- 21-25 OCT 2026
- Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
FILM TALK
Filmmakers from around the world come every year to WOMEX to showcase their work, share experiences, connect and network.
Get to know some of the behind the scenes from directors through a collection of exclusive interviews.
Interview with Fado Bicha
Fado Bicha queers fado, giving voice to LGBTQI+ stories and struggles. Justine Lemahieu's film Them Fado Bicha is an intimate portrait of their journey. We caught up with the Portuguese duo to talk about the film, fado, and Lisbon's artistic community.
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Interview with Amilcar Patel and Chris Kets
We chat to Amilcar Patel and Chris Kets about their film 6SENSE, which tells the story of gqom producer Mxshi Mo, whose journey, while facing the gradual loss of sight, from rural South Africa to international acclaim, is inspiring and transformative.
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Interview with Resem Verkron and Isis Hembe
We caught up with Resem Verkorn and Isis Hembe to talk about "The Adventures of Angosat", their musical film that uses a one-shot, hip-hop–inspired style to reflect on Angola’s lost satellite and broader social issues.
Interview with Sofie Hanegreefs
Documentary filmmaker and visual artist Sofie Hanegreefs followed troubadour Stevo Atambire in Ghana, where he travels from funeral to funeral, singing songs to bid farewell to the deceased. We spoke with Sofie about how this film—centered on life, death, and music—came to be.
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Interview with Jorane Castro
We caught up with Jorane Castro to discuss her film "Terruá Pará" as well as the new project she has been working on, a tribute to one of the great composers of Amazonian music, Mestre Cupijó.
Interview with Giulia Rosco
We caught up with Giulia Rosco, director of "Feneen". By portraying the various facets of the fledgling music industry of Dakar, capital of Senegal, the film emphasizes the fundamental role of urban subcultures for the many up-and-coming musicians and artists.
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Interview with Lucy Durán and Laurent Benhamou
We caught up with Music academic, producer and journalist Lucy Durán and filmmaker (and long-time WOMEX collaborator) Laurent Benhamou who try to unravel the story of the kora in their latest documentary.
Interview with Kaveh Nabatian
We caught up with Kite Zo A director, Iranian-Canadian artist Kaveh Nabatian, who besides making films is also an acknowledged musician, to talk about structuring the film as a remix album, the shooting in Haiti and the ethics of documentary film-making.
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Interview with Lucia Kagramanyan
We caught up with Lucia Kagramanyan, director of Panorama Yerevan – The Rock Edition. Lucia is a Vienna-based artist of Armenian origin, a radio host, DJ, and music researcher/ ethnomusicologist.
Interview with Telmo Soares
We caught up with Telmo Soares, director of 'Are We Punks Or Not?' and the main director of Casota Collective that he co-founded in 2016.
Interview with Lucia Kašová
We caught up with director Lucia Kašová who has traveled the globe and her short films won several awards at various festivals in Europe.
Interview with Luis Rojas and Natalia Castrillón
We caught up with Luis Rojas, co-founder of CRACK, director and motion graphics artist with more than ten years of experience in the film industry, and Natalia Castrillón, protagonist of
This life and the other.
Interview with Sara Nacer
We caught up with director Sara Nacer a Canadian Algerian emerging filmmaker based in Montreal. Recognised in Montreal for her contribution to the promotion of cultural diversity, she has produced several major events and projects.
Interview with Parviz Rostami
We caught up with director Parviz Rostami, who narrates the philosophy of seven musical maqams of the oldest wind instrument (shamshal) in the lives of the people of Zagros.
Interview with Asifuzzaman Khan
We caught up with the organizer of Dhaka International FolkFest, Art manager Asifuzzaman Khan, to talk about Mro Song And Dance, a beautiful documentary capturing authentic music cultures on the backdrop of globalization.
Interview with Anisa Sabiri
We caught up with filmmaker Anisa Sabiri, who worked as a tour guide in the Pamir mountains while building a profile as an award-winning author, PEN congress speaker, cultural activist and photographer.
Interview with Pedro Coquenão aka Batida
We caught up with film director Pedro Coquenão aka Batida, who creates and interacts with music, dance, visual, plastic and radio arts to chat about his work and his hometown - Lisbon, the city that will host WOMEX 22.