Kurzinterview: Jonas Odell

How long did it take to make your short? Was it difficult to get financing?
The film took a year to complete from idea to the first screening. It was not so difficult to get the financing together for Tussilago, although working with shorts it’s always a lack of coins for the total. The shorts are never fully financed.

Which thoughts come to mind concerning a “European cinema community”?
There are many different European cinema cultures, so a “European cinema community” – I guess – would be a lot about sharing and spreading the fruits of these cultures with each other as well as pooling resources to allow them all to develop and grow.

If you owned a theatre for one night, which films would you screen?
Hopefully a programme of new exciting films that push the boundaries of cinema a bit further, films that haven’t been produced yet but will be by the next generation of filmmakers. Films that would surprise me and make me hope for the future of cinema.

What is your next project?
I’m still working on different ideas, so it’s to early to know.

Courtesy of European Film Academy, 2011.