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Interview with Bahar Pars, director of Åsnelandet  I have read that Åsnelandet part of a trilogy. Can you tell about your inspirations and the story behind this trilogy?When I started working with the project, I noticed that it contained too many aspects and material for only one film. It was a way to challenge myself to repeat things, but from a different perspective […]

Interview with Vincent René-Lortie, director of Invincible   Why did you decide to use the story of Marc-Antoine as the subject of your film, Invincible? The synopsis states that the film is based on a true story. Can you say a bit about that? Invincible is directly inspired by the story of my childhood friend Marc-Antoine Bernier who died at the age of fourteen […]

Watch the interview with the Cambodian filmmakers Chanrado Sok and Kongkea Vann about their short film Somleng reatrey [Sound of the Night] selected in the 2022 International Competition (I11 programme).

Watch the interview with the Argentinian filmmaker Ezequiel Salinas about his short film Mi ultima aventura [My Last Adventure] selected in the 2022 International Competition (I7 programme).

Watch the interview with the Chinese filmmaker Yue Huang about his short film The Executioner (L’Exécuteur) selected in the 2022 International Competition (I6 programme).

Watch the interview with the Brazilian filmmaker Elizabeth Rocha Salgado about her short film São Paulo Open Wound selected in the 2022 International Competition (I1 programme).

Watch the interview with the Filipino filmmaker Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan about his short film The Headhunter’s Daughter selected in the 2022 International Competition (I3 programme).

Watch the interview with the Finnish filmmaker Ilja Rautsi about his short film Night of the Living Dicks selected in the 2022 International Competition (I7 programme).

Interview with Ilja Rautsi, director of Night of the Living Dicks The film tackles the question of what toxic masculinity and rape culture are. What’s the audience reaction been like?So far so good, I think – or to put it another way, maybe people who hate it just haven’t said anything to me! It seems to me that it’s been going down well […]

Watch the interview with the Norwegian filmmaker Jon Vatne about his short film Motvind (Headwind) selected in the 2022 International Competition (I9 programme).