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Susan Kouguell
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Writer. Filmmaker. Educator. Senior Contributing Editor at Script Magazine.

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It was a pleasure to interview DANA FOX - co-writer and executive producer of WICKED: FOR GOOD - for SCRIPT MAGAZINE!
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Interview with 'Wicked' and 'Wicked: For Good' Co-Writer and Executive Producer Dana Fox
In this wide-ranging interview, Dana Fox discusses collaboration, the challenges and joys of adapting from source material, and creating emotional authenticity and thematic depth.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Excited to share that my film THE PLUNDER
received the Silver Award at the Paris Film Awards!
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October 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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My Script Magazine article: Highlights New York Film Festival The Centerpiece Film: 'Father Mother Sister Brother' and the Closing Night Film 'Is This Thing On?'
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Highlights from the 2025 New York Film Festival The Centerpiece Film 'Father Mother Sister Brother' and the Closing Night Film 'Is This Thing On?'
Family relationships dominate the Centerpiece and Closing Night Films.
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October 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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My Script Magazine article: Highlights from the 2025 New York Film Festival
‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere,’ ‘Sentimental Value,’ ‘A Private Life’
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2025 New York Film Festival Highlights: 'Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere,' 'Sentimental Value,' 'A Private Life'
Filmmakers discuss overarching themes, emotional layers of story, and how characters navigate past and current relationships.
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October 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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My article for Script Magazine: Highlights from the 2025 New York Film Festival:
‘After the Hunt’ and ‘Anemone’

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Highlights from the 2025 New York Film Festival
Behind the Scenes Writing of ‘After the Hunt’ and ‘Anemone’
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October 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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My latest article for Script Magazine:
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Highlights from the 2025 Locarno Film Festival
Susan Kouguell shares her top highlights from the 2025 Locarno Film Festival.
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August 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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A great pleasure to Interview with "Villa Encanto" Writer and Director #Joel Perez at #Tribeca Festival for #Script Magazine!

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Interview with Villa Encanto Writer and Director Joel Perez
Susan Kouguell interviews Joel Perez, recipient of the COLECTIVO, a new filmmaker program through Tribeca Studios and the Miranda Family Fund, about his new short film Villa Encanto at Tribeca Festiva...
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June 20, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Thanks to award-winning HONEYJOON filmmaker Lilian Mehrel for the great interview for Script Magazine.
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Tribeca Film Festival 2025: Interview with ‘Honeyjoon’ Writer/Director Lilian Mehrel
Susan Kouguell chats with the award-winning writer and director about her feature film debut, blending lightness and darkness in her writing, and more.
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June 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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My Script Magazine Interview with ON A STRING Filmmaker Isabel Hagen about her debut feature at Tribeca Festival.
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Tribeca Film Festival 2025: Interview with 'On a String' Writer/Director/Star Isabel Hagen
Susan Kouguell chats with writer, director, producer, and star Isabel Hagen about her film debut, how she found stand-up comedy amidst her Julliard training in classical viola, and more.
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June 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Excited to share that my film LAMENT OF A CERTAIN AGE is included in the One Minute volume 12 series at LÁ Art Museum in Iceland. June 1st - July 19th at Listasafn Árnesinga.

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One minute – volume 12 - Listasafn Árnesinga - Hveragerði, Iceland
Over the past 16 years, artist-filmmaker Kerry Baldry has been curating and organising an innovative series of artists' moving image programmes titled One Minute.One Minute Volume 12 being the latest ...
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June 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Mehr zu ihrem Leben könnt ihr in unserem 9-teiligen #Podcast „Therese Giehse und Wir“ nachhören: blog.juedisches-museum-muenchen.de/podcast-ther...
Podcast „Therese Giehse und Wir“
In unserem Podcast begeben wir uns mit Viktoria Lewowsky und Tatjana Schoeler auf die Spuren der großen Münchner Schauspielerin Therese Giehse.
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March 3, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Remembering Oscar-winning director Marcel Ophüls (1927-2025). In 2015, I had the privilege to meet Ophüls when my colleague, Regina Longo, interviewed him at SUNY Purchase for our film program. Here’s a repost of my article for SydneysBuzz.
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Marcel Ophüls - The Memory of Justice - Su-City Pictures East, LLC
A Conversation with Academy Award-Winning Director Marcel Ophüls
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May 31, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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A very personal interview with OCCUPIED CITY Filmmakers Steve McQueen and Bianca Stitger.

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Interview with Steve McQueen and Bianca Stigter about their Documentary 'Occupied City'
In a deeply personal conversation with filmmakers Steve McQueen and Bianca Stigter, they discuss the recurring themes of time, memory, and history in their respective work and in their collaboration o...
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May 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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THE FRESHLY CUT GRASS Writer and Director Celina Murga! Winner Best Screenplay in an International Narrative Feature:

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Interview with the 'The Freshly Cut Grass' Filmmaker Celina Murga at the Tribeca Festival
Celina Murga discusses the scriptwriting process, the major themes of gender roles in the workplace and at home, and the conflicts and repercussions of the actions of the male and female professor in ...
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May 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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A pleasure to interview TREASURE Writer and Director Julia von Heinz at Tribeca!

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Interview with 'Treasure' Writer and Director Julia von Heinz at Tribeca Festival
Award-winning German filmmaker Julia von Heinz talks about her latest film 'Treasure,' from the adaptation process, dealing with transgenerational trauma as a theme, and what she hopes audiences take ...
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May 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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My Script Magazine interview with GREEN BORDER Writer and Director Agnieszka Holland.

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Interview with 'Green Border' Filmmaker Agnieszka Holland
Agnieszka Holland discusses the inspiration behind the film, her collaboration with screenwriters Maciej Pisuk and Gabriela Lazarkiewicz, the creative decision behind filming in black and white, and m...
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May 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Congratulations to 'The Band' - such a treat to inteview
VULCANIZADORA Writer and Director Joel Potrykus, Procuer Ashley Potrykus and Star Joshua Burge.

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Interview With 'Vulcanizadora' Writer/Director/Editor and Co-Star Joel Potrykus, Producer Ashley Potrykus and Star Joshua Burge at the Tribeca Festival
This dark comedy highlights Potrykus’s distinct vision with a gripping dramatic pulse, and unrelenting tone and atmosphere.
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May 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Congratulations to BLUE SUN PALACE Filmmaker Constance Tsang on her continued success!
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Interview with Constance Tsang, Writer and Director of 'Blue Sun Palace'
Susan Kouguell speaks with writer-director Constance Tsang about her poignant first feature film 'Blue Sun Palace' premiering at the Cannes Film Festival.
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May 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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My Script Magazine interview from 2024 Locarno Film Festival with INVENTION filmmakers Courtney Stephens and Callie Hernandez!
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Interview with 'Invention' Filmmakers Courtney Stephens and Callie Hernandez at the 2024 Locarno Film Festival
In this wide-ranging talk, 'Invention' filmmakers Courtney Stephens and Callie Hernandez discussed their collaboration, mixing genres, shooting a low-budget Super 16 film, making a ‘dead dads’ project...
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May 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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It was great to speak with Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen about his new film BLITZ!

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Academy Award Winner Steve McQueen Talks about His New Film 'Blitz'
In this wide-ranging discussion Steve McQueen delves into his writing process and inspirations, his current installation work, and how they inform 'Blitz'.
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May 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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My thanks to NICKEL BOYS Director and Writer RaMell Ross and Editor Nicholas Monsour for a terrific interview for SCRIPT MAGAZINE!

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Interview with Oscar-Nominated 'Nickel Boys' Writer and Director RaMell Ross and Editor Nicholas Monsour
RaMell Ross and Nicholas Monsour delve into their collaboration, discuss the film’s nontraditional structure, the unconventional screenwriting process, point-of-view, and so much more.
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May 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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My Script Magazine Interview with THE BRUTALIST filmmakers:
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Interview with 'The Brutalist' Filmmakers Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold talk about their award-winning film 'The Brutalist', including their writing collaboration, the sacrifices and support within creative partnerships, their personal conne...
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May 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Flashback interviews for SCRIPT MAGAZINE:

My Script Magazine Interview with A COMPLETE UNKNOWN Editors Andrew Buckland and Scott Morris.

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Interview with 'A Complete Unknown' Editors Andrew Buckland and Scott Morris
Andrew Buckland and Scott Morris delved into their close collaboration with each other and director James Mangold, discussing the challenges of editing live performances, integrating archival footage ...
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May 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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It was a great pleasure to speak with Writer Winnie Holzman!

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Interview with 'Wicked' Writer Winnie Holzman
'Wicked' writer Winnie Holzman talks about the genesis of the stage play to the screen and then adapting it from one movie to two, and the importance of collaboration.
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May 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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My Script Magazine Interview with SEED OF THE SACRED FIG Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof.
Don't miss this film.

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Interview with 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' Award-Winning Writer and Director Mohammad Rasoulof
In this wide-ranging discussion, Mohammad Rasoulof reflects on his many years of dealing with censorship and the intelligence services, his imprisonments, his challenges in balancing the story for Ira...
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May 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM