Interviews

Interview: Benjamín Naishtat – Rojo

Published on November 6, 2019

Selected for the Platform section competition at TIFF and San Sebastian (winner of the Silver Shell for Best Director, the Silver Shell for Best Actor, and Best Cinematography), Benjamín Naishtat pitches a red tent with the roll off your tongue Rojo – an nuanced, genre essay on a dark period of history in Argentina and featuring delicious performances from Dario Grandinetti and supporting player Alfredo Castro. My second time visiting the film, I met the filmmaker in Marrakech and got to discuss the conversation he wanted to have with the film, the political climate and where he might be headed with his next project, La Rose de Cobra?

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).