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Interview with Diego Céspedes, director of Las Criaturas Que se Derriten Bajo el Sol [The Melting Creatures] How did you get the inspiration for Las Criaturas Que se Derriten Bajo el Sol ?The original idea came from an image that was more plastic than thematic: the idea of a community melting under the sun and that they played games to find out who […]

Interview with Vincent Fontano, director of Sèt Lam  How does dance factor into your inspiration for Sèt Lam? To what extent was the act of dancing important to you? For Sèt Lam, dance is at the heart of the film because it is an act that heals, that creates community, and that helps deals with grief. The “Kabaré service” is a very special space […]

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Johanna Caraire about her short film Sardine selected in the 2023 National Competition (F5 programme).

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Valentine Cadic about her short film Les Grandes Vacances selected in the 2023 National Competition (F7 programme).

Watch the interview with the British filmmaker Joseph Pierce about his short film Scale selected in the 2023 Lab Competition (L1 programme).

Interview with Laen Sanches, director of PLSTC  Could you explain what the acronym PLSTC represents?  PLSTC is an invented acronym that simply means “plastic.” This word has several advantages: it is succinct, legible, and phonetically understandable in most languages. Also, with its “visually missing” letters, it also perhaps illustrates the idea that plastic does not totally disintegrate but rather, remains, in spite of everything, […]

Interview with Léo Blandino, director of Bitume [Asphalt] How did you happen to think of making a film about truck drivers?I wrote the script with Thimothée Meyrieux-Drevet who shared his research on drivers and the evolution of their working conditions. I was immediately interested by the topic. So then we had to figure out how to talk about it and come up with a […]

Watch the interview with the Italian filmmaker Adriano Valerio about his short film Calcutta 8:40am selected in the 2023 National Competition (F2 programme).