Conversations
The LIDF arises from a commitment to what it calls ‘Conversations in Film’. These conversations bring together diverse audiences and go beyond the films themselves in order to engage with social, cultural and political issues in the company of relevant experts as well as the filmmakers themselves. Information on the panels, interviews with directors and producers, as well as film reviews will be updated constantly, so please log in regularly to see the full fine up. Become part of the discourse and let us know what you think of this year’s Festival films. Click here to search the listings for films with conversations.
Interviews
To read our interviews with the Festival directors, producers and panel contributors, click on the links below.
Mike Wallington
Producer of Tattoo, Dressing For Pleasure, Britannia and Arrows
Franny Armstrong
Director of The Age of Stupid
Eva Weber
Director of The Solitary Life of Cranes and Steel Homes
Richard Butchins
Director of The Last American Freak Show
Brian Malone
Director of Intelligent Life
Hugh Brody
Director of The Meaning of Life
Peter King
Director of Karosta
Donagh Coleman
Director of Stone Pastures
Alessandra Magnaghi and Ortensia Visconti
Directors of Fidelity
Sam Liebmann
Director of Voices Across the Wall
Lindsey Dryden
Director of Close Your Eyes and Look At Me
Ale Corte
Director of Colours at the End of the World
Mirjam van Veelen
Director of Megumi
Alexandru Solomon
Director of Apocalypse on Wheels
Gianfranco Pannone
Director of Red Sunrise
Roberto Purvis
Independent filmmaker and documentarist talks abour Gianfranco Pannone’s Red Sunrise
David Teague
Director of Intifada NYC
Reviews
To read reviews of the Festival films by leading film critics and reviewers, click on the links below.
You can’t judge these books by their (leather-bound) covers
Edward Lawrenson on Dressing for Pleasure
Blurring the boundaries between documentary and fiction
Chrysanthi Nigianni on Megumi
Gentle persuasion: A story of one nomadic family
Katharina Chase on Stone Pastures
Graffiti and human bones: Exploring the legacy of Karosta
Michael Brooke on Karosta
A unique insight into social interaction: the city from above
Katharina Chase on The Solitary Life of Cranes
Holocaust memories as a record of the present
Chrysanthi Nigianni on Mama L’Chaim!
A meditation on the New Europe
Michael Brooke on 43.3km Transilvanian Timber
Seeing without looking: freedom and the hijab
Katharina Chase on Close Your Eyes and Look At Me
Remembering what is already forgotten
Chrystanthi Nigianni on Maesmak
Hidden talents: surreal details of the lives of the ‘ordinary folk’
Rob Dennis on Hidden Art
Opposing colours: Benetton’s empire in Mapuche territory
Katharina Chase on Colours at the End of the World
Benetton need to practice what they preach
Kelly Robinson on Colours at the End of the World
‘A carnival of the damned searching for home’
Chrysanthi Nigianni on The Last American Freak Show
Fighting for no end: the Israel-Palestine conflict
Katharina Chase on Voices Across the Wall
Tears of joy and compassion
Kelly Robinson on Palna’s Daughters
Modest lifestyle changes we just do not want to think about
Michael Brooke on Recipes for Disaster
Truth versus fiction: Castro’s hold over Cuba
Katharina Chase on Fidelity
Seeing the real thing
Kelly Robinson on Keep Looking
