‘Hungry’ Director on Her Sci-Fi Doc About a World Without Humans That Is “a Call to Action”

In the new film from Susanne Brandstaetter, world premiering at Rotterdam, a "Being" is searching for clues for mankind’s ...
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Director Interviews

Every production faces unexpected obstructions that require creative solutions and conceptual rethinking. What was an unforeseen obstacle, crisis, or simply unpredictable event you had to respond to, ...
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‘The work that we do is actually sacred’: The 11 best quotes from our Best Director contender interviews

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gold Derby has been immersed in the 2026 Oscar race since Cannes, and we've been lucky enough to sit down with some the filmmakers ...
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‘Decorado’ Director on His Animated Dystopia Reflecting Our “Ultracapitalist World”

Alberto Vázquez explains how Disney, Google, Amazon, Orwell, Buñuel, 'The Truman Show,' social media, and "megalomaniac leaders" inspired the film about a mouse struggling in a world ruled by a ...
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‘Home Alone’ at 35: Director Chris Columbus on how film became ‘timeless’ Christmas classic — ‘people just connected to it’

Filmmaker shares his theory about why the Macaulay Culkin movie endures — and why it wouldn't work today. While director Chris Columbus knew he had something special on his hands when making Home ...
IndieWire

Inside a Year of ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Domination with Directors Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans and Songwriter Star EJAE

IndieWire Honors: Spark Award honorees Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans, and EJAE discuss the whirlwind success of "KPop Demon Hunters," and what may be next for the the Netflix phenomenon. As she was ...
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‘Homebound’ Director Neeraj Ghaywan Reveals How Exec Producer Martin Scorsese Helped Him Find Focus For The Film – Contenders Los Angeles

Indian filmmaker Neeraj Ghaywan is thanking to the legendary director Martin Scorsese for lending a gentle guiding hand in shaping his film Homebound. As the film’s executive producer and a mentor to ...
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Film casting directors roundtable for ‘F1,’ ‘A House of Dynamite,’ ‘Is This Thing On?,’ and ‘Wicked: For Good’

Film casting directors roundtable for ‘F1,’ ‘A House of Dynamite,’ ‘Is This Thing On?,’ and ‘Wicked: For Good’ Lucy Bevan, Susanne Scheel, Shayna Markowitz, Tiffany Little Canfield, Bernard Telsey ...
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‘Your Host’ Director DW Medoff On The Extreme Horror That Inspired The Film

Director DW Medoff is a king of gnarly horror, whether in his stomach-churning I Will Never Leave You Alone or his heart-wrenching Pollen. Now, for the first time, Medoff is taking on a film from a ...