A Seamstress Caught in a Drug Deal Gone Wrong: Freddy Macdonald on the World of “Sew Torn”

Locarno Meets
18 дек. 2024 г. 19 min
A Seamstress Caught in a Drug Deal Gone Wrong: Freddy Macdonald on the World of “Sew Torn”
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<p>Following a successful premiere at South by Southwest, 24-year-old Swiss-American filmmaker Freddy Macdonald, the youngest directing fellow ever accepted to the American Film Institute, brought his audacious debut feature “Sew Torn” to the Piazza Grande at the 77th Locarno Film Festival. </p> <p>We caught up with Macdonald on Locarno Meets during the Festival to discuss the unique genesis of the film, its many wild narrative twists and turns, as well as to unpack the influence of the Coen brothers on his work and talk about what it’s like to develop a film with one’s Dad.</p>

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