met her at a film festival and after just a few moments of talking to her, ifelt like she had just just a few moments of talking to her, i felt like she had just such a strong vibe, such a sense of a commitment to our andean integrity of wanting to make cinema, and i wanted to work with her, just from talking to her. you find sometimes you find that special connection with somebody, and you know, you re going to be a partnerfor me, and one of the things i love so much about her, she was ukrainian and she had this incredible european sensibility, though on ourfilm, which was quite low budget, we had a day once where the main actor in a particular scene couldn t show up because he got suddenly sick and we were going to have to make up something brand new on that day. and when i explained to her, six o clock in the morning, i said, halyna, when i explained to her, six o clock in the morning, isaid, halyna, i in the morning, i said, halyna, i am about to go into the trailer, we need someth
sensibility, so on ourfilm, which was quite low budget and strapped for resources and we had a day once, where the main actor in the particular scene, didn t, couldn t show up because he got suddenly sick, and we were going to have to make up something brand new on that day, and when i explained to her 6:00am in the morning, i said halyna, i m about to go the trailers with actors that you have, i m going to write something new and we are going to figure out what to do. she got so excited and she said, oh, you mean we re going to shoot it in the european style , meaning she was so interested in the idea of finding something in the moment, we re rising to a challenge, not a challenge because there is something difficult but a challenge in the sense of working with what is around you, to transcend the circumstances and turn it into art, and that was the thing ijust loved so much about her, and was really looking forward to see how she was going to grow as an artist. there was no way to
sometimes you find that special connection with somebody and you know, you re going to be a partner for me. and one of the things that i love so much about her, she s ukrainian, and she had this incredible european sensibility, so come on ourfilm, which incredible european sensibility, so come on our film, which was quite low budget and strapped for resources, and we had a day once where the main actor in a particular scene didn t show up because and we were going to have to make up something brand new on that day. and when i explained to her, six o clock in the morning, i said, halyna, when i explained to her, six o clock in the morning, isaid, halyna, i when i explained to her, six o clock in the morning, i said, halyna, i am about to go to the trailer, and we are going to figure out something new, she got so excited, and she said, you mean we are going to shoot it in the european style? meaning that she was so interested in the idea of finding something in the moment, all rising to
we can speak to sebastian meise, director of great freedom, which is being shown at the festival. thank you very much for talking to us, i have not seen yourfilm, i suspect many people will not have seen it so please do tell suspect many people will not have seen it so please do tell us suspect many people will not have seen it so please do tell us about it. , ., y seen it so please do tell us about it. , ., , , , ., seen it so please do tell us about it. the story is set in a prison in germany it. the story is set in a prison in germany after it. the story is set in a prison in germany after the it. the story is set in a prison in germany after the second - it. the story is set in a prison in | germany after the second world it. the story is set in a prison in - germany after the second world war. it is about a man who is constantly arrested for being gay so there was arrested for being gay so there was a paragraph in germany was called paragraph 175, and, yeah, he is haunted by
speak for themselves, and we ve talked about it all, in terms of this amazing collaboration that you ve had with a series of brilliant directors. is there a time, will there be a time, when you want to direct yourself? there was, and i ve written a couple of scripts, but, i mean, frankly, i can never see the kind of film that i would really want to make. it s probably too dark! really? yeah, i m a pretty negative person, really! films i like are, yeah, kind of dark. it s not really the world today. people don t want to watch those kind of films. so you re telling me the film that you have in your head, yourfilm, that you would create from your own vision and direct, it s never going to happen? no, look, the truth is, i m really. i really feel that i m getting satisfaction, both creative satisfaction, and personal satisfaction from working with other people, and contributing to the films i ve contributed to.