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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Our Highlights of 2022

Date: 17-01-2023

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

Happy new year to all of our followers, colleagues, filmmakers, and friends. Thank you so much for supporting T-Port. We are glad to share with you some of our highlights from the year. T-Port’s Lighthouse Selections In November of this...


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40 years of supporting upcoming filmmakers: we get Utopian with Theresa Winkler, Programme Head of the Max Ophüls Preis

Date: 16-01-2023

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

The Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis takes place from the 23rd to 29th January 2023 in Saarbrücken, Germany.  T-Port are partnering with MOP, we will be hosting a selection of their short films from Jan 30, straight after the event. We...


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Figuring it out along the way: An interview with Laurenz Otto – Director of AGAINST ALL ODDS – Lighthouse Selections 2022

Date: 12-01-2023

Posted by: Jess Sweetman

Director Laurenz Otto’s coming-of-age short made it to T-Port by being selected as part of German Films Next Generation Short Tiger, and was selected by our 2022 Lighthouse Selections curator Olha Raiter who described the film as “daring and imaginative.”...


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