Filmmaker Interviews provide a unique opportunity to delve into the creative minds behind some of the most influential films. Through these interviews, filmmakers share insights into their artistic processes, inspirations, challenges, and the stories that drive their work.
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24Aug
Fantasia IFF 2026 KCrush ‘Home Bodies’ Interview with Actors Emma and Ian Ho and Director Casey Walker
Home should be the one place we feel comfortable. Our refuge in a world growing increasingly chaotic and hostile towards our survival, and the place where we should be able to speak freely and do what makes us happy; in the Canadian psychological... Read More
3Aug
Fantasia IFF 2026 Interview with ‘Foxing: Kitsuné-tuski’ Animator and Filmmaker Shinozuka Takeru and Producer Moriyama Yoshihide
With the short film Foxing: Kitsuné-tuski (Kitsuné-tuski), as his directorial debut at the 2026 Fantasia International Film Festival, veteran animator Shinozuka Takeru has successfully proven his capabilities as a writer and director... Read More
8Jul
Jeonju IFF 2026 Interview with ‘The Time of Jeju’ Documentary Filmmaker Kim Da-un
Filled with passion and righteous indignation at the destruction 900 towering cedar trees and acres of natural forest habitat along the Bijiram-ro highway by the Jeju government, filmmaker and community advocate Kim Da-un was inspired to make her... Read More
15Jun
KCrush Jeonju IFF ’26 Interview with Festival Co-Director Min Sung-wook
Just over the course of one week from April 29, to May 5, 2026, the Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF), one of East Asia’s largest film festivals, celebrated its 27th year to rousing success. With the thematic focus of “Beyond the... Read More
13May
Minikino Film Week 11 – Interview with ‘Tutaha Subang: A Tale of My Daughter’ with Filmmaker and Historian Wulan Putri
Minikino Film Week 11 – Interview with ‘Tutaha Subang: A Tale of My Daughter’ with Filmmaker and Historian Wulan Putri “Ancestors, others are coming to encroach upon our land. Ancestors, please stand up. Protect this land; our children... Read More
20Apr
Minikino Film Week 11 Interview with ‘Kotowari 断り’ Filmmaker Coralie Watanbe Prosper and Actress Rei Watanabe
In her 2025 dramatic short film Kotowari 断り, writer and director Coralie Watanabe Prosper takes on the challenge of showing the chaotic world of the French immigration system through the eyes of Saki, a Japanese woman who just wants to feel... Read More
2Mar
Minikino Film Week 11 – Interview with ‘Pelabuhan Berkabut (Fish, Please!)’ Filmmaker Haris Yuliyanto
As a storyteller, filmmaker Haris Yuliyanto has dedicated his work to presenting the many social issues affecting the people of coastal regions of Semarang, Indonesia, and his 2025 short film ‘Pelabuhan Berkabut (Fish, Please!)’, is no... Read More
26Jan
Fantasia IFF 2025 – KCrush Interview with ‘Blank Canvas / Kakukaku Shikajika’ Co-writer and Artist Akiko Higashimura
Award-winning manga author and illustrator Akiko Higashimura is probably one of the very few people to pen their own autobiography, in manga form no less, have that autobiography adapted into a film, and be co-writer of the screenplay and artistic... Read More
29Dec
Minikino Film Week 11 – KCrush Interview with ‘Traces of My Brother’ Creative Producer Brahmantyo Putra
“Where is the justice?” is the question that builds the foundation of filmmaker Riani Singgih’s documentary short Traces of My Brother / Dia Pergi dan Belum Kembali, which screened at the 2025 Minikino Film Week in Bali, Indonesia. On May 15,... Read More
5Dec
Fantasia IFF 2025 – KCrush Interview with ‘Fragment’ Filmmaker Kim Sung-yoon
For his award-winning debut feature film Fragment (Pa-pyeon), which had its North American premiere at the 2025 Fantasia International Film Festival, writer and director Kim Sung-yoon (Kim Ji-young: Born 1982) took on the challenge of examining... Read More
17Nov
Minikino Film Week 11 – KCrush Interview with ‘Water Sports’ Producer Alemberg M. Ang
Disclaimer: Some of the topics discussed would be mature and provocative in theme – the topics discussed are mature in nature. Award winning production designer, writer and director Whammy Alcazaren (Bold Eagle, Whether the Weather... Read More
20Oct
Fantasia IFF 2025 – KCrush Interview with ‘I Fell In Love with a Z Grade Director in Brooklyn’ Filmmaker Kenichi Ugana and Actress Ui Mihara
Oh, to be an artist who’s lost the will to create! What trials the creative process can be when you possess more passion than you do money. In his latest film (well at the time of writing this anyway) I Fell In Love with a Z Grade Director in... Read More
9Oct
Minikino Film Week 11 & KCrush Interview with Fransiska Prihadi, Matt Lloyd, and Holly Márie Parnell
From the 11th of September to the 19th, aspiring, new, and veteran filmmakers from all across B, and all areas of world gathered in Denpasar, Bali for the very successful 11th Minikino Film Week (MFW) Bali International Short Film Festival. Since... Read More
15Sep
Fantasia IFF 2025 – KCrush Interview with ‘The Woman’ Director Hwang Wook and Producer Lee Dong-min
For the world premiere of their latest feature The Woman at the 2025 Fantasia International Film Festival, writer and director Hwang Wook and producer Lim Dong-min presented their psychological thriller about a woman who appears to be everywhere,... Read More
1Sep
KCrush Interview with Sean Dulake
Sean Dulake has a way of making you feel like you already know him. Whether he’s charming audiences on Korean primetime dramas or pulling fans into the whirlwind fantasy of Dramaworld, the actor, writer, and producer has built a career that blends... Read More
25Aug
Fantasia IFF 2025 – KCrush Interview with ‘Haunted Mountain: The Yellow Taboo’ with Director Tsai Chia Ying and Producer Ivan Chen
We know the five stages of grief to be denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance, but what if there’s a sixth unnamed emotion? Regret. Written by Zou Wan-Zhen (Women in Taipei), and directed by Tsai Chai-ying (The Remains), the new... Read More
13Aug
Jeonju IFF 2025 -KCruch Interview with “Toe Tapping Tunes”, Filmmaker Lee Jung-hyun
During the 25th annual Jeonju International Film Festival, award-winning South Korean actress and singer, Lee Jung-hyun made her directorial debut with the dramatic short Toe-Tapping Tunes, alternatively titled Going to See the Flowers, in which... Read More
5Aug
Fantasia IFF 2025 KCrush Interview with ‘Noise’ Filmmaker Kim Soo-jin
When describing sound or music that evokes feelings of being uneasy, overwhelmed, confused, or scared we call it noise. Noise connotes something that’s undefined in a way that music and sound aren’t, and in his award winning feature Noise,... Read More
30Jun
Jeonju IFF 2025 KCrush Interview with ‘Ulysses’ Filmmaker Uwagawa Hikaru
Is there any singular moment in our lives that is ever truly without meaning? In his debut feature film Ulysses, Japanese filmmaker Uwagawa Hikari seeks to find this out through seemingly random improvised sequence of events and discussions... Read More
9Jun
Jeonju IFF 2025 – KCrush Interview with ‘Sumbisori’ Filmmaker Lee Eun-jung
For her debut feature film Sumbisori, writer and director Lee Eun-jung uses the unique culture and community of Korea’s famed Haenyeo, to explore the strained relationship between a daughter, Hae-jin (Lee Sun-bin), and her mother Ok-ran (Seo... Read More
26May
