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Feb 14, 2011 | No Comments | ByBen

Jessica Albarn's The Boy in the Oak
Writer, illustrator and filmmaker Jessica Albarn is one of the UK’s hottest talents. She’s just updated her illustrated book The Boy in the Oak into an animated film, complete with a voiceover by Jude Law and music from Damon Albarn. Birds Eye View spoke to Jessica about The Boy in the Oak and the move from illustrating to animating. Read the full story
Oct 22, 2010 | No Comments | ByGali Gold

Birds Eye View were lucky enough to bag an exclusive interview with the director of Africa United, Debs Gardener-Paterson, following its premiere at the prestigious 54th London Film Festival. We talked to her about the film, the issues of filming in Africa, whether she finds it challenging working as a woman in a male dominated industry, and making the leap from directing shorts to feature length films. Read the full story
Aug 15, 2010 | 1 Comment | ByLucy Aronica

Stefan Knüpfer in Pianomania
Lilian Franck has been creating documentary films together with Robert Cibis in the international market for ten years. Their films examine universal themes through the power of unique personal stories. Pianomania is their latest and BEV caught up with Lilian to talk about it.
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Jul 13, 2010 | No Comments | ByLucy Aronica
Catherine Breillat is an award winning French Director – she is also a screenwriter and novelist. She is known for exploring issues of sexuality, gender conflict and sibling rivalry – and has been the subject of controversy over the years. Her latest film Bluebeard, is a reworking of a Charles Perrault fable.
Birds Eye View caught up with Catherine to talk about it.
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Jul 5, 2010 | 1 Comment | ByGergana Barakova

Zoé Galeron is a screenwriter from Paris – she co-wrote London River with Director Rachid Bouchareb and Olivier Lorelle. Birds Eye View caught up with her to talk about it.
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Jul 5, 2010 | 1 Comment | ByJuliane Zenke
Catherine Corsini, the acclaimed French Writer and Director, brings us Leaving, a film with the amazing Kristin Scott Thomas, Yvan Attal and Sergi Lopez in an explosive relationship triangle this summer.
Birds Eye View was lucky enough to catch up with Catherine in London to talk about her work on Leaving, the reaction of audiences around the world and how open the arts world really is to women writers and directors.
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