"Working with a child actor: the challenges" An interview with director Xiao Jiao - #3099
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Xiao Jiao - #3099
In this interview, we sit and have a chat with London-based producer and director Xiao Jiao about the making of her postgraduate short film #3099 : the story of a sperm-donor child and his questioning of who his real father is.
Before coming to study film at Goldsmiths University, London, Xiao had experience in the production field back in China.
The director explains to us the differences she felt between working in China and in the UK. Xiao highlights the aspect of working with a child actor in both countries, and the different regulations with entail.
The director also had the interesting experience to conduct 2 separate crowdfunding campaigns : one for the UK, and one for China, to make sure her short film had enough funding to get her idea through the way she intended.
When asked to share her #1 (and maybe her #3099) tip for beginning filmmakers, Xiao advises to "not be afraid to fail" and "try different things". She continues by quoting another female director she met at the Venice film festival: "Short films are not the prep test for the real thing, they are the real thing".
#3099 is part of the Indie-Clips Short Film Festival Catalogue : "Filmmaking for social change".
