Filmmaker Dawid Bodzak has recently graduated from the Polish National Film School in Lodz and he has more reasons to celebrate as his film KROKODYL was selected for the 2023 Cannes Court Metrage. We caught up with the filmmaker to...
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Director Dawid Bodzak on acceptance to Cannes, lighting a neo-Giallo, and improvised film music on set
Date: 26-07-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
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Representation, karaoke, and recreating the past during a pandemic: A conversation with director Mimi Vlaovic
Date: 14-07-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Serbian-born, London-based director Mimi Vlaovic – whose film is on T-Port courtesy of our partners at Festival Formula, has seen festival success with her graduation short film YOUR GUARDIAN, including landing a nomination for the Young Director’s Award at Cannes....
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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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From loss to creation: Exploring A PLACE THAT DOESN’T EXIST with Tehilla Ruddell
Date: 05-07-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
29-year-old Tehilla Ruddell just graduated from Minshar School of Art in Tel Aviv. In her short film “A PLACE THAT DOESN’T EXIST” she explores her own story, having left the orthodox Jewish world at the age of 16. We caught...
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‘A thousand different lives at the same time’: An interview with EFP Future Frames Filmmaker Joris Tobé
Date: 23-06-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Joris Tobé’s graduation film FRANTIC ATTEMPTS appears at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival this week courtesy of our partners at EFP Future Frames, and it was awarded the Circle of Film Critics Award for best graduation film at the Dutch...
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The magical light of Spain: An interview with Christian Avilés, director of DAYDREAMING SO VIVIDLY ABOUT OUR SPANISH HOLIDAYS
Date: 21-06-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
This week, several upcoming European filmmakers will be sharing their work at the prestigious Karlovy Vary Film Festival as part of the European Film Promotion’s (EFP) Future Frames Programme. One of whom is the Spanish director Christian Avilés, whose graduation...
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The life cycle of cicadas spun into “a love letter to death and to my family”: Animator Fernanda Caicedo on using art to ponder the big questions
Date: 15-06-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Stop-motion animator Fernanda Caicedo learned about her Grandmother’s death when she was far away from her Ecuadorian family, while studying in Germany. The grief and distance spurred her to explore her own fear of death through her art. The result...
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