Bouchra. Meriem Bennani: 'We realised later, we quite liked the fact she is so soft-spoken and a bit repressed in some ways and trying to just keep things together – but she could really f*** you up if she wanted'
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Spirited animals Meriem Bennani and Orian Barki on making animation Bouchra
Drinking to victory Diego Fuentes on the wild, unlikely journey of punk student film Matapanki
Bit by the bug Angus Silver on the imagery, music and creepy crawly wonders of Insectasy
Precision filmmaking Casey Walker on setting rules, layering complexity, and making Home Bodies
A dangerous woman Rebecca De Mornay on finding characters' truth and making The Gentleman Thief
Divine transformation Eriko Katagiri on the itako tradition and When You Open The Door
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