“Being a film junkie has occupational hazards!” – Interview with the program-director of Titanic Film Festival

We have a good news for movie lovers in Budapest: this year’s Titanic International Film Festival will start in just 3 day, on the 7th of april and will last for 9 days. Just like last year, we made an interview with the program-director of the festival, Allan Sørensen.

Daily News Hungary: What do you think how this year’s Titanic will differ from the previous one(s)?
Allan Sørensen: We have trimmed the program, which means fewer sections. For instance, I decided to combine music documentaries and ‘regular’ documentaries into just one section this year. In addition, we are very pleased to be able to present a Hungarian film premiere at the festival this year – it will be Liliom ösvény. I have had my eye on Bence Fliegauf’s new project ever since I saw his previous film Csak a szél for the first time at a film festival in Copenhagen in 2012. Finally, I am extraordinarily proud to have such a fresh and exotic film as Tanna as the opening film this year as well as a highly anticipated title as closing film: A Bigger Splash, which boasts a stellar cast of fascinating actors.

Daily News Hungary: Being the program-director of this festival, you probably have some thoughts about the changes in the film industry. What kind of tendencies do you see these years?
Allan Sørensen: That is a really tough question to answer, as the world of movies consists of many different levels. There is the studio, meaning, the blockbuster level, for instance, which has its very own trends and tendencies, whereas the pool of mostly independently made films that I select for the purpose of presenting them at Titanic is on an entirely different level and very much inhabit a corner of its own, but with no other distinguishing traits in common as such. Thus, it is nearly impossible for me to point out any general tendencies in movie making these years.