Interviews

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Teemu Nikki, Jani Pösö and Petri Poikolainen • Director of, producer of and actor in The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic

“We didn’t make a film about a handicapped person; we made a film about a person who also happens to be disabled”

Teemu Nikki, Jani Pösö and Petri Poikolainen • Director of, producer of and actor in The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic

VENICE 2021: The Orizzonti Extra entry focuses on a man who would do anything for love – even leave his own apartment

13/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Orizzonti Extra

Jan P Matuszyński • Director of Leave No Traces

“I came up with this concept that maybe I made this film out of fear”

Jan P Matuszyński • Director of Leave No Traces

VENICE 2021: A leading light of new Polish cinema, the director talks us through his complex true-life tale of the aftermath of a death in police custody

11/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Competition

Monica Stan, George Chiper-Lillemark • Directors of Immaculate

"I needed a different perspective because I was very close to the story"

Monica Stan, George Chiper-Lillemark • Directors of Immaculate

VENICE 2021: Set in a drug rehabilitation clinic, the debut film by the duo has received the GdA Director’s Award in the Giornate degli Autori and the Lion...

11/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Giornate degli Autori

Dina Amer • Director of You Resemble Me

"My mission as a filmmaker was to go beyond the incorrect reporting of the news"

Dina Amer • Director of You Resemble Me

VENICE 2021: The Egyptian-American journalist presents a potent, dramatic film that explores the roots of the trauma suffered by a young Maghrebi woman and...

11/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Giornate degli Autori

Stéphane Brizé • Director of Another World

“Wow, we thought Brizé would do a left-wing caricature – but he shows some truthful things here!”

Stéphane Brizé • Director of Another World

VENICE 2021: The French director explains how he writes screenplays with his trusted collaborator Olivier Gorce, plus his organic way of working with...

11/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Competition

Tommaso Landucci • Director of Caveman - The Hidden Giant

"Creating a statue where no one would be able to see it is as contradictory as the artist behind it was"

Tommaso Landucci • Director of Caveman - The Hidden Giant

VENICE 2021: The filmmaker dedicates his documentary to artist and spelunker Filippo Dobrilla, the creator of an imposing marble sculpture that lies in a...

11/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Giornate degli Autori

Paolo Sorrentino • Director of The Hand of God

“It’s not my fault; this is how Naples looks”

Paolo Sorrentino • Director of The Hand of God

VENICE 2021: The Italian director shares some thoughts on his youthful memoir of Naples and the number of times it’s been compared to Fellini’s Amarcord

10/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Competition

Aly Muritiba • Director of Private Desert

"If you open your mind, it's possible to love in another way"

Aly Muritiba • Director of Private Desert

VENICE 2021: The Brazilian director presents his new film about a policeman desperately travelling in search of his lover, whom he met via internet chat and...

10/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Giornate degli Autori

Ola Jankowska • Director of Anatomia

"I wanted to leave some space for the viewer and their feelings, projections and reflections"

Ola Jankowska • Director of Anatomia

VENICE 2021: The Polish director reflects on time, memory and identity through the story of a woman who returns to her home country

10/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Giornate degli Autori

Kaltrina Krasniqi • Director of Vera Dreams of the Sea

“We have invented traditions and whole cultures to protect a very discriminatory order”

Kaltrina Krasniqi • Director of Vera Dreams of the Sea

VENICE 2021: The Kosovar director breaks down the visual concept for her debut feature, as well as how she combined its many disparate motifs and elements

10/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Orizzonti

Julia von Heinz, Olivier Guerpillon, Jaco Van Dormael and Michael Winterbottom • Directors of Isolation

"We pretend to be in control, but we're not controlling anything"

Julia von Heinz, Olivier Guerpillon, Jaco Van Dormael and Michael Winterbottom • Directors of Isolation

VENICE 2021: The directors took part in the anthology documentary, in which they each recount the effects of the pandemic on their respective countries

10/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Giornate degli Autori

Mario Martone • Director of The King of Laughter

“A film about a theatre genius written like a theatrical comedy”

Mario Martone • Director of The King of Laughter

VENICE 2021: We met with the director of the Eduardo Scarpetta film, which is competing in the festival

10/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Competition

Laurynas Bareisa • Director of Pilgrims

“I pick out the crimes from the news stories, then I imagine what happens outside of the violent parts”

Laurynas Bareisa • Director of Pilgrims

VENICE 2021: The Lithuanian helmer discusses the relationship between his debut feature and his previous shorts, as well as visiting some strangely sacred...

10/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Orizzonti

Bogdan George Apetri • Director of Miracle

“As a filmmaker, you never need to go wide; you need to go deep”

Bogdan George Apetri • Director of Miracle

VENICE 2021: The writer-director talks about his new film, which explores the trials and tribulations of two very different characters, a nun and a police...

10/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Orizzonti

Sabina Guzzanti • Director of Spin Time

"Poor people as you've never seen them before"

Sabina Guzzanti • Director of Spin Time

VENICE 2021: At the heart of the director's new documentary is a block of flats in Rome occupied by 180 poverty-stricken families, where an interesting...

10/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Giornate degli Autori

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