School can be a magical place. Yes, we learn from teachers and instructors — but we also meet people who can change the course of our lives. And film school is no different. For Taiwanese filmmaker Shih-Ching Tsou, meeting Sean Baker in a film editing class at AFI...
After the Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7 and the ensuing Israeli military response, filmmaker Sepideh Farsi knew she wanted to make a documentary about what was unfolding in Gaza. But when she couldn’t gain access to the territory, she had to find...
It’s been nearly 30 years since Ira Sachs burst onto the indie scene with his debut feature THE DELTA. While other indie darlings of that period wandered off to making big-budget superhero pictures or directing marginally interesting episodic TV, Sachs...
What does it mean to be a refugee in today’s interconnected world? If one manages to escape a dangerous situation in the place of their birth, can they truly leave the trauma behind them, especially when the horror is just a phone call or video chat away? In Oday...
The fighting in Gaza is less intense at the moment thanks to the fragile ceasefire, but the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians continues. Sustained negotiations are required to address past grievances and to arrive at a just and sustainable...
