Two questions for Lola Pernos, director of Lost Sea View
Lola Pernos (26 years old) is one of the six young directors invited by the Vranckx editorial team to report for the new season of the VRT Canvas series “The nomads”. The result, “Lost Sea View”, can be seen on VRT MAX.
Bornos is 26 years old. He studied fantasy films at RITCS in Brussels and then earned a master’s degree at Sint-Lucas University. “During my studies, I went to Lebanon for 6 months to hone my cinematic skills. In evening school, I focused on the Arabic language. I decided to go to Egypt to learn the local dialect, and since then I have been moving between Egypt and Egypt.” Brussels) and Egypt. Here I make feature films, and there I focus on the documentary genre.
Why did you move to Alexandria?
“During my first stay in Egypt I fell in love immediately. Literally. Then you ask yourself the question: What if I came to live here? And since then you look at the city differently. Alexandria has absorbed all my energy, while many Egyptians come there to spend Vacation. I didn’t understand it. Then I did some research and discovered that the city looked very different not long ago. I wanted to address these changes.
Why do you want to make films?
“Thanks to films, a world opens up to me. Suddenly you understand someone speaking a different language thanks to pictures and subtitles. I love it. I also love traveling and talking to a lot of people. I would like to share beautiful stories so that others can discover them as well. Film for me is the most suitable medium.” To achieve this.
