Dearest (Q&A)

Producer Bonnie Arnold, author Cressida Cowell and director Dean DeBlois discuss the How to Train Your Dragon movies and 20 years of animated innovation.

The director and actor join fellow cast members Florence Pugh and Monica Dolan to discuss their film’s story, themes, production and score.

Alongside director Luca Guadagnino, the actor reflects on making this provocative film, following its London Film Festival screening.

“It’s terribly arty!” Musician Edwyn Collins appraises The Possibilities Are Endless, the visually striking documentary about his recovery from a devastating stroke.

The director of Farewell Amor, Ekwa Msangi, discusses the film following its screening at the 2020 BFI London Film Festival.

Jonas Poher Rasmussen discusses his animated refugee documentary Flee at the 2021 BFI London Film Festival.

Richard Linklater discusses his remarkable and wide-ranging body of work, including Blue Moon and Nouvelle Vague.

Daniel Day-Lewis, the ultimate actor’s actor discusses his career in conversation with Mark Kermode.

Director Jon M. Chu discusses his ground-breaking vision of Oz.

Yorgos Lanthimos sits down with Succession creator Jesse Armstrong to reveal the secret ingredients that underpin his uniquely weird brand of satire.

Director Jan Ole Gerster and actor Sam Riley talk about Islands, a thriller with noirish undertones and echoes of Hitchcock and Highsmith.

Lynne Ramsay discusses her singular career populated by visually intoxicating, ground-breaking and provocative films.