I have loved filmed from when I was a child, but I never considered it as a future career.

I prefer to discover new talent by holding open auditions.

My favourite films are in languages I don't understand.

I would describe myself as a filmmaker, period.

Three directors whose work directly influences mine are Paul Thomas Anderson, Darren Aronofsky and Susanne Bier (her Danish films). You'll notice that they all don't make feel good movies, same as me, and their films are always visually simple but beautiful (and I hope mine are!).

It was never a deliberate decision to make films about the 'woman experience'.

While I was doing the residency in Paris, I found out that I was chosen as one of the five winners of the Focus Features Africa First Program. All this happened less than a year after I made my first two short films.