Chadi Bennani on identity, exploration through film, and a delicate approach to working with his subjects

Date: 09-08-2024

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

  Chadi Bennani is a filmmaker from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In this interview the documentarian talks about his cinematic origins, the close and trusting relationship he builds with his subjects and crew, as well as how he uses film to...


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Giving voice (and rebellion) to the caregivers: EFP’s Future Frames’ Anna Maria Joakimsdottir-Hutri, director of WHO STANDS UP FOR ALVAR?

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...


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Familial love amid medical trauma, an interview with EFP’s Future Frames’ Marthe Peters

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...


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Filmmaker Yarden Malka Bonet on how her documentary helped address and heal family wounds

Date: 13-07-2023

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

For her documentary THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ALAIN, director Yarden Malka Bonet took on the deeply personal subject of her grandfather, a man who returned to the family after a long absence spent in religious service in Germany. In this...


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Filmmaking without regret: An interview with BORDER CONVERSATIONS documentarian Jonathan Brunner

Date: 31-05-2023

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

26-year-old Jonathan Brunner is no stranger to T-Port, having taken part in our 2023 Clermont Talents Connexion pitching contest.  We caught up with the filmmaker, whose work appears on T-Port through our partners at Filmakademie Baden Württenberg, to find out...


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