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Fiona Rolland

Date: 16-09-2026

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

French-Belgian film director Fiona Rolland (She/Her) is the artist behind the short children’s animation BOBEL’S KITCHEN, which appears on T-Port through our partners at Wallonie Bruxelles. Fiona stopped to chat to T-Port about her love of creating other worlds, the...


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The Professional Interview – Toni Thai Sterrett

Date: 11-09-2026

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

Toni Thai Sterrett is a filmmaker and creator who is obsessed with making tech more accessible and less intimidating for creatives and mid-career professionals.  We caught up with her in advance of our online information session on Sept 16, to...


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Jan Eilhardt

Date: 09-09-2026

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

From their first encounter with a camera at age 12, to their film screening at Berlinale, Jan Eilhardt (they/them) has been sharing their perspective of the world through film for a while.  We chatted to the self-described “activist filmmaker” about...


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The Professional Interview – Toni Thai Sterrett

Date: 11-09-2026

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

Toni Thai Sterrett is a filmmaker and creator who is obsessed with making tech more accessible and less intimidating for creatives and mid-career professionals.  We caught up with her in advance of our online information session on Sept 16, to...


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The Professional Interview – Sami Arpa

Date: 21-08-2026

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

Sami Arpa is the CEO and co-founder of Largo, a startup which uses AI to help filmmakers utilise data to make their projects as successful as possible.


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The Professional Interview Massimiliano Nardulli

Date: 23-07-2026

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

Following our recent online T-Port TalentBridge workshop on Script Development and strategic Networking, guest tutor Massimiliano Nardulli stopped to chat with us for the T-Blog about his career in the film industry and to share his wisdom for filmmakers coming...


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Fiona Rolland

Date: 16-09-2026

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

French-Belgian film director Fiona Rolland (She/Her) is the artist behind the short children’s animation BOBEL’S KITCHEN, which appears on T-Port through our partners at Wallonie Bruxelles. Fiona stopped to chat to T-Port about her love of creating other worlds, the...


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Jan Eilhardt

Date: 09-09-2026

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

From their first encounter with a camera at age 12, to their film screening at Berlinale, Jan Eilhardt (they/them) has been sharing their perspective of the world through film for a while.  We chatted to the self-described “activist filmmaker” about...


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Marion Desmaret

Date: 02-09-2026

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

French filmmaker Marion Desmaret (she/her) has spent her career based between Berlin and East Africa. Following an international career in TV production and reportage on Pan-African music and arts, her experimental documentary FORGET THE DIRECTOR, THIS IS EMMY’S CUT! explores...


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Lighthouse Selections 2026/7: ‘I wanted to become a film editor and hide away in a dark basement’

Date: 06-07-2026

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

Anne Gaschütz is no stranger to short films, as one of the founders of Talking Shorts, plus the director of Filmfest Dresden and a short film curator at Locarno Film Festival. We spoke to her about her journey into curation,...


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Lighthouse Selections 2026/7: Tribeca’s Ben Thompson shares his advice for upcoming curators and filmmakers

Date: 29-06-2026

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

Welsh/American Ben Thompson (he/him) grew up in the UK before heading to New York City where he began working as a screener for Tribeca Film Festival. Upon realising his love of curation, he worked his way up to becoming VP...


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Meet the T-Port Lighthouse 2026/7 Curators

Date: 11-06-2026

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

It is our pleasure to announce the two guest curators for the 2026/2027 T-Port Lighthouse Selections are Ben Thompson (Tribeca Film Festival) and Anne Gaschütz (Filmfest Dresden, Filmfest Locarno). These two experts will now have the task of selecting a...


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The Professional Interview – Toni Thai Sterrett

Date: 11-09-2026

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

Toni Thai Sterrett is a filmmaker and creator who is obsessed with making tech more accessible and less intimidating for creatives and mid-career professionals.  We caught up with her in advance of our online information session on Sept 16, to...


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Special Opportunity For Filmmakers – Join The T-Port TalentBridge Online Training Session

Date: 01-09-2026

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

This session moves beyond the hype to give filmmakers practical, hands-on experience with AI tools for every stage of the filmmaking process.


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The Professional Interview – Sami Arpa

Date: 21-08-2026

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

Sami Arpa is the CEO and co-founder of Largo, a startup which uses AI to help filmmakers utilise data to make their projects as successful as possible.


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