The award-winning documentarian talks about the films that make him cry, being caught up in the Champions League chaos in Paris – and a ‘mad’ new project
about a person going crazy who gets pulled into a military society and falls in love. That was a mad experiment of working with dancers and Akram – they’d created this show but couldn’t perform it because of lockdown. It’ll be seen later this year.You recently tweeted about a new project, addressing ‘the state of the world: politics, environment, corruption, tech, race and more’.
It’s been in my head for a while – since Brexit, and working in America during the Trump election and thinking: “How come overt racists keep being put on?” It’s global, because of things I’ve seen in India and Brazil – it’s a mad project trying to connect all the dots.I was there – I saw what happened and I heard the. They were teargassing kids, old people, disabled people, and then they turn around and blame [them].
For me, cinema is still the ultimate. I’ve never been someone who relaxed by coming home and turning on the TV. I struggle to sit down and watch without checking my phone. I am the problem – that’s why I love going to the cinema and having to turn my phone off.
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