Brett Michael Innes – Fiela’s Child #CIFF41

December 7, 2019

Brett Michael Innes - Fiela's Child #CIFF41 fredfilmradio

Podcast | Download

PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Brett Michael Innes, director of the film Fiela’s Child.

An interview with director Brett Micheal Innes, director of Fiela’s Child, presented in the international panorama section of the 2019 Cairo International Film Festival. The film is based on a renowned South African novel by Dalene Matthee, which Innes calls the South African equivalent of what To Kill a Mockingbird is in the U.S. He shares with us the personal reason to the novel that inspired him to make this film version, as well as the challenges he faced in adapting it for the big screen. We also ask him about the racial aspect of the story, which tackles some dark pages of South African history, and his work with cast – including a stellar turn by Zenobia Kloppers in the role of Fiela Komoetie.

Fiela’s Child: A coloured woman living in the arid Karoo takes in a lost white child and raises him as her own. Nine years later, the boy is removed and forced to live in the Knysna Forest with a family of woodcutters who claim that he is theirs.

Written by: fredfilmradio

Brett Michael Innes Cairo International Film Festival Fiela's Child International Panorama Matt Micucci

Guest

Brett Michael Innes Matt Micucci

Film

Fiela's Child

Festival

Cairo International Film Festival

Rate it

Channel posts

Interview

Karlovy Vary Film Festival

“Dreams”, an interview with director Michel Franco

July 15, 2025

Michel Franco about "Dreams" : 'When the father says "It’s okay to help immigrants, but there are limits," that’s the biggest question in the film: can people [from different contexts] truly see each other as equals?'

Interview

Karlovy Vary Film Festival

“Future Future”, an interview with director Davi Pretto

July 14, 2025

"Future Future" director Davi Pretto: 'The apocalypse is not what Hollywood says it is, a huge bang. That's not the apocalypse. The apocalypse is happening every day.'

Interview

Karlovy Vary Film Festival

“They Come Out of Margo”, an interview with director Alexandros Voulgaris

July 11, 2025

'The screenplay of "They Come Out of Margo"', says director Alexandros Voulgaris, 'started with another composer, then it became personal, and then it also became about female artists in the 70s and 80s.'

Interview

Karlovy Vary Film Festival

“Bidad”, an interview with director Soheil Beiraghi

July 10, 2025

"Bidad" director Soheil Beiraghi: 'A lot is happening in Iran: there is life, their is beauty, and there is a happiness around, and we need to portray that.'

LISTEN TO ALL OUR RADIO CHANNELS

Brett Michael Innes – Fiela’s Child #CIFF41

Channel posts

“Dreams”, an interview with director Michel Franco

“Future Future”, an interview with director Davi Pretto

“They Come Out of Margo”, an interview with director Alexandros Voulgaris

“Bidad”, an interview with director Soheil Beiraghi

Top popular

“Madly”, an interview with director Paolo Genovese

“They Come Out of Margo”, an interview with director Alexandros Voulgaris

INCinema OUTSIDE arriva a Firenze

“Broken Voices”, an interview with director Ondřej Provazník

“Greek Apricots”, interview with director Jan Krevatin

Recent Posts