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Cinema is influenced by social realities: Dan Wolman

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Thiruvananthapuram: A director is essentially guided by current issues and situations, noted Israeli filmmaker Dan Wolman has said.

He was participating in a face-to-face programme organised here on Tuesday in connection with the 13th Trivandrum International Film Festival being organised here by the Chalachitra Film Society.

Universal harmony

“The Israel-Palestine conflict is very much in my mind when I make a film. Many of my creations have upheld the principle of universal harmony. However, I am not interested in ‘propaganda’ cinema,” he said.

Balancing conflicts

Mr. Wolman said he had tried to balance individual situations and social realities in his films.

“I believe that the conflicts within an individual are important. This is why sexuality and homosexuality become recurrent themes in my films.”

Mr. Wolman, whose films are being screened in the retrospective section at the festival, said good cinema may not have a wide viewership. “Many of my creations were based on painful childhood experiences.”

Mr. Wolman said he was happy to be in Kerala where good cinema was appreciated.

Film critic V. Rajakrishna was also present at the session.

The festival enters the sixth day on Wednesday.

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