You don't want to make a big deal out of it because it sounds indulgent. But the fact of the matter is that, for all South African filmmakers, because we don't make a lot of films, you feel an unrealistic pressure that your film has to say so much and has to be about everything in South Africa. Gavin Hood
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![I'm in Los Angeles, and like almost everyone in this crazy business of ours, I watched on TV bleary-eyed. Being the last film to be announced [in the category], my heart was pounding. One isn't quite prepared for something like this. - Gavin Hood Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=SSdtIGluIExvcyBBbmdlbGVzLCBhbmQgbGlrZSBhbG1vc3QgZXZlcnlvbmUgaW4gdGhpcyBjcmF6eSBidXNpbmVzcyBvZiBvdXJzLCBJIHdhdGNoZWQgb24gVFYgYmxlYXJ5LWV5ZWQuIEJlaW5nIHRoZSBsYXN0IGZpbG0gdG8gYmUgYW5ub3VuY2VkIFtpbiB0aGUgY2F0ZWdvcnldLCBteSBoZWFydCB3YXMgcG91bmRpbmcuIE9uZSBpc24ndCBxdWl0ZSBwcmVwYXJlZCBmb3Igc29tZXRoaW5nIGxpa2UgdGhpcy4g&author=ICBHYXZpbiBIb29kICAgIA==&num=9 "I'm in Los Angeles, and like almost everyone in this crazy business of ours, I watched on TV bleary-eyed. Being the last film to be announced [in the category], my heart was pounding. One isn't quite prepared for something like this. - Gavin Hood Quotes")
![When you make a little film without stars and not in English, you [just] hope you get into international festivals, so we didn't know if we'd get accepted in competition in Edinburgh or Toronto. Each [one seemed to bring] attention to the film to audiences around the world. We [originally] just wanted it to play in London, New York and Los Angeles like most small films do. - Gavin Hood Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBHYXZpbiBIb29kICAgIA==&num=8 "When you make a little film without stars and not in English, you [just] hope you get into international festivals, so we didn't know if we'd get accepted in competition in Edinburgh or Toronto. Each [one seemed to bring] attention to the film to audiences around the world. We [originally] just wanted it to play in London, New York and Los Angeles like most small films do. - Gavin Hood Quotes")
