Interviews
Immerse yourself in behind the scene brilliance with The Skinny’s film interviews. Directors, actors, musicians, and more share their stories and artistic approaches to film. You’ll also find interviews with film festival producers.
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InterviewsEIFF 2022: Will Anderson and Ainslie Henderson on A Cat Called Dom
Will Anderson and Ainslie Henderson, whether as a duo or going solo, have long been two of the most exciting filmmakers working in Scotland. They make their feature debut with A Cat Called Dom, a thrilling blend of animation, doc and meta-fiction Read more »| 08 Aug 2022 -
InterviewsPanah Panahi on his debut feature, Hit the Road
Iranian filmmaker Panah Panahi – the son of Jafar Panahi – makes his debut with bittersweet family road movie Hit the Road. He speaks to us about creating cinema within Iran's oppressive regime and the importance of combining heartbreak with humour Read more »| 19 Jul 2022 -
FestivalsScotland on Screen: EIFF Creative Director Kristy Matheson
After 13 years of taking place in June, Edinburgh International Film Festival is moving back to join the August festivities. Ahead of EIFF's programme launch, we chat to Kristy Matheson, the Creative Director overseeing the festival's new era Read more »| 11 Jul 2022 -
InterviewsScotland on Screen: Mark Lyken on Notes From a Low Orbit
During a six-month residency with Alchemy Film & Arts, Mark Lyken developed Notes from a Low Orbit, a feature-length study of Hawick in the Scottish Borders, where Alchemy is based. Lyken reflects on making the film and its rapturous hometown premiere Read more »| 16 Jun 2022 -
InterviewsScotland on Screen: Jack Lowden on Benediction
From that infamous Irn-Bru ad to his current role in spy thriller Slow Horses, Jack Lowden has always been a sparky and compelling screen presence. We speak to him about his finest performance yet, as tortured war poet Siegfried Sassoon in Benediction Read more »| 09 May 2022 -
InterviewsThe Price is Right: The soulful short films of James Price
Ahead of our retrospective of short films by talented Glasgow filmmaker James Price, we look at what makes 'The Springburn Scorsese' so special Read more »| 05 May 2022
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InterviewsJuho Kuosmanen on Compartment No.6
Juho Kuosmanen's new film Compartment No.6 has been described as Finland's answer to Before Sunrise. We chat to this talented young filmmaker about this spiky, complex and rather delightful romantic drama Read more »| 11 Apr 2022 -
InterviewsScotland on Screen: Bryan M. Ferguson
We catch up with Bryan M. Ferguson, one of the most distinct voices on the Scottish short film scene, to discuss his ridiculously prolific filmmaking practice and hear about his planned coming-of-age feature set in a funeral home Read more »| 25 Mar 2022 -
FestivalsMeet the stars of Glasgow Short Film Festival 2022
As is now tradition, we speak to some of the filmmakers behind our favourite shorts at this year's Glasgow Short Film Festival Read more »| 22 Mar 2022 -
InterviewsRenate Reinsve on The Worst Person in the World
In Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier’s latest, The Worst Person in the World, a star is born with Renate Reinsve, who plays a woman about to turn 30 and drifting between careers and relationships in Oslo. We chat to Reinsve about her rapturous performance Read more »| 21 Mar 2022 -
FestivalsBack in the News: Dziga Vertov’s Kino-Pravda at GSFF
Glasgow Short Film Festival present three episodes from Dziga Vertov's avant-garde newsreel series Kino-Pravda at this year's edition. We ask the series' curator, Matevž Jerman, why he wanted to contextualise this century-old news for a modern audience Read more »| 11 Mar 2022 -
InterviewsSurf's Up: Martyn Robertson on Ride the Wave
Glasgow-based documentarian Martyn Robertson brings his first feature film, Ride the Wave, to Glasgow Film Festival this month. We talked to him about life among the surfers and what it means to bring Scottish stories to a wider audience Read more »| 08 Mar 2022 -
InterviewsLizzie Mackenzie on The Hermit of Treig
We meet up with documentarian and Oban native Lizzie Mackenzie ahead of the Glasgow Film Festival premiere of her debut feature The Hermit of Treig to find out about her fascination with outsiders and rebels Read more »| 28 Feb 2022 -
InterviewsSean Baker on Red Rocket
With Red Rocket, Sean Baker has once again turned his camera on a corner of the US rarely represented in American cinema. Baker introduces us to the concept of the 'suitcase pimp' and explains why he's happy working outside the Hollywood mainstream Read more »| 28 Feb 2022 -
InterviewsThe Skinny on… Armando Iannucci
Armando Iannucci returns to his hometown this month for an on-stage talk at Glasgow Film Festival; ahead of that chat, we asked Iannucci to fill out our Q&A Read more »| 28 Feb 2022