Interview with filmmaker Camila Moreira Marques (FAT)

I recently chatted with director Camila Moreira Marques, who made her short film “FAT” at the Vancouver Film School. We showed her film at our festival in August 2015 to rave reviews from the audience.

Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Video of FAT:

Interview with Camila Moreira Marques:

Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film?

Camila: All my life I’ve been fighting eating disorder without even being knowledged about it. In my case, I was fat just because I liked to eat and I wasn’t stronger enough to control my eating desires. At least this was what everyone used to tell me, because most of the people don’t know anything about eating disorders. They don’t understand how someone who suffers about this condition feels. That’s why I decided to make a film showing what looks like to have a monster of compulsion inside of you.

Matthew: From the idea…