Interviews – Page 3 – European Children's Film Association

Antje Starost about 7 OR HOW TO STOP THE TIME

“Nothing is easy but everything is exciting”

In the documentary 7 OR WHY I’M IN THE WORLD in 2010, Antje Starost & Hans Helmut Grotjahn offered the audience the opportunity to meet seven boys and girls from Ecuador, Greece, France and Germany. Amazed by their thoughtfulness, their perception on difficult questions about the meaning of life and their humour, already at this young age they seemed fully aware of the critical state of our world. Now, 13 years later, we meet those boys and girls again in the new documentary 7 OR HOW TO STOP THE TIME, as young adults between 20 and 25.

Amir Honarmand about SILKWORM

“This phone had to be an expensive one”

Amin, a 12-year-old poor Iranian boy, receives a used iPhone from his brother to study online during the pandemic. The phone turns out to be stolen, and moreover contains some confronting information. That’s why its rightful owner would do anything to get it back. The short film by Amir Honarmand, a young Iranian filmmaker living and working in Canada, manages to fit neatly into the Iranian narrative tradition, while also deviating from it.

Pola Sell & Barbara Englert about THE PATH OF HANDS AND FEET

“Make clear that they can be loud”

They were not driven by cinematic aspirations or big production deals. They simply recognised a social need that they could fulfil with a film. That is why directors Pola Sell & Barbara Englert went to a Taekwondo school in Offenbach, Germany, and spoke with a bunch of young girls about their fragile self-esteem and the empowerment they find in a sports club, where girls learn to come up for themselves without boys, parents or teachers looking over their shoulders.

Interview Clip: SEA SPARKLE

A Giffoni Film Festival Interview Clip

This interview with Domien Huyghe, director of SEA SPARKLE, was recorded during the Giffoni Film Festival in July 2023.

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Interview Clip: THE FANTASTIQUE THREE

A Giffoni Film Festival Interview Clip

This interview with Michaël Dichter & Diego Murgia, director and the main actor of THE FANTASTIQUE THREE, was recorded during the Giffoni Film Festival in July 2023.

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Interview Clip: LIONESS

A Giffoni Film Festival Interview Clip

This interview with Raymond Grimbergen & Alyssa Van Ommeren, director and main actress of LIONESS, was recorded during the Giffoni Film Festival in July 2023.

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Interview Clip: KIDDO

A Giffoni Film Festival Interview Clip

This interview with Zara Dwinger & Frieda Barnhard, director and adult protagonist of KIDDO, was recorded during the Giffoni Film Festival in July 2023.

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Podcast Interview: PLANET B

A DOXS RUHR Podcast episode

This podcast interview with Pieter Van Hees, director of PLANET B, was recorded in the context of the DOXS RUHR festival in September 2023.

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