interviews

Interviews with filmmakers and other politically interesting people.

  • CANNES 2009: No Body to Film

    Three films in Cannes have remembrance in common: One about a dead wife, one about a dead husband and one about numerous deaths in…

  • FROM ISRAEL WITH LOVE

    What kind of documentaries are produced in the Middle-East? We look into "A History of Israeli Cinema", the latest of the film festivals held…

  • JØRGEN LETH: A film should be akin to a poem in its creation

    The Danish Institute of Film is releasing a host of films, by, arguably, the Nordics’ greatest ever living film maker - Jørgen Leth. Leth…

  • DOCLISBOA 2007: Films for the Senses

    The fifth Doclisboa festival reminds us that documentary film is an art form, speaking to the intellect, the emotions and the senses

  • NEW SOUTH AFRICAN TALENT: Lots to Explore

    Two South African film students made a feature-length music documentary on a budget of only one thousand euros and it was well received at…

  • ROMANIA ON THE MOVE:  Life after Death

    Romania’s documentary filmmakers have formed an association and are lobbying intensely for more funding and national TV support for docs. And things are moving.

  • In Godard’s shadow

    "I don't want to have an ‘opinion’," film director Greenaway tells me as we meet in Trondheim. "My films afford me the opportunity to…

  • In the shadow of Godard

    PETER GREENAWAY: ‘I have no particular desire to convey any “meaning”,’ film director Greenaway told me when I met him in Trondheim. ‘My films…

  • Richard Leacock: Cinematographer, director, producer

    The film truth: The legendary cinematographer Richard Leacock died this year, nearly 90 years old. We were one of the last to interview him.…

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