Interview

As long as Oscar-nominated Finnish director and screenwriter Selma Vilhunen has been making movies, she’s been dealing with the topic of love. In her new film, Four Little Adults, she also explores if equality and justice can be achieved within polyamory.

  Nichole Sakura is the voice of the titular character in Suzume, director, Makoto Shinkai’s anime film, inspired by the 2011 earthquake in Japan. It is also a coming-of-age story for the 17-year-old protagonist, Suzume.

Intimacy coordinators are a relatively new but necessary element in the film and television industry which largely came about in 2018. Due to the #Metoo movement it became apparent that a third party on set could ensure the actors' safety.

After being awarded a special mention for best first feature at the last edition of the Berlinale, filmmaker Myriam U. Birara became one of the young talents to watch.

A month after the 7. 8 earthquake in Syria and Turkey, we talked to Syrian filmmaker Soudade Kaadan, whose filmography is dedicated to exploring her country devastated by an over a decade-long war.

Ramin Sohrab made the first Iranian-Finnish action movie against all odds. Layers of Lies is a redemption, revenge, and love story.

America may be deeply divided by political alignments, but CNN host and contributor, Emmy award winner and 3-time New York Times bestselling author Van Jones managed to pass a bi-partisan criminal justice reform that freed thousands of incarcerated felons for drug-related crimes and more, now the subject of a documentary called The First Step. HFPA's Jenny Cooney spoke with director Brandon Kramer and producer Lance Kramer about the film that follows Jones on his journey, has gone viral at 40+ festivals and got picked up for worldwide distribution.

  In honor of the upcoming 80th Anniversary of the Golden Globe Awards, we continue on our 80-Day Countdown to reach the year 2005, when a former comedian finally came into his own as a dramatic movie star winning the Golden Globe for Best Actor – Drama portraying legendary musician Ray Charles in the film, Ray. In a special Rewind episode of our Golden Globes Around the World podcast series recorded in 2020, Jamie Foxx talked to HFPA member Kristien Gijbels about his life and career, including his memories of the audition to play Ray Charles, the influence his grandmother had on him, who keeps him grounded, and what’s it like having his whole family living with him.

Perth-born writer-director Aron Attiwell, 22, has taken on the formidable task of educating young Australians about the Holocaust through his film Fading Numbers. As the number of Holocaust survivors is diminishing, Attiwell understands the importance of younger generations’ hearing firsthand from those who experienced the horrors of genocide about both the experience itself and the lessons that can be learned from it.

When Hurricane Katrina left more than 250,000 pets stranded, the infrastructure was set up of a nationwide dog rescue effort. Since then, millions of Southern rescue dogs have been transported to new homes, thanks to the tireless efforts of a grassroots network of dog rescuers.