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Interview with Sandra Wollner, director of the science-fiction film 'The Trouble With Being Born'. SANDRA WOLLNER INTERVIEW INDEX 00:28 Describe the film; 00:48 An anti-Pinocchio story; 01:30 Android reflects owner's psychology; 03:01 A more frightening theme; 03:55 Cinematic style; 05:10 What inspired the film; 06:15 Overlap of memory and imagination; 07:00 The tradition of films dealing with AI; 07:45 Comparisons with A.I; 09:00 Why explore issues through dystopias rather than utopias? 11:14 Staring into the abyss; 11:55 Knowing the film was going to be provocative; 12:40 What she wanted to provoke; 13:35 Characterising the positive and negative responses to the film; 14:25 MIFF accepting then dropping the film; 15:05 Issue with clickbait headlines; 16:18 Response to MIFF dropping the film; 18:00 On being judged sight unseen (or partially seen); 19:45 Issue of amplifying such judgments; 21:30 Concern about bad reaction against adult films with complex content; 22:30 Submitting future films to MIFF; 24:40 Logical problem with complaint against the film; 27:19 Complaints about the film invariably coming from those who have not seen it; 28:40 Cinema's role in pushing people beyond their comfort zones; 29:17 Origins of the film's title; 30:50 Any regrets about casting a ten year old as the android; 32:29 The Streisand effect; 33:19 What drives her work.