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Watch the interview with the Algerian filmmaker Amira Louadah about her short film L’Arche selected in the 2023 Lab Competition (L2 programme).

Interview with Shuli Huang, director of Will You Look at Me  How did the inspiration come about for Will You Look at Me? How much of the footage did you shoot on purpose? Did you work on the soliloquy first or after selecting footage?After I returned to China from New York during the pandemic, I bought a super 8mm camera. I brought it […]

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Aude N’Guessan Forget about her short film Anansi selected in the 2023 National Competition (F3 programme).

Interview with Trinidad Plass, Titouan Tillier and Isaac Wenzek, co-directors of Ressources humaines  What was the starting point for the inspiration of the film? Are you particularly fond of certain objects?  We based the film around the theme “recycle what is not of use” and we thought that for once, it would be interesting if the material to be recycled were humans. This led […]

Interview with Sujin Moon, director of Persona What was you inspiration for Persona?My inspiration was my eagerness to understand myself. When I was in the preproductionphase of the film, I was in a long slump where I was questioning who I was as a person. As an artist who’s inspired theme is self-reflection, this was an obstruction to my filmmaking process. However, I […]

Watch the interview with the Italian filmmaker Claudia Bottino about her short film  À trois selected in the National Competition 2023 (F4 programme).

Interview with Francescu Artily, director of Hors-saison [Off-season]  How did you come up with the idea for Hors-saison ?The story comes from my own experiences; it resonates with my first professional experience in audiovisual work. I had just finished film school when I found a fulltime job as cameraman in a production company in Corsica. The job meant I could earn a living when we […]

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Yann Gonzalez about his short film Hideous selected in the 2023 Lab Competition (L3 programme).

Watch the interview with the Chinese filmmaker Xiao Yang about his short film Chuang Tai Ri Zhi selected in the Lab Competition 2023 (L1 programme).

Interview with Lois Patiño, director of El Sembrador de Estrellas [The Sower of Stars] How often do you work on poetry? Did you write a part of El Sembrador de Estrellas by yourself?I’m not used to writing poetry, just sometimes, but I like to read it a lot, and this project was a beautiful reason to start writing more. The script of this […]