March 10, 2013
Financing film is a perennial challenge at the best of times and the UK requires particularly strong networks into private investors. It also usually requires a […]
March 6, 2013
Catherine Bernstein talked to Ontente about the use of archive footage in documentary film, following the screening of her film Death of a Hatmaker at the […]
March 12, 2013
“The best way to get close to a country is through human stories,” says film-maker Tinatin Gurchiani. The machine which makes everything disappear, allows us to […]
March 12, 2013
Motherland or Death, a film about Cuba by Russian director Vitaly Mansky uses dilapidated cities as the backdrop to personal stories. He told us what led him […]
March 12, 2013
Director/Producer Alison Klayman talked to us about finding and meeting Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei. She discussed the use of social media in communicating internationally and the […]
March 12, 2013
Threatened with losing a quarter of public funding, OneWorld’s festival director discusses her strategies for survival, emphasising the importance of continual evaluation and engaging with businesses which […]
March 11, 2013
Lloyd Ludgrove talked to Reda Al-Fardan, translator of the film Bahrain the forbidden country. He discussed the culture of punishment and protest that he says he […]
March 10, 2013
Danish sound recorder Tom Kirk describes the technical and physical dangers of following a devoted ambulance crew in the Bulgarian capital. Over two years, he worked […]
March 8, 2013
It’s International Women’s Day today 8 March. Helle Faber discussed the making of Putin’s Kiss the day after a special screening at East Doc Platform, Prague. […]
March 8, 2013
Ontente spoke to director Ethan Steinman after the world premiere of his film Glacial Balance at the One World Film Festival in Prague. Ethan describes how […]
March 7, 2013
Jésus Prieto talked to Antoine about making the film Playback, a portrait of legendary Russian film director Aleksey Guerman, who died only a couple of weeks ago, […]
March 6, 2013
Ontente interviewed German producer Hans Robert Eisenhauer following his presentation at the East Doc Platform in Prague. Hans Robert lives in Berlin and runs the […]