Lebanese Director Mounia Akl on Expressing Her Truth with ‘Costa Brava, Lebanon’
Lebanese director Mounia Akl talks with PopMatters about the act of resistance in making and participating in art and her feature debut, Costa Brava, Lebanon.
San Francisco International Film Festival
SFFilm Festival 2022: Tia Lessin and Emma Pildes on Pro-Choice ‘The Janes’
From pro-choice clergy to profit-seeking mafia, The Janes directors Tia Lessin and Emma Pildes on what they’ve learned about America while researching for this urgent documentary.
SFIFF 2022: ‘Emily the Criminal’ Director on Rejecting the American Dream
Director John Patton Ford discusses his debut feature Emily the Criminal, a critique of American society borne within the death of the American Dream.
SFIFF 2022: Director Daniel Roher on Navalny, Master of Russian Politics
Director Daniel Roher met face-to-face with the intensely intelligent and deeply motivated Alexei Navalny and together created a film that compels global political action.
The Big-City Drama of ‘Little Men’: An Interview with Director Ira Sachs
In this interview with director Ira Sachs, he talks about his latest drama, Little Men, gentrification, and discouraging his young lead from pursuing an acting career.
SFIFF Spotlight: Latin American Cinema
These six films represent the range and potential of contemporary Latina-American cinema with an emphasis on the processes of becoming that underlie identity.