This year at Cannes, we had the pleasure of spending time with an incredible group of 18 filmmakers whose projects were selected for the T-Port showcase and workshop. Every day, we met up for sessions where we got to know...
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T-Port State of the Industry Interviews: Cannes 2025
Date: 29-05-2025
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
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T-Port State of the Industry Interviews: Pride Month Special
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...
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Polish filmmaker Jan Bujnowksi on his film THE DEVIL, recreating the 90s and the challenges of shooting on film
Date: 22-03-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
PhD student at the Polish National Film School in Łódź, Jan Bujnowski set himself the challenge of shooting his last film THE DEVIL on film while recreating the past. We caught up with the 29-year-old to find out more. Tell...
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Adding a tiny bit of hope – an interview with Oscar nominated director Anders Walter Hansen
Date: 01-03-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
We caught up with the Danish director whose film appears on T-Port courtesy of Premium Films, about hope, passion, and his Oscar-nominated short IVALU. Tell us about yourself I am 45-years-old, from Denmark. I live in Copenhagen and am currently...
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Oscar-nominated director Eirik Tveiten on the challenges of filming NIGHT RIDE
Date: 01-03-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Eirik Tveiten is no stranger to the short film format, having directed 14 shorts in his career so far. His most recent, NIGHT RIDE, follows protagonist Ebba on an unexpected journey, and garnered him an Oscar nod. We caught up...
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Yotam Knispel, director of LOVE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT on capturing the quiet horror of an impossible situation
Date: 24-02-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Rina can’t look at her son Dean, who’s under house arrest at her home. She has until tomorrow to decide if she can stand by his side. So begins Yotam Knispel’s award-winning short LOVE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT,...
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The filmmaker uncovering his true self in I ASKED HIM TO TAKE ME DANCING – Lighthouse Selections 2022
Date: 09-02-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
In order to make his documentary I ASKED HIM TO TAKE ME DANCING, filmmaker Hillel Rate carried his camera with him on first dates for six months. What ensues is a musing on what a person loses when they gain...
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Sam van Zoest on his ‘ode to friendship and happy creativity’ ALL THAT COULD BE – Lighthouse Selections 2022
Date: 26-01-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Filmmaker Sam van Zoest made his 2022 Lighthouse Selected film ALL THAT COULD BE, partially improvised, with a group of close friends, and it shows in the joy that comes through in the watching experience. Lighthouse curator Olha Raiter had...
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Follow the mysterious hum – Filmmaker Nicholas Lachapelle on blending sound and visual documentaries
Date: 20-01-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Filmmaker Nicholas Lachapelle’s documentary film ZUG ISLAND, presented on T-Port via our partners at Les Films du 3 Mars, focusses on a mysterious hum heard around an area of Michigan. What the filmmakers found was an abandoned neighbourhood devastated by...
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Hand-drawn mayhem in Studio Corallo’s DOOM CRUISE – Lighthouse Selections 2022
Date: 19-01-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Hannah Stragholz and Simon Steinhorst are Studio Corallo, an animation studio from Cologne, Germany whose film DOOM CRUISE arrived on T-Port through our partners at AG Kurzfilm, and was picked by Enrico Vannucci for our 2022 Lighthouse Selections. We caught...
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