Author Archive

  Interview with Pablo Giles, director of Bisho What gave you the idea of exploring the relationship between Susana and Emilio through the prism of the barking dog? I have a very special connection with dogs, I’ve always been surrounded by them and love being with them. It was instantly attractive. Ever since I first came up with the idea of the movie, I […]

  Interview with Ibrahim Handal, director of Bethlehem 2001 Why did you choose to revisit this – I presume traumatic – event as a short film? Actually, I am still trying to understand what I have done and why. However, I have held in these memories and feelings throughout these years with the purpose of sharing them in a short film. Other filmmakers might […]

  Interview with Ariq Khan, director of Transit  What motivated you to tell this story? Do many people find themselves in this “transit” situation in Bangladesh? I have always wanted my films to be about the common man, the type of characters whose stories are not as often seen in modern cinema. Blended with that is migration, which I feel is a very important […]

  Interview with Alexe Poukine, director of Palma Can you explain your choice of title? During the preparatory stages and the shooting of the film, the project was called Kiki, after the class mascot. The film was written as a tragi-comedy, but the project went through a transformation as time went on. At the end of editing, we realized that the original title didn’t […]

  Interview with Chia-Hua Chin, director of Lucky Draw  What motivated you to explore this story and give it the backdrop of Taiwan’s reintroduced death penalty? In 2010, Taiwan Minister of Justice, Tseng Yung-fu, demanded the reinstatement of the death penalty which had been suspend for four years. One of the senior bailiffs who was in charge of the mission suddenly decided to retire. […]

  Interview with Martin Jauvat, director of Le sang de la veine  Can you explain the film’s title? “Le sang de la veine” [literally, “blood of the vein”] is a term of affection you use for people you’re really close to, your best friends, people you consider your family, who you have special bonds of trust and tenderness with. Calling someone “blud” isn’t offhand, […]

  Interview with Jannis Alexander Kiefer, director of Kollegen [Good German Work] What did you want to explore in the relationship between the woodworkers and the film crew? The woodworkers are representative of the locals living in the village where our film takes place. A young woman and an older man who have lived in their region since they were born and who are […]

  Interview with Margrethe Danielsen, director of Pearl Diver What were you keen to explore through these three relationships? I wanted to investigate the idea that there are no relationships without suffering. With this as the main focus, I also tried to show why people still bother opening up to others. Can you tell us a bit more about your animation style? How did […]

  Interview with Lisa Diaz, director of Eva voudrait [Eva Wishes]  The film, longer than average for a short, allows us to follow the complex journey of our protagonist and to make a nuanced portrait of her. What made you decide to adopt this format and this length? I previously made five short narrative films. I wanted to test a longer format: to test […]

  Interview with Javier Marco, director of A la Cara [Face to Face]  This is a very intimate, tense short film. What made you want to explore this interaction between the two characters? Every time I am on social media, I constantly see threats and insults. I think it is very easy to do it from the anonymity that social media give you. But […]