Outstanding Directors of the Year Award

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORS of the YEAR

Outstanding Directors--Wow! On Monday, February 10th, the festival held its annual award for high caliber directing.
After having been moved out of the student area of the Red Carpet to the impact zone, out in front of the Arlington, LUKA & TEYA had a chance to interact with 4 out of the 5 honorees for the OUTSTANDING DIRECTORS OF THE YEAR AWARD. (The fifth, French Director JACQUES AUDIARD, apparently skipped the red carpet.) Earlier, inside, they got to talk with the makers of five different films. And couldn't have done it all without the power of (the best) chocolate chip cookies!

SEAN BAKER

"Film is an important way...to maybe even change the world a little bit." SEAN BAKER, Director of "Anora" and Outstanding Director honoree, shared many insights about his process and the power of film, and was almost stumped a couple of times with questions from TEYA & LUKA, but rallied with great responses. And a friendly "...you guys are the best."

BRADY CORBET

"I got to learn about a craft [architecture] that I admire a lot...that is sort of the beauty of making films." BRADY CORBET, Director of "The Brutalist", talked with LUKA & TEYA about making period pieces, starting light, and in fact the joy of just getting started after years of preparation.

JAMES MANGOLD

Speaking of working with Bob Dylan, Director JAMES MANGOLD of "A Complete Unknown" said that they had to "get ourselves back on track talking about the life story, because we could get into such great conversations about movies themselves." TEYA & LUKA spent a few humorous minutes with James, finishing with a "Well done, young people."

CORALIE FARGEAT

As the time got close to the start of the tribute, LUKA & TEYA were limited to just two questions for CORALIE FARGEAT, French Director of "The Substance" and Outstanding Director honoree. When asked by Teya what effect watching the film as a youngster would have had, among Coralie's answers was "...the real journey is to get to love who you are, to accept who you are."

LIOR RAZ

Accomplished Israeli actor LIOR RAZ shared with TEYA & LUKA a bit about the film in which he appeared, "Soda", and about what drew him to acting. "...to have the opportunity to live the life of someone else."

GILLIAN MCKERCHER, OLIVIA CHENG,
SUMMER LY, CONNI MIU

LUKA & TEYA engaged the group in a conversation about the meaning of film, and the process of acting. Actor CONNI MIU, answering Teya's question about how lived experiences inform one's acting, took a different tack from her companions, and, echoing Lior Raz, said that "...it gives me a chance to explore a different life."

ARSHIA SHAKIBA

TEYA & LUKA spoke with Director ARSHIA SHAKIBA about his environmental documentary, "Who Loves The Sun?", as well as talking about films in general. "We were kind of unveiling the mystery by our camera...day by day."

NICK MEAD,
ANDRE RELIS

When TEYA & LUKA asked what Co-Directors NICK MEAD & ANDRE RELIS learned while making the film "I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol", Nick answered that "Naiveté is a great tool...go out an express yourself...it doesn't have to be by the rules."

ANDREW GLAZER, WESTON PHIPPEN

LUKA & TEYA had an in-depth conversation with documentary filmmakers ANDREW GLAZER & WESTON PHIPPEN about their film "Spring of the Vanishing". "Our film will hopefully raise questions about the use of military, and the supporting of Mexican military which has a very bad human rights track record...for taking on the drug cartels."

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