Interviews

A Demogorgon from Stranger Things, Marvel’s Scarlet Witch and Rick Sanchez from the animated comedy Rick and Morty were three of the intricately costumed fans invited to ask David Harbour questions at his Spotlight panel at New York Comic Con. The Golden Globe-nominated actor hosted an hour-long panel at Manhattan’s Javits Center, where he discussed his acting career in television, movies, and on stage.

Velvet Jesus is a collaboration between African American filmmakers Anthony Bawn and Spencer Michael Collins IV, who created the company VIM Media LLC to create content for their community and tell stories that are not often heard outside it. It turned out that it is not an easy task creating gay African American content, and the team set out to make a difference and create a platform for their community to tell their stories too.

Actor and producer Jimmy Jean-Louis grew up in Haiti and France. He has lived in Spain, Italy, South Africa, and England before moving to the United States.

“Unlike other kids my age,” recalls Bretten Hannam, “I didn’t play with many toys. I would rather draw, paint and tell stories.

In spite of the ongoing pandemic, producer Rodrigo Teixeira is having a very busy year. And the next one is promising to be the same:  he has eleven projects on his slate, including two pictures shown in this year’s Cannes - Murina and Bergman Island -  and two new projects from directors James Gray and Luca Guadagnino.

Finnish director and writer Dome Karukoski loves drama. He tells HFPA journalist Tina Jøhnk Christensen that as a child he watched Macbeth on the BBC.

Sonia Nassery Cole’s father always told her that she could do anything. Afghan-born American filmmaker and human rights activist Nassery Cole tells HFPA journalist Patricia Danaher that attitude was embedded in her.

Arguably, one of the most anticipated films of the Venice Film Festival, The Last Duel, is the latest historical drama by iconic Golden Globe-winning director, Ridley Scott, based on the book of the same name by Eric Jager, and boasts a stellar cast including Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Adam Driver, and Jodie Comer. This 14th-century saga is set in 1386, based on the true account of a feud between good friends and fellow noblemen, Jean de Carrouges (Damon) and Jacques Le Gris (Driver).

La premiere mundial de Lo invisible en el Festival de Toronto marca un retorno para el cine ecuatoriano en el importante evento cinematográfico, pero también es casi como un traspaso de la antorcha, porque el último director de ese país que estuvo allí es Sebastián Cordero, quien fue, casualmente, profesor de cine de Javier Andrade y también el director de Ratas, ratones, rateros, el filme en el que éste tuvo un pequeño papel como actor. Protagonizada por Anahí Hoeneisen, quien es también la coguionista, Lo invisible muestra la descomposición emocional y psicológica de una mujer de la alta sociedad que no puede superar la depresión post-parto.

Filipino-American documentary filmmaker Ramona Diaz grew up watching western cinema. She tells HFPA journalist Ruben Nepales that she went to movies every Saturday with her dad.