TIFF ’19 Interview: Zaida Bergroth on the Seeds of Distrust That Grow in “Maria’s Paradise”
The director talks about revisiting the charismatic appeal of the 1920s evangelist Maria Åkerblom through the eyes of one of her followers.
Interviews
TIFF ’19 Interview: Katrin Gebbe on Fleshing Out “Pelican Blood”
The director of "Nothing Bad Can Happen" returns to explore the dangers of unquestioned — and perhaps misplaced — faith in this thriller...
TIFF ’19 Interview: Malgorzata Szumowska on Cottoning Up to a Cult in “The Other Lamb”
The director of "Elles" talks about keeping her flock in check for this thriller concerning a cult member who becomes suspicious of its lead...
TIFF ’19 Interview: Raymund Ribay Gutierrez on Doing Justice to “Verdict”
A case of domestic abuse exposes a severely compromised justice system in the Philippines in this beast of a thriller.
TIFF ’19 Interview: Garin Hovanissian & Serj Tankian on Capturing the Energy Behind a Galvanizing Political Revolution in Armenia in “I Am Not Alone”
The director and producer of this stirring documentary talk about channeling the excitement of people taking back their power during the 25-...
TIFF ’19 Interview: Adam Goodes, Dan Gordon and Stan Grant on Uniting for “The Australian Dream”
An AFL star at the top of his game find himself standing alone in other ways when he takes a stand against racism in this stirring profile i...
TIFF ’19 Interview: Daniel Joseph Borgman on Peeling Back a Self-Contained World in “Resin”
A daughter starts to question her father's intentions in this thriller in which the home away from the outside world he's created for her st...
TIFF ’19 Interview: Yehuda Nahari Halevi and Yaron Zilberman on Getting Inside the Mind of an Assassin in “Incitement”
The director and star talk about creating this gripping study of how a young man's dangerous thoughts are encouraged in a society gone mad.
TIFF ’19 Interview: Odessa Young and David Raboy on Working Towards Something Major with “The Giant”
The star and director talk about achieving a spiritual experience with this harrowing drama about a young woman on uncertain footing followi...
Interview: Aaron Schimberg on Unlocking Perception in “Chained for Life”
On making a truly unique comedy starring Jess Weixler and Adam Pearson that exemplifies how easily the machinery of the collaborative art ca...
