Interviews

Interview: Fernando Serrano – Bisbee ’17

Published on July 15, 2019

When we look back at the year that was in docu film offerings for 2018, Robert Greene‘s timeless inquiry into how the present is not that far removed form the past is deserving of all the accolades it has picked up since premiering at Sundance. Not unlike this recent docu reflections, Bisbee ’17 packs an emotional punch when you least expect it. One way into a the psyche of a town is via Fernando Serrano – who may have been “cast” in a role of a townsperson, but he displays a willingness and an awareness to connect emotionally to history. I had the chance to catch up with the film at the Los Cabos Film Festival and on their way to RIDM in Montreal, I had the chance to speak to Serrano – one member of the Bisbee ’17 team.

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).