Interviews

Interview: Christina Choe – Nancy

Published on June 8, 2018

We often relate the notion of identity with DNA, our given name as spelled out on an envelope, the social media account profile we create, what is staring right back at us in the mirror, and imbued within this film text, it is informed by the strangers who surround us. Led by Andrea Riseborough (who arrived in Park City with four feature film roles only to be outpaced by NANCY co-star Ann Dowd’s five films), NANCY is about manufacturing a certain consent between strangers and sees first-time feature helmer Christina Choe curiously hint at the reasoning for isolation with a character study that keeps its cards close to one’s chest. I got to sit down with the filmmaker to further explore the construction and the creation of this character and Nancy’s motivations. NANCY landed a distribution deal with Samuel Goldwyn Films, and Choe is already setting up shop for her second feature film, as she was invited to the Sundance Institute’s FilmTwo lab.

Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).