Iván Fund: 'I believe that fiction is not just simply the contrary of reality, but that it is a tool to pry open that reality and render it more visible' Photo: Betania Cappato

Iván Fund's The Message (El Mensaje) invites us to take a camino on some of the less travelled roads of Argentina with a young girl and her two older guardians, as she forms a psychic connection with pets - living or dead - for their owners in return for cash. The loose black and white drama, stars young newcomer Anika Bootz alongside veterans Marcelo Subbioto and Mara Bestelli, as well as a host of four-legged and furry non-professionals. The film had its world premiere at Berlin Film Festival, where we caught up with Fund to talk about the origins of the story along with his own intuitive form of filmmaking.

How did the idea come to you to make this film?...