In an exclusive interview with Filmatique, Peng Fei Song discusses sectional views of Chinese society, offscreen sound as a spatial tool, the importance of persistence, and his next project.
In an exclusive interview with Filmatique, Nariman Turebayev discusses the absence of love, a lack of regret for the Soviet era, Kazakhstan's modern mix of culture, and his next projects.
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In an exclusive interview with Filmatique, Abdykalykov discusses the importance of ecology, narrative traditions in Kyrgyzstan and his next project.
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In an exclusive interview with Filmatique, Jordi Esteva discusses djinns (ancient Islamic spirits), oral traditions, camels, patriarchy, dying languages and his next project.
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In an exclusive interview with Filmatique, Shawkat Amin Korki discusses approaching tragedy with humor, the challenges of filmmaking in Iraqi Kurdistan and his next project.
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In an exclusive interview with Filmatique, Yared Zeleke discusses displacement and diaspora in Ethiopia, the country's legacy of religious coexistence, a period of awakening on the African continent and his next project.
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In an exclusive interview with Filmatique, Giorgi Ovashvili discusses ethnic conflicts arising from the Soviet collapse, the power of cinema to restore trust, and his next project.
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In an exclusive interview with Filmatique, Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas discuss the patriarchal economies of sex tourism, new readings of gender, working with a professional actress for the first time, and their next project.
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In an exclusive interview with Filmatique, Kaan Müjdeci discusses the dynamics of power between men and animals, life in central Anatolia, working with non-professional actors, and his next project.
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Ossama Mohammed has been living in exile in Paris since 2011. In an exclusive interview with Filmatique, Mohammed discusses cinema as historical archive, the link between justice and beauty, and how to make an auteur film with one thousand authors.
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In an exclusive interview with Filmatique, Elisa Miller discusses nudity and the representation of intimacy onscreen, the impossibility of love, conversations between Wim Wenders and Godard, ghosts, and her latest project.
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In an exclusive interview with Filmatique, Martti Helde discusses cinema as monument, the suggestive power of sound, the fallibility of memory, and his next project.
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In an exclusive interview with Filmatique, Ivan Ostrochovský discusses his real-life inspiration for Koza, martyrs, and Eastern European humor.
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In an exclusive interview with Filmatique, Kobayashi discusses the timelessness of youth, homosexuality in Japan and his next projects.
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In an exclusive interview with Filmatique, Jean-Charles Hue explores the genesis of his inspiration for these stories, Yeniche orthodoxies, and his next project.
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Filmatique conducted an exclusive interview with Duccio Chiarini to discuss the dynamics of comedy, a new generation of cosmopolitan cinema in Italy, and his next project that was workshopped at Cannes' Cinéfondation program.
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In an exclusive interview with Filmatique, Salomé Alexi discusses money, ignorance, the double-sidedness of the Georgian character and the importance of both humor and ambiguity in her work.
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In an exclusive interview with Filmatique, Wang Xiaoshuai discusses themes of his latest work— a generation’s neglect of societal changes, homosexuality in China and the ability of cinema to deliver more effective questions than answers.
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In an exclusive interview with Filmatique, Juris Kursietis discusses the cruelty of social institutions, fluidity on set, the burden of Soviet influence and modern day slavery in the heart of Europe as the topic of his next project.
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In an exclusive interview with Filmatique, Brady Corbet discusses nascent trends among his two endeavors as a filmmaker: shooting on 35mm, the use of sound as an immersive force, and anger— and how it can quickly escalate to violence— as a theme in his work.
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