Film is very much a universal and common voice, and we can't limit it to one particular culture.

In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture.

As film-makers, it is very important for us to find common ground between cultures, and maybe that's less the case for politicians who benefit more from finding the conflicts and differences between us.

There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience.

I would say that no film is apolitical. There are politics in all films. Any film that is anchored in a society, any film that deals with humanity is necessarily political.

I film normal-life subjects in natural settings that some people would consider uncinematic. But what I want to show is nature itself, as the truth of life.