Interview with Kurdwin Ayub about the film “Mond,” Locarno Film Festival 2024
Based on a story that brings to mind Dubai’s captive Princess Latifa, Iraq-born, Austrian-based director Kurdwin Ayub’s second film, “Mond”…
Interviews
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Humanzee: The Creature Feature Reimagined
Granules of dust dance in the air illuminated by a phone flashlight. In a bed meant for a person, lies…
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Emma Varteresian Talks Stop Motion and Her Film Whispers From The Heart of A Rose
Artist and animator Emma Varteresian says, “No one ever does stop motion the same” and her ambitious work proves as…
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Inside the Oscars: Lucy Rubin’s Award-Winning PR Campaign for “The Boy And The Heron”
I sat down with a PR professional in the film industry for an inside look into anime, awards campaigns and…
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Interview: Filmmaker Alexander Freeman is “Defying the Odds”
Inspired by his own disability — having been born with cerebral palsy — award-winning filmmaker Alexander Freeman (Emerson College ‘14)…
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In Conversation with Nick McCarthy, programming director of NewFest
NewFest’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival has historically provided a jumping point for the legacies of gay, queer, and trans communities. The…
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A.V. Rockwell Discusses her debut feature, ‘A Thousand and One’
When filmmaker A.V. Rockwell debuted her feature, “A Thousand and One,” at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, she ended up…
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In Conversation: Megan Kapler and Harry Cullen
In advance of the Bright Lights Cinema Series screening of Laura Poitras’ 2022 documentary “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,”…
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In Conversation: Chase Joynt and Kristen Schilt
In honor of Trans Week of Visibility and Action, Bright Lights Cinema Series will be showing “Framing Agnes” this Thursday,…
