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...
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2023 Claims Conference Contest winner Dara Bratt on fast filming and commemorative tattoos
Date: 19-06-2024
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
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Pride Month: Katie Bignell’s top LGBTQIA Film Festivals
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...
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2022 Claims Conference Grant Winner Robert Moniot on the magic of last-minute inspiration
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...
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2021 Claims Conference Grant winner Sabina Vajrača on trusting the universe and stirring deep conversations
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...
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T-Port Lighthouse Selections 2023: The Interviews – Found footage from a distant place in Eugenia Bakurin’s ‘Long Time No Techno’
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...
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T-Port Lighthouse Selections 2023: The (VIDEO) Interviews – Yi Xiong and the fortune telling turtles
Date: 01-05-2024
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Yi Xiong’s A TORTOISE’S YEAR OF FATE is a 20-minute portrait of a young man trying to find belonging, set among the machinery of a Chinese factory. It’s universal theme and gorgeous cinematography caught the eye of guest curator Laurence...
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T-Port Lighthouse Selections 2023: The Interviews – The ‘Strange and Exciting’ Life of Alex Lawther
Date: 10-04-2024
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Alex Lawther has been making his name as an actor for quite some time, but his directorial debut, the short film FOR PEOPLE IN TROUBLE, which he also wrote, has already been making a splash on the festival circuit in...
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T-Port Lighthouse Selections 2023: The Interviews – Janina Lutter on standing up through (and beyond) film
Date: 26-03-2024
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Filmmaker Janina Lutter is the director of the Lighthouse Selected film THE SCHOOL IS ON FIRE AND WE KNOW WHY, which appears on T-Port courtesy of our partners at Hessische Film und Medienakademie (hFMA). In this interview, the sparky Lutter shares...
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This International Women’s Day – Emerging Female Filmmakers Share Their Views on the Current State of the Film Industry
Date: 07-03-2024
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
By Jess Sweetman – T-Port Marketing March 8th is International Women’s Day (IWD), a global holiday celebrated annually to commemorate women’s cultural, political, and social achievements. It is also a focal point in the women’s rights movement, bringing attention to...
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T-Port Lighthouse Selections 2023: The Interviews – Camille Tricaud – Portrait of a film lover creating for a better future
Date: 21-02-2024
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
French director and producer Camille Tricaud is hard at work as a founder of the independent production company Benedetta Films. In this inspiring interview we caught up with her to delve into how she used sound in her Lighthouse Selected-film...
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