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Bluebeard: An Interview with Director and Screenwriter Catherine Breillat

Jul 13, 2010 | No Comments | ByLucy Aronica

bluebeard_quadCatherine 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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London River: An Interview with Screenwriter Zoe Galeron

Jul 5, 2010 | 1 Comment | ByGergana Barakova

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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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Leaving: An Interview with Director Catherine Corsini

Jul 5, 2010 | 1 Comment | ByJuliane Zenke

poster-leaving_quad_aw_cinefullCatherine 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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Please Give: An Interview with Director and Screenwriter Nicole Holofcener

Jun 28, 2010 | No Comments | ByLucy Aronica

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Nicole Holofcener is the critically acclaimed writer-director from New York City. Her first feature, Walking and Talking, sold to Miramax at the Sundance Festival,  and her second feature, Lovely & Amazing, was released by Lions Gate. She has since made Friends with Money and her latest is Please Give. Birds Eye View caught up with her to talk about it.

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White Material: An Interview with Claire Denis

Jun 28, 2010 | No Comments | ByLucy Aronica

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Claire Denis is a Director and Screenwriter. She was born in Paris and raised in Africa. White Material  stars Isabelle Huppert , a coffee plantation owner who stands firm and refuses to abandon her harvest.  Birds Eye View caught up with Claire to talk about it.

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H2Oil: An Interview with Director Shannon Walsh

Jun 11, 2010 | No Comments | ByGergana Barakova

posterShannon Walsh is a Montreal-based filmmaker and writer. Her first feature documentary, H2Oil, traces the human and environmental costs of Alberta’s oil sands. Birds Eye View caught up with her to talk about it. Read the full story

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