The directors of 'The Last Film Show,' 'The Quiet Girl,' 'Cairo Conspiracy' and 'Joyland' also participated in The Hollywood Reporter's panel at the Palm Springs Film Festival.
While the films’ subject matter varies greatly, they are united by their respective auteur’s passion for storytelling and ability to overcome the most gargantuan of obstacles — from having their movie banned to smuggling dildos through customs.Mia Galuppo facilitates this enlightening conversation about how each of these international films was made.
What is one thing — whether it be a shot, a set piece, casting, a sequence — that proved most difficult to capture in your movies, and how did you accomplish it? Cast[ing], because the protagonist is only supposed to be nine years old, and he had to literally carry the film. When we started initial auditions, the so-called professional child actors [were] influenced by popular Indian cinema. So their idea of acting is something far from what I was looking for.
Saim, you said being a filmmaker in Pakistan, you’re compelled to be an artist and an activist. When did you have that realization, and how does it affect your filmmaking?If you’ve grown up in Pakistan, and I did, I obviously knew everything that was offensive [to Pakistan] about the film: a man having an affair with a trans woman, just that idea of love between two people who are not cis male [and cis female] just being so offensive to so many.
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