From Dogme to romcom: Danish director Lone Scherfig speaks to euronews

Following acclaimed Iranian director Asghar Farhadi last year, it was the turn of Danish film-maker Lone Scherfig to give a masterclass at this edition of the Instanbul film festival. One of Europe’s best-known female directors, Scherfig has been involved with Lars Von Trier’s Dogme 95 movement and has received critical acclaim for her movies, including the Oscar-nominated ‘An Education’. A coming-of-age film based in the Sixties, ‘An Education’ stars Carey Mulligan as a 16-year old schoolgirl preparing for Oxford University, who meets a charming older man, played by Peter Sarsgaard. Scherfig talked to euronews about her approach to working with actors. “I have a sister who is stage director and she has taught me some tricks. And directing is also about knowing what it is they (actors) do, how it is they think and then sometimes just leaving them alone because they are responsible people and they want to do a good interpretation, too. So I have worked with hundreds and hund