in the 2020 Oscars and if you’re wondering how Canada could contribute an “international film,” it’s because the language spoken in Antigone is Québécois. Sophie Deraspe is the writer, director, cinematographer AND co-editor of the…
INTERVIEW: ‘My Name is Pedro’ Director Lillian LaSalle
Lillian LaSalle is an award-winning producer and president of Sweet 180, a New York based management and production company. LaSalle is the producer of several feature films including Loggerheads, which premiered in competition at the Sundance Film Festival and Sweet Land, which won the Independent…
INTERVIEW: Producer Sienna Beckman
Sienna Beckman is the co-founder of Emergence Films, a film and TV development and production company based in London and Los Angeles that is committed to supporting female-identifying filmmakers and underrepresented storytellers around the world. Working in LA for 10 years, Sienna produced content for…
INTERVIEW: ‘News of the World’ Costume Designer Mark Bridges
Mark Bridges is an Oscar-winning costume designer who has worked on Deep Blue Sea (1999), 8 Mile (2002), The Italian Job (2003), I Heart Huckabees (2004), Be Cool (2005), The Fighter (2010), The Artist (2011), Fifty Shades of Grey (2015), Marriage Story (2019) and Joker…
INTERVIEW: ‘Mogul Mowgli’ and ‘The Serpent’ actor Alyy Khan
Alyy Khan is a successful British-Pakistani actor who has had an eclectic career comprising of Bollywood and Hollywood productions, as well as extensive roles in British Television series. He can currently be seen in the hugely successful BBC series The Serpent and the Riz Ahmed-led…
SUNDANCE INTERVIEW: ‘Eight for Silver’ Director Sean Ellis
Eight for Silver is a period horror film and spin on the werewolf myth by British writer-director Sean Ellis, which stars Boyd Holbrook, Kelly Reilly and Alistair Petrie. Ellis’ previous feature films are Cashback starring Emilia Fox and Michelle Ryan, The Broken starring Lena Headey,…
SUNDANCE INTERVIEW: ‘The Unseen River’ Director Phạm Ngọc Lân
My eyes immediately caught it: a name, with diacritics and tones used in the Vietnamese language. The occasion is the all-virtual 2021 Sundance. A member of my community at a renowned film festival? It is precisely the kind of two-and-two that will place me over…
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