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Interview: Borderline Films’ Josh Mond, Antonio Campos and Sean Durkin

If the names aren’t familiar, their films are…and will be. After film festival accolades for Afterschool (2008), Two Gates of Sleep (2010) and with the Campos’ sophomore film Simon Killer in post and poised for another huge film festival premiere, it is the revelation at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and association with Indie vet producer Ted Hope on the uniquely titled Martha Marcy May Marlene that has turned the spotlight inwards on a trio of film school friends who’ve united, branded and excelled in bringing about an evocative and refreshing new works on the American independent film scene.

Eric Lavallée

Published on October 21, 2011

[Editor’s note: This interview was orginally published during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.]

If the names aren’t familiar, their films are…and will be. After film festival accolades for Afterschool (2008), Two Gates of Sleep (2010) and with the Campos’ sophomore film Simon Killer in post and poised for another huge film festival premiere, it is the revelation at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and association with Indie vet producer Ted Hope on the uniquely titled Martha Marcy May Marlene that has turned the spotlight inwards on a trio of film school friends who’ve united, branded and excelled in bringing about an evocative and refreshing new works on the American independent film scene. Borderline Films is Josh Mond, Sean Durkin and Antonio Campos. Here is our interview with them conducted by Sean Glass. Picture above taken from (www.drewinnis.com) one of their many strong collaborators in photographer/cinematographer Drew Innis.

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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).