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“Films Should Be Sound and Images”: An Interview With Lisandro Alonso
07 Sep 2026

“Films Should Be Sound and Images”: An Interview With Lisandro Alonso

Critics Campus 2026 participant Jamie Tak speaks to director Lisandro Alonso about audience expectations, the importance of objects and landscapes in his filmmaking, and the influence of Iranian cinema on his work.
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27 Aug 2026

Shadow Incarnate: Corrin Evans on Corpus
Critics Campus 2026 participant Andrew Cordon speaks to director Corrin Evans about Jungian archetypes, intimacy coordination and representations of sexuality in the context of erotic thriller Corpus.
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26 Aug 2026

Close Encounters of the Kiwi Kind: Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant
Critics Campus 2026 participant Guy Webster speaks to directorial duo THUNDERLIPS about medical misogyny, genre tropes, and finding the right balance between comedy and body horror in their outrageous feature directorial debut.
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23 Aug 2026

Connecting Across Time: Sophy Romvari on Blue Heron
Critics Campus 2026 participant Guuleed Ismail speaks to Sophy Romvari about travel, technology, and the large and small elements of her own life that have found their way into her emotionally devastating debut feature.
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