Aug 26, 2009 0
In her short film Close Your Eyes and Look At Me, Lindsey Dryden explores the issue of personal freedom, body and ways of seeing. She talks to Kamila Kuc about her fascination with radical women and respect she has for Shabana, the subject of her film.
Aug 25, 2009 0
In his latest film, Stone Pastures, Donagh Coleman depicts day-to-day life of a family in the high Himalayas. In this interview he tells us more about the villagers and discusses the difficulties surrounding the making of the film by Kamila Kuc
Aug 23, 2009 0
In his latest film Peter King depicted the Latvian port of Karosta through the eyes of its inhabitants. He tells Kamila Kuc why he chose to make a film about this particular town.
Aug 21, 2009 0
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Coming up is our first DocSpot screening which features Pig Business. Kate Vlckova talks to Zac Goldsmith about raising people’s awareness on the subject of food-processing and animal welfare as well as his fascination with the film.
Aug 19, 2009 0
Hugh Brody’s latest film The Meaning of Life takes us around Kwikwexwelhp, a Canadian prison run by the Chehalis First Nation. He talks to Kamila Kuc about the unique quality of Kwikwexwelhp and the experience of making the film
Aug 10, 2009 2
As part of LIDF’s John Samson Retrospective, independent film-maker Mike Wallington, John Samson’s long time collaborator and producer of Tattoo, Dressing For Pleasure, Britannia and Arrows talks to Kamila Kuc about the unique status of the work he and Samson made together.
Aug 1, 2009 0
Roberto Purvis is most well known for his documentary Walking with Pasolini (British Film Institute) and his work with Noam Chomsky. LIDF invited Roberto to join our post-screening panel discussion on Gianfranco Pannone’s Red Sunrise, which screens on Wednsesday 1 April, 21:00 at Curzon Soho. In this interview, the director talks to Kamila Kuc about his reaction to Red Sunrise and his new film about Pier Paolo Pasolini
Apr 7, 2009 0
David Teague. Photo by Cattleya Katie Jaruthavee
In Intifada NYC David Teague films a controversy around opening the United States’ first public Arabic language school in Brooklyn. He talks to Kamila Kuc about the perception of Islam in New York after the 9/11, the power of media and how the film exposes racism and xenophobia in some Americans.
Apr 1, 2009 0
Gianfranco Pannone’s Red Sunrise was bound to be controversial in Italy. Considered offensive by the Italy’s Berlusconian Minister of Culture, the film had a little distribution so far. In this interview the director talks to Kamila Kuc about the Red Brigades and why he decided to make this film now.
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