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Interview with Arthur Bacry and Marianne Gaudillère, co-directors of Tom veut rentrer [Tom Wants Home] Who inspired these characters for you? What did you want to explore through their relationship?Arthur: The main source of inspiration was my brother, who is deaf. In our family, he is the only deaf person. He went through all of his schooling with deaf children and learned sign […]

Watch the interview with the Belgian filmmaker Manoël Dupont about his short film Oil Oil Oil selected in the 2023 International Competition (I11 programme).

Interview with Eva Neidlinger, director of Von der Flüchtigkeit eines Geschmacks [A Transient Taste] Where is the story set? How familiar are you with this region and this world?Von der Flüchtigkeit eines Geschmacks is set in a wild and very vivid garden that is certainly similar to the family garden where I grew up and which always inspires me when I come back […]

Watch the interview with the French filmmakers Matthias Joulaud and Lucien Roux about their short film Ramboy selected in the International Competition  2023 (I14 programme).

Watch the interview with the American filmmaker Kevin Steen about his short film Daron, Daron Colbert selected in the 2023 International Competition (I12 programme).

Interview with Julie Ecoffey, director of But What Does It Mean? Where did you come up with the idea for these two characters? My crew. I often find the banal conversations of those around me absurd and very funny, so I wanted to represent characters who were realistic in the way they spoke.   Why do they speak in English? Why the “twist”?  I used English […]

Interview with Cécile Mille, director of Cui cui cui  Why did you choose this subject? The desire to have children is a subject that I had to deal with for quite a few years. Later on, I saw others going through the same ordeal and I bore the guilt of those who succeeded. The birth of Cui cui cui comes from the desire to […]

Watch the interview with the Irish filmmaker Jamie O’Rourke about his short film Scrap selected in the 2023 International Competition (I1 programme).

Interview with Sasha Argirov, director of Nurture Why did you choose this title in particular? Nurture just popped into my head one day when I was writing a draft of the script. As a title, it sums up the entire story for me. It also provides the perfect ironic counterpoint to the first image we see at the start of the film.  What was […]

Watch the interview with the Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Babakoohi about his short film Feux selected in the 2023 National Competition (F7 programme).