Livestream Discussions
Go in-depth into Festival films through virtual Q&As and Coffee Talks with Festival filmmakers. All recordings of past Livestream Q&As are available to view free on YouTube.
Upcoming Events
Saturday, Oct 23 @ 12:00pm
Q&A: Cinema Sabaya
Livestream Q&A with director Orit Fouks Rotem. Learn more about the film…
Past Events
Thursday, Oct 14 @ 4:00pm
Q&A: The Gravedigger’s Wife
Livestream Q&A with director Khadar Ayderus Ahmed. Learn more about the film…
Friday, Oct 15: 10:00am
Green Screens: Exposing Environmental Crises in Cinema
From the Amazon rainforest to the Arctic ice caps to Southeast Asian super typhoons, a number of urgent, topical, and captivating films at this year’s Festival’s tackle stories of climate change and environmental crisis. Join directors Holly Morris (Exposure), Luiz Bolognesi (The Last Forest) and Carlo Francisco Manatad (Whether the Weather is Fine) discuss their works and the issues.
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Friday, Oct 15 @ 12:00pm
Q&A: Commitment Hasan
Livestream Q&A with actor Umut Karadag. Learn more about the film…
Friday, Oct 15 @ 4:00pm
Q&A: My Brothers Dream Awake
Livestream Q&A with director Claudia Huaiquimilla. Learn more about the film…
Saturday, Oct 16 @ 12:00pm
Q&A: Silent Land
Livestream Q&A with director Agnieszka Woszczyńska. Learn more about the film…
Saturday, Oct 16 @ 2:00pm
Q&A: Captain Volkonogov Escaped
Livestream Q&A with directors Natalya Merkulova and Alexey Chupov. Learn more about the film…
Sunday, Oct 17: 10:00am
Pandemic Cinema: Film Art in the Age of Contagion
A shared experience unlike any in recent history, the COVID-19 pandemic has presented problems for filmmakers both practical and aesthetic. Join directors Miguel Gomes (The Tsugua Diaries), Radu Jude (Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn) and Rob Jabbaz (The Sadness) as they discuss their drastically different ways of representing the pandemic on screen.
Sunday, Oct 17 @ 12:00pm
Q&A: Nobody Has To Know
Livestream Q&A with director Bouli Lanners. Learn more about the film…
Sunday, Oct 17 @ 4:00pm
Q&A: Citizen Ashe
Livestream Q&A with director Sam Pollard. Learn more about the film…
Monday, Oct 18 @ 12:00pm
Q&A: Babi Yar. Context
Livestream Q&A with director Sergei Loznitsa. Learn more about the film…
Monday, Oct 18 @ 4:00pm
Q&A: 107 Mothers
Livestream Q&A with director Peter Kerekes. Learn more about the film…
Tuesday, Oct 19 @ 12:00pm
Q&A: Robust
Livestream Q&A with director Constance Meyer. Learn more about the film…
Tuesday, Oct 19 @ 4:00pm
Q&A: Wandering Heart
Livestream Q&A with director Leonardo Brzezicki. Learn more about the film…
Wednesday, Oct 20 @ 12:00pm
Q&A: The Odd-Job Men
Livestream Q&A with director Neus Ballús. Learn more about the film…
Wednesday, Oct 20 @ 4:00pm
Q&A: Sundown
Livestream Q&A with director Michel Franco. Learn more about the film…
Thursday, Oct 21 @ 12:00pm
Q&A: Amira
Livestream Q&A with director Mohamed Diab. Learn more about the film…
Thursday, Oct 21 @ 4:00pm
Q&A: Amparo
Livestream Q&A with director Simon Mesa Soto. Learn more about the film…
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