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  Interview with Alice Seabright, director of End-O The issue of endometriosis is finally getting some media attention. Is the medical world still behind? Hopefully the medical world is catching up. There are certainly good people doing good work, but it can’t hurt to remind them of the issue! What motivated you to treat it from a light-hearted, comical angle? I find humour to […]

  Interview with Flo Linus Baumann, director of Sousaphone What is your interest in the sousaphone? Is this an instrument you play? No, I don’t play the sousaphone nor any type of brass instrument but I’m fascinated by them. Besides the inherently comical shape of it, playing such a heavy, large instrument such as the sousaphone, needs quite a bit of dedication. That was […]

  Interview with Valerie Barnhart, director of Girl in the Hallway How did this retelling come about? I’m a big poetry fan, and I came across Jamie DeWolf’s live spoken word performance on YouTube. I just knew this had to be a movie – problem was I didn’t know how to make a movie or animate for that matter. So I reached out to […]

  Interview with Sam Azulys, director of My Little China Girl Can you tell us about how you chose the title of your film? The title isn’t meant literally. It comes from the David Bowie song “China Girl”. My film, just like the song, plays with racial stereotypes in order to deconstruct them. When the other is different from us, we often image it […]

  Interview with Clémentine Carrié, director of Poussière [Dust] Can you explain your choice of title? This short film tells the story of a breakup, and more specifically the story of mourning for a romantic relationship. The title Dust evokes both the act itself of tearing up – the fact of “biting the dust” and “turning to dust” – and what is left afterwards […]

  Interview with Curtis Essel, director of Sodom & Gomorrah Can you tell us more about the project to build the training centres? How are you involved? Filmmaking for me is not only to tell inclusive and diverse stories. It’s paramount that with every film I produce, there is a social impact initiative to follow it. In March 2018, I made my debut short film […]

  Interview with Sofia Alaoui, director of Qu’importe si les bêtes meurent [So What if the Goats Die] Why did you choose this title? The title of the film was obvious to me even before writing the screenplay, when I started becoming interested in the Universe and extraterrestrials. I found that there was something in these subjects that went beyond questions about material things, […]

  Interview with Morad Mostafa, director of Henet Ward Can you tell us a bit about the situation of Sudanese minorities in Egypt? The situation of Sudanese refugees in Egypt is like the situation of any other refugees; like Syrians and Indonesians actually, or simple Egyptians themselves like Basma and her family, all have similar issues and dreams and ambitions and simple life requirements […]

  Interview with Ramazan Kiliç, director of Servİs [The School Bus] Is the film based on a true story? What inspired you to tell it? Not exactly! It includes both a true story and fictional events. I was inspired by a story from the news on Twitter about a female teacher who drives a school bus for her students, but behaved like a male […]

  Interview with Gabrielle Stemmer, director of Clean With Me (After Dark) How did you discover the “world” of YouTube? I’ve been a heavy YouTube user for seven or eight years now – it’s TV for me. I’d say that from the beginning I’ve been watching stuff that’s 90% female-oriented. I started with videos on beauty, cooking, interior decorating, areas that I only have […]