(EXCLUSIVE) Interview with Faye Fayerman , 2026 JULY 8

(EXCLUSIVE) Interview with Faye Fayerman ~ Wild Filmmaker https://wildfilmmaker.com/exclusive-interview-with-faye-fayerman/

-With this victory, you have achieved an important milestone and have become an authoritative voice in international independent cinema. What are your next projects?

Receiving this distinction from the TriBeCa Film Critics Circle Awards is a tremendous honor. I am deeply grateful for this recognition, and I am humbled to be considered a respected voice within international independent cinema. My next projects naturally grow out of my background in dance, sound, and visual storytelling. I am currently writing a film that reflects on my move here and explores the emotional and psychological landscape of displacement, memory, and belonging. Another project is a highly visual work centered on the expressive language of the body and how movement can communicate emotion, history, and experience without words. I am also developing a deeply personal film inspired by a close friend. It begins with the simple act of putting on jackets as she recounts her story. Through intimate gestures and conversation, the film explores resilience, vulnerability, and the ways our bodies carry memory.

This award encourages me to continue making films that embrace experimentation while remaining deeply human. I look forward to sharing these new works with audiences and continuing to explore cinema as a space where image, movement, sound, and personal histories come together.

-Describe yourself with three adjectives that best reflect your vision of the world.

Intuitive, Daring, Visionary.

-WILD FILMMAKER is, above all, a space for freedom of thought and sharing. Who would you most like to find yourself in front of, and what would you say to them? You may include figures from the present or the past, from Julius Caesar to Marilyn Monroe, just to give an example.

I would love to find myself in front of and have long vibrant conversations with: Lina Wertmuller, Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, Bernardo Bertolucci, Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Chantal Akerman, Akiro Kurosawa, Jean-Luc Godard, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Agnes Varda, Jacques Tati, Francois Truffault, Andrei Tarkovosky, Pina Bausch, Vaslav Nijinsky, Rudolf Nureyev, Martha Graham, Ohad Naharin, Meredith Monk, Leontyne Price, Maria Callas, Bidou Sayao, Jessye Norman, Charles Baudelaire, Alberto Moravia, Agnes Gund, Gordon Matta-Clark, Carolee Schneemann, Bruce Nauman, Louise Bourgeois, Robert Frank, Diane Arbus.... Soooo many more.....

-Through the WILD FILMMAKER Community, we have succeeded in bringing independent filmmakers under the same spotlight as mainstream industrial cinema. How do you evaluate our work and activities?

Cinema/Film has always been a place where different voices can meet, regardless of budget, geography, or industry. What I admire most about the WILD FILMMAKER Community is its sincere and deep commitment to creating that meeting place. By bringing independent filmmakers into the same conversation as mainstream cinema, you remind us that the true value of a film lies not in the scale of its production, but in the depth of its vision. Independent cinema is where many of the most courageous artistic risks are taken. It is where new cinematic and visual languages are born, where visual silence can speak as powerfully as dialogue, and where deeply personal stories find a universal heartbeat. Your work nurtures this creative ecosystem by giving filmmakers not only visibility, but also a sense of belonging. I believe cinema is a living art form, nourished by diversity of voices and perspectives. The WILD FILMMAKER Community has become more than a platform, it is a bridge between cultures, artists, and audiences. In a world that often celebrates the loudest voices, you create space for the quiet, the experimental, and the deeply human. That is a meaningful contribution to the future of cinema.