Maggie Gyllenhaal believes that female directors often tell stories and express experiences differently than male filmmakers.

“I think when women are listening to themselves and really expressing themselves even inside of a very very male culture we make movies differently we tell stories differently”

Jessica Hausner values film festivals for their role in inventing new ideas and specific film languages rather than focusing solely on entertainment.

“I would like to say maybe only that what I really love about khan is that it's about filmmaking it's not only about about entertainment um it's also about like inventing new ideas in films inventing film language”