Date: 12-04-2023
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
Filmmaker Lili Zahavi made her documentary ME MYSELF ANDI about her best friend Andi, whose struggles in academia, hindered by her own lack of self-confidence, may strike a familiar chord. The film made it into the 2022 Festival Max Ophüls...
Date: 07-04-2023
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
Filmmaker Lina Drevs based the theme of her Lighthouse Selected film SIS – BEST SISTER on her relationship with her own sisters. In our Spotlight Interview this week she opens up about filming during COVID and how she wants to...
Date: 30-03-2023
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
Filmmaker Jonatan Schwenk switched from stop-motion animation to puppetry for his short film ZOON, which made the cut of or 2022 Lighthouse Selections, as well as the 2022 Next Generation Short Tiger and the official selection of the Sundance Film...
Date: 24-03-2023
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
Animator Joseph Pierce’s film SCALE has already made waves on the festival circuit after premiering at La Semaine de la Critique of Festival de Cannes when it was chosen by our guest curator Olha Raiter as part of our Lighthouse...
Date: 22-03-2023
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
PhD student at the Polish National Film School in Łódź, Jan Bujnowski set himself the challenge of shooting his last film THE DEVIL on film while recreating the past. We caught up with the 29-year-old to find out more. Tell...
Date: 22-03-2023
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
This February our Head of Industry Amos Geva took part in the prestigious Berlinale Talents programme, a talent development programme that explores the how and why of movie making. The programme describes itself as “a one-of-a-kind forum for film professionals...
Date: 01-03-2023
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
We caught up with the Danish director whose film appears on T-Port courtesy of Premium Films, about hope, passion, and his Oscar-nominated short IVALU. Tell us about yourself I am 45-years-old, from Denmark. I live in Copenhagen and am currently...
Date: 01-03-2023
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
Eirik Tveiten is no stranger to the short film format, having directed 14 shorts in his career so far. His most recent, NIGHT RIDE, follows protagonist Ebba on an unexpected journey, and garnered him an Oscar nod. We caught up...
Date: 24-02-2023
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
Rina can’t look at her son Dean, who’s under house arrest at her home. She has until tomorrow to decide if she can stand by his side. So begins Yotam Knispel’s award-winning short LOVE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT,...
Date: 15-02-2023
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
Yougbin Noh is a film student from South Korea who is currently studying film at the Kunsthochschule Kassel, and whose film TIME TO EAT appears on T-Port via our partners at Hessische Film und Medienakademie (hFMA). Tell us about yourself...
Date: 09-02-2023
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
In order to make his documentary I ASKED HIM TO TAKE ME DANCING, filmmaker Hillel Rate carried his camera with him on first dates for six months. What ensues is a musing on what a person loses when they gain...
Date: 26-01-2023
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
Filmmaker Sam van Zoest made his 2022 Lighthouse Selected film ALL THAT COULD BE, partially improvised, with a group of close friends, and it shows in the joy that comes through in the watching experience. Lighthouse curator Olha Raiter had...
Date: 20-01-2023
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
Filmmaker Nicholas Lachapelle’s documentary film ZUG ISLAND, presented on T-Port via our partners at Les Films du 3 Mars, focusses on a mysterious hum heard around an area of Michigan. What the filmmakers found was an abandoned neighbourhood devastated by...
Date: 19-01-2023
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
Hannah Stragholz and Simon Steinhorst are Studio Corallo, an animation studio from Cologne, Germany whose film DOOM CRUISE arrived on T-Port through our partners at AG Kurzfilm, and was picked by Enrico Vannucci for our 2022 Lighthouse Selections. We caught...
Date: 17-01-2023
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
Happy new year to all of our followers, colleagues, filmmakers, and friends. Thank you so much for supporting T-Port. We are glad to share with you some of our highlights from the year. T-Port’s Lighthouse Selections In November of this...
Date: 16-01-2023
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
The Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis takes place from the 23rd to 29th January 2023 in Saarbrücken, Germany. T-Port are partnering with MOP, we will be hosting a selection of their short films from Jan 30, straight after the event. We...
Date: 12-01-2023
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
Director Laurenz Otto’s coming-of-age short made it to T-Port by being selected as part of German Films Next Generation Short Tiger, and was selected by our 2022 Lighthouse Selections curator Olha Raiter who described the film as “daring and imaginative.”...
Date: 04-01-2023
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
Roni Bahat lives in Tel Aviv, where she was born and raised. Works at the New Fund for Cinema and TV (NFCT) as head of the Narrative Film Department and Producer of the WomanFilms Narrative Hub. She is a filmmaker...
Date: 04-01-2023
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
As the head of short and feature film programmer at Montreal’s Festival du nouveau cinema (FNC), Émilie Poirier knows a thing or two about how to pick the films that will help move the culture forward. We caught up with...
Date: 16-12-2022
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
Over the course of its 75-year history, the Locarno Film Festival has become one of the most important film events in the world. We were lucky enough to catch up with Locarno’s short film expert – Eddie Bertozzi, Head of...
Date: 15-12-2022
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
We are proud to present the official 2022 T-Port Lighthouse Selections – a highly curated list of some of the best short films by emerging filmmakers T-Port has to offer. Thoughtfully curated by short film experts Olha Raiter (Lviv International...
Date: 10-11-2022
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
The sixth annual Script Pool Competition takes place from Nov 22 – 24 during the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. The Script Pool competition is part of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event’s film market activities and the Discovery Campus educational programme....
Date: 02-11-2022
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
From 6-10 November, our partners at Sapir College will be holding the Cinema South Festival. The Short Film Competition will feature 12 new short films from Israel and around the world. One contender is recent graduate Ari Gilad – who...
Date: 28-10-2022
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
Filmmaker Eugen Merher is finally ready to graduate from Filmakademie Baden Wurttemberg and make his mark on the world. And he’s off to a great start – having gained a nomination from the Student Academy Awards for his film “The...
Date: 06-10-2022
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
The 10th edition of the Baltic Pitching Forum is being held from 5-8 October in Vilnius, Lithuania. – To celebrate the event, which advertises itself as a unique platform for networking and bringing the latest short film projects from the...
Date: 29-06-2022
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
Ahead of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival this week we caught up with director Alica Bednáriková whose film “Liquid Bread / Chlieb Náš Každodenný” will be screened at the festival, presented by European Film Promotion’s Future Frames programme. The programme...
Date: 16-06-2022
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
Jacob Perlmutter made his film “A Wall” during lockdown. The narrative sees a repressed woman falling passionately in love with a wall in her house. We spoke to the filmmaker about the minimalist shoot and why he finds reality...
Date: 18-05-2022
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
26-year-old Orin Kadoori is a third-year student at the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television at Tel Aviv University. Her film “Sheherut (Kinship)” made the selection for La Cinef at Cannes 2022. We found out more about how it...
Date: 18-05-2022
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
It’s going to be a busy fortnight for director Olga Klyszewicz – whose short film “We Are Not There Tomorrow” premieres as part of the Selection La Cinef at Cannes 2022. We caught up with her to find out how...
Date: 10-05-2022
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
We caught up with the animators, and students of hFMA,to talk about their film “Jeijay,” a short about everyday life, dating apps, and weird dates. “Jeijay” is available to watch to subscribers on T-Port as part of the hFMA catalogue. ...
Date: 09-05-2022
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
The Cannes film festival will be happening from May 17 – 28 2022 and we are proud to announce that several short films from our partners have made the final selection. Two films in the competition are from our partners...
Date: 06-05-2022
Interview by: Jess Sweetman
For this edition of the T-Port Filmmaker Spotlight – we spoke to German director Caren Wuhrer, whose short thriller “It Wasn’t Me” is available, presented in our partner Hessische Film und Medienakademie (hFMA)’s catalogue. Wuhrer is director, producer,...
Date: 04-04-2022
Interview by: Ben Tofach
This is a special edition of T-Port Filmmaker Spotlight – this time we got a chance to talk to three emerging filmmakers who collaborated to create one of T-Port’s most enchanting titles, the German hybrid short, “Oliver’s Pixie...
Date: 04-04-2022
Interview by: Ben Tofach
Luis Schuber’s latest short film may be the most “Meta” project on T-Port. Titled “Blind Spots”, the film’s orginal use of the “film within a film” trope, makes it a deeply gut-punching viewing experience – with a compact runtime of...
Date: 08-03-2022
Interview by: niv fux
For the 2021 edition of T-Port Lighthouse Selections – our curated program of short films by emerging talent, we discussed with the filmmakers about their artistic journey, their challenges in the filmmaking process as well as their sources of inspiration. ...
Date: 07-03-2022
Interview by: Ben Tofach
For the 2021 edition of T-Port Lighthouse Selections – our curated program of short films by emerging talent, we discussed with the filmmakers about their artistic journey, their challenges in the filmmaking process as well as their sources of inspiration. ...
Date: 18-01-2022
Interview by: Ben Tofach
Serhat Karaaslan is a Turkey-born emerging filmmaker, working on both short and feature-length projects. His latest short film, “The Criminals”, is a Turkish-language crime-drama which follows a young couple trying to find a hotel room to spend the night in...
Date: 17-01-2022
Interview by: Ben Tofach
Andrey Natotsinskii is a Moscow-based filmmaker, actor and photographer. His latest short film, “Katia”, is a fictional drama following Galina, who after her daughter’s death, remains completely alone and loses the meaning of life. Suddenly, she finds the incarnation...
Date: 13-01-2022
Interview by: Ben Tofach
Maria Semenova is a Moscow-born filmmaker. She recently graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (also known as VGIK), where she directed several short films, experimenting with both fiction and documentary storytelling. Maria’s most recent short, the documentary The City...
Date: 07-12-2021
Interview by: Ben Tofach
Rona Segal is an Israeli filmmaker with work spanning genres, themes and mediums. Her latest short film – Mission: Hebron, is a documentary examining the ways Israeli soldiers exercise control over aspects of Palestinian civil life. The film brings six...
Date: 10-10-2021
Interview by: Ben Tofach
Sometimes we meet a T-Port Talent which we can just bet on being a successful filmmaker in the near future. Jannis Lenz is one of these filmmakers, showcasing an impressive filmography and a list of accolades. Following his short...
Date: 10-10-2021
Interview by: Ben Tofach
Kijâtai-Alexandra Veillette-Cheezo has an impressive name, and the talent to match it. In her experimental short, “Kijatai”, featured at the Montreal Festival du nouveau cinéma (FNC) 2021, she explores her forgotten language. As Kijâtai is working on a future film project...
Date: 28-01-2021
Interview by: Ben Tofach
As a new year slowly unfolds, we are extremely excited to share with you the works and stories of three of the promising upcoming filmmakers from Salaud Morisset’s international catalogue of short films. All three films are available for professional...
Date: 01-12-2020
Interview by: Ben Tofach
Yoram Ever-Hadani in no stranger to the professional international industry. The 50 years old Israeli filmmaker already has a proven career in directing commercials for international brands such as SodaStream, Mazda, Ford, Mitsubishi. He is also a writer, with 5...
Date: 08-11-2020
Interview by: Ben Tofach
Nina Hopf’s unforgettable animated experimental short film, “Eadem Cutis: The Same Skin”, was submitted to T-Port Lighthouse a few months ago and selected by curator Wim Vanacker for the 2020 T-Port Lighthouse official selection. The film was already selected to...
Date: 06-10-2020
Interview by: Ben Tofach
Shay Fellner’s independent short film, “Romantica.com”, was submitted to T-Port Lighthouse a few months ago and selected by curator Kathleen McInnis for the 2020 T-Port Lighthouse official selection. The film was already selected to screen at various festivals worldwide. including...
Date: 22-09-2020
Interview by: Ben Tofach
Hilke Rönnfeldt’s independent short film, “Silence of the Fish“, was submitted to T-Port Lighthouse a few months ago, making her eligible for the 2020 European Short Pitch project as a T-Port Talent in the frame of our collaboration with ESP....
Date: 22-06-2019
Interview by: Ayelet Michaeli Walk
June was a busy month for us at T-Port - preparing for Tel-Aviv International Student Festival. The week included over 30 screenings of T-Port films in the three main competitions - International, Israeli and Independent. The successful screenings concluded with...
