Sentimental Value Q&A - Joachim Trier - Eskil Vogt
The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith
Jeff Goldsmith
4.6 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Finally, someone had the courage to tell the tale of a filmmaker who puts his cinematic aspirations in front of his family obligations. |
| 0:08.9 | And the way he gets around it is by making his family members willing or unwilling collaborators. |
| 0:15.4 | And that's where the drama lies. |
| 0:16.7 | But it's also something that I know I would absolutely never be able to get away with, |
| 0:21.8 | which is why I think I love this film so much. |
| 0:24.4 | Howdy. |
| 0:25.0 | I'm Jeff Goldsmith, and this is the Q&A. |
| 0:27.1 | My agenda is simple. |
| 0:28.3 | Each week I plan to bring you in-depth insights into the creative process of storytelling. |
| 0:32.5 | And folks, I'm pleased as punch to have with me co-writer director, |
| 0:36.7 | Joaquin Trear, and co-writer Eskil Vote to chat about |
| 0:40.7 | their film Sentimental Value, which is a great script with lots of layers as you will hear. And if you |
| 0:46.0 | want to read it, it's on our blog. You could go to the Backstory.net blog and read their screenplay in its |
| 0:51.3 | entirety. But look, this is a great film and I was really pleased to have |
| 0:55.1 | them in the podcast, so I know you're going to dig this episode. Of course, right off the bat, |
| 1:00.2 | I want to thank the sponsor for today's episode, the 26th Sundance Film Festival, which, by the way, |
| 1:06.9 | returns to Park City, Utah for its last year, January 22nd, 2026 through February 1st, |
| 1:13.7 | 2026. And if you want to go, it's important that you grab single film tickets now. These high |
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| 1:25.9 | also add a short films pass online to |
| 1:29.1 | gain online access to Sundance's entire short film program. So don't delay. You could find out |
| 1:36.3 | everything you need to know at festival. sundance.org. And while you're surfing around online, |
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