When I was born, I lived with my grandparents for some time before my parents, and I moved out to our flat where we stayed for another ten years. I finished grade five when, out of the blue over the summer holidays, my parents decided to move the whole family to a tiny, full of…
“Are You Where You Want to Be in Your Life?”
As children, we all have hopes and dreams. Some of us follow our dreams, others don’t, and some find other dreams to chase. At times it is incredibly hard to stick with your dreams for many different reasons: personal, logistics or financial. I’m one of those people who stick with dreams and tries her best…
Working with Children Actors
I do have to say I was pretty nervous when I decided to work with a child actor. A lot of my scripts have children characters written in, but since it always takes such a long time to go from the script idea into production, I never gave a second thought about do’s and don’t’s…
What Is the Soul of the Film?
As a filmmaker and an avid film consumer (I watch several films a week), I started wondering what makes some stories work and some stories fall short of the high expectations an audience member has while waiting with anticipation for the film to be out. I don’t care about big-budget superhero movies, special effects or…
“As a Dyslexic Learner, I Can Tell You”
1. Life at school was pretty miserable. Neither the school nor my parents had any idea what was happening to me. Besides that fact I was in the state school in a socialist country and, to be honest, I’m not even sure they knew something like dyslexia existed. 2. My teachers and my parents called…
What Is the Film Director’s Job on the Film Set?
People ask me this question quite often and, sometimes, even I ask myself the same question. I could go on and on about the technicalities of my job and the endless amount of skills it requires from me and how much knowledge the director needs to have to be able to effectively communicate with their…
“Parents – Teachers Dynamic”
Why Teachers Have Such Difficulties Hearing What the Parents Say? My son is in class 3 in one of London’s independent schools. The education we chose for him is intended to be much slower than the mainstream schooling system. The system, when implemented in the right way with loving and caring teacher, works beautifully…
“A Bit More About Sexism”
On Sunday, after my son won his football game (he is a goalie and the wins for his team don’t necessarily come in abundance), we decided to celebrate with lunch in Blackheath Village. We went to a place we haven’t visited before called Zerodegrees. And… It was well past the lunch hour, but the restaurant…
“Refugees”
As a modern, educated woman I have a lot of political views and opinions, and I feel that as a socially aware human I cannot discuss refugees issue any longer. A refugee is a person who has no other choice but to flee their own country, often running from violence, prosecution and war, to survive….
“Sexism, Bullying and Women Power”
One afternoon after school my son was playing football with his schoolmates. However, unlike all the other times one of the fathers decided that he was ready to take on the 7, 8 and 9 years old on. I’m guessing the father was in his 50’s so it did seem like the right age group for…