Author Archive

  Interview with Xavier Seron, director of Sprötch  Spoiler alert! What a surprising film, going from laughter to horror. Tell us a bit about the choice of tone and the change of tone. Black humor is quite a peculiar thing. We laugh at what seems to be inappropriate. And the death of a child is certainly one of the worst things imaginable. However, it […]

  Interview with Nyima Cartier, director of L’homme silencieux [A Quiet Man] What made you want to tell the story of Vincent Blanchot? Is the character based on a real person? A few years ago I read Melville’s short story Bartleby. It takes place on Wall Street in the 1850s and tells the story of Bartleby, an accountant who ceases working one day and […]

  Interview with Suzannah Mirghani, director of Al-Sit This is a very moving story. Is it based on personal experience or someone you know? The story of the arranged marriage depicted in my film Al-Sit is a common one in Sudan and the norm for many Sudanese families. While I did not personally experience an arranged marriage, I grew up in this cultural environment […]

  Interview with Adriano Valerio, director of The Nightwalk  How did you meet Jarvis? Did he easily open up to you? Jarvis is one of my best friends. We have been friends for years, and have always been very close. The only gap in our correspondence was just after he moved to Shanghai. I now understand why, the reason being one of the film’s […]

  Interview with Jean Costa, director of Gare aux coquins [Naughty Spot] What are the documentary elements and what are the fictional elements of this short film? How did you film this journey? This film is based on my personal experience using apps in Corsica. All the replies and insults towards Tonio, I received them myself word-for-word. Oracle is a real person I met […]

  Interview with Fernando Criollo, director of Cumbres y cenizas [Summits and Ashes]  Can you explain the choice of title? I was interested in the idea of ​​carrying on the shoulders the meaning of life, while ascending to a point that allows us to see ourselves more clearly and from further afield. Metaphorically, rise to the call of the Apus, the spirits of the […]

  Interview with Yohan Manca, director of Red star What motivated you to tell the story of Adel’s journey? Is his character based on a person you knew, or on a personal experience? I heard about the story of Djamel Chaar in 2013, a job seeker, a clown in his spare time, who immolated himself in front of an unemployment agency in Nantes. It’s […]

  Interview with Zachary Woods, director of David Is David based on anyone you know? Nope. My co-writer Brandon Gardner and I talked about lots of people we care about when we were writing. But there wasn’t one person in particular. What gave you the idea of setting the story at a therapist’s? My dad is a therapist and would sometimes get calls from […]

  Interview with Margaux Elouagari, director of Princesses Can you explain the title? What I like most about the title is its paradoxical side. In their minds, Lindsay and Leslie are definitely princesses or they want to become them, but in reality they’re not princesses for anyone else, not their family nor the boys they hang out with, whether friends or potential boyfriends. No […]

  Interview with Joanna Quinn and Les Mills, director and writer of Affairs of the Art Beryl has featured in a number of your films. Can you tell us a bit more about her? Who was the inspiration for her character? How has Beryl’s character evolved since we first met her? Beryl started life as a very one-dimensional character in a comic strip that […]