Date: 06-08-2024
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Boris Hadzija’s Lighthouse-selected short YUGOTRANSPORT: WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME BUS draws on the experiences of those around him, having been born in the former Yugoslavia. We talked to the director about what it took to work with non-actors,...
Date: 18-07-2024
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Every year, European Film Promotion (EFP) select ten outstanding young directors and screen their films at the Karlovy-Vary Film Festival, following which we are lucky enough to host the films here on T-Port for our Professional Subscribers. Anna Maria...
Date: 18-07-2024
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Every year, European Film Promotion (EFP) select ten outstanding young directors and screen their films at the Karlovy-Vary Film Festival, following which we are lucky enough to host the films here on T-Port for our Professional Subscribers. We were lucky...
Date: 12-07-2024
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Filmmaker Ido Weisman honed his craft in the world of reality TV, which he credits with helping him discover his role as a documentarian. His documentary short REQUIEM FOR A WHALE is a perfect example of when a filmmaker should...
Date: 20-06-2024
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
June’s Pride Month calls us to recognise the voices and stories of the lesbian, gay,bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA) members of our communities alongside the struggle for equality and acceptance within our wider societies. Year-round we are truly...
Date: 19-06-2024
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Dara Bratt is a Canadian filmmaker based in New York City, who was recently announced as the winner of the 2023 Claims Conference Filmmaker Contest. We caught up with her to find out about her upcoming project on Holocaust...
Date: 12-06-2024
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
The film festival circuit hasn’t always been a welcoming place for diverse voices. And, while we mustn’t forget that the fight for rights and recognition of LGBTQIA+ people is an ongoing battle, nowadays there is a thriving festival circuit which...
Date: 11-06-2024
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Robert Moniot was in the process of relocating with his family to a new country when he grasped the opportunity to pitch his film, THE ICE CREAM MAN, to the Claims Conference. We caught up with the filmmaker to find...
Date: 04-06-2024
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Sabina Vajrača’s winning pitch for the 2021 Claims Conference Grant became her highly acclaimed short film SEVAP/MITZVAH. We caught up with the filmmaker to find out more about what the process of making such a personal film was like. We...
Date: 31-05-2024
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Eugenia Bakurin is a filmmaker and media artist, who was born in the Soviet Union and has lived in Germany for over 20-years. T-Port’s Jess Sweetman caught up with the filmmaker to talk about her Lighthouse Selected found footage film...
