NEWS

Winning Post: Fernando Livschitz

What have been your highlights since winning at the YDA show in Cannes in 2012?
I have started working a lot in advertising.

What’s the best film making lesson you’ve learnt?
Do what you love and you are passionate. Thats the formula to make something different.

What is the wisest quote about film making?

Don’t copy, be innovative. Look around and make your own personality.

Your worst nightmare production story was when….
Fortunately I haven’t had serious production problems. But for sure it’s when the client wants to make impossible ideas in terms of production.

What would be your dream directing  job next year?
Keep doing magic and different stories.

List five of your favorite films from the past year – these can be long or short formats.
The grand Budapest Hotel
Breaking Bad
Virunga
Man on Wire
Food matters

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