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  An interview with Humberto Busto, director of Julkita What genre would you say Julkita belongs to? The film was shown at Screamfest. Would it be fair to call it a horror film? It has been really interesting how festivals of different kind have reacted to Julkita. Since its release at Guadalajara International Film Festival on march, Julkita has been in more than 20 […]

  An interview with Benjamin Cleary, co-director of Wave  Can you tell us more about the context in which Wave was made. You’ve described it a side-project… My first film Stutterer was just starting to do the festival run so I was dying to make something else. TJ wanted to try acting in something. So we decided to make something on a weekend for […]

  An interview with Ed Flynn, director of Jeri’s Grill  Can you tell us more about working with a theatre company on this film? What motivated you to create an “ensemble” film? I started to think about Jeri’s Grill after a period spent watching as many Robert Altman films as I could get my hands on. I found myself falling in love with so […]

  An interview with Jean Marc E. Roy and Philippe David Gagné, directors of Crème de Menthe  Why did you choose to represent the father as a hoarder? This happened to a friend whose father passed away, and who had to deal with the same “journey” as our main character. We liked the dramatic and aesthetic possibilities provided by this premise.  What did you […]

  An interview with David Bouttin, director of Boomerang  Unfortunately, the touching situation in which Paul finds himself is not unique. Was there a particular event that inspired the storyline of the film? There was no particular event, just a set of circumstances and social injustice which touch me. Of course I thought of the people in Paris who have jobs, but have to […]

  An interview with Tito Gonzalez Garcia, director of Œdipe [Oedipus]  Why did you choose the story of Oedipus? There are so many reasons. Perhaps the absence of rituals in contemporary Western society has distanced us from the central concerns that all men share and that are addressed in mythology. To choose a myth, it is first and foremost to choose a common ground. […]

  An interview with Goran Stolevski, director of Vidi ja ti nea  Can you tell us why you chose that particular title? It’s a common colloquial saying in Macedonia and depending on context it can come off as either admiring or derogatory – or sometimes both. Since it was also a line of incidental dialogue in the film, it felt like the natural title. […]

  An interview with Chintis Lundgren, director of Manivald  What gave you the idea of using foxes and wolves to tell this story? I like to use anthropomorphic characters because it’s easier for the viewer to identify themselves with animals than it would be with human characters. And if you do identify with a character and recognize yourself in them, it gives you a […]

  An interview with Gadzhimurad Efendiev, director of The Hamsa  Could you explain to us what “hamsa” means and what it refers to here? Hamsa, in Arabic, means five, exactly five main actors in the film. Hamsa is also the Hand of Miriam (Fatima). Women with an unshakable character, ready to endure any test of fate. Why is the title an Arabic word? This […]

  An interview with Pierre Boulanger, director of Bye bye les puceaux (Bye, Bye Virgins)  How did you come up with the idea of exploring the relationship between Inès and Abdel? In the film, Inès and Abdel are two teenagers. They’re strangers to each other and their worlds and personalities are incompatible. While the difference of the sexes tends to soften when we’re adults, it’s […]