An interview with Ivan Barge, director of Madam Black How did you get the idea to direct Madam Black? I had previously worked on a short, Snooze Time, with the writer Matthew Harris, who also wrote ’43,000ft’ which screened at Clermont in 2013. So when he sent me the script for ‘Madam Black’ I was excited too read it. It just took one […]
An interview with Atsuko Hirayanagi, director of Oh Lucy! In Oh Lucy!, you deal with the fundamental differences of culture and communication between Americans and Japanese with humor. Do you think the Japanese should open up more to the English language? I don’t necessarily think so. That’s a part of who we are culturally, whether by choice or not, and differences make the […]
An interview with Douwe Dijkstra, director of Démontable Your film begins with the shot of a kitchen table with a radio on top. As a hand searches the FM band for the right station, toy soldiers begin to invade in helicopters. Where did you get the idea to turn a usually calm space, the kitchen, into a war zone? It is my depiction […]
An interview with Francesco Rosso, director of Fok Nabo Distorio Your film is based on extracts from “Liivaterade Raamat”, composed by Liis Viira. How did you decide to construct images around this music? Since I built myself a light-box (for animating with oil paint on glass) I’ve started to play with anything I could find around me. So I got quite soon […]
An interview with David White, director of Killer? Killer? gives the floor to a man accused of patricide. In particular, he expresses the weight that the suspicion of others represents. Why does public opinion often doubt the innocence of someone before they are even tried? Firstly, in the film he has gone to trial and been found not guilty, which is a slight […]
FILME SOM (FILM SOUND) Cesar GANANIAN, Alexandre MOURA Brazil / 2014 / 00:09:17 In their encounter with the universe of musician Roberto Michelino, Cesar Gananian and Alexandre Moura offer a “synesthetic” short film, wavering between a musical recording and an urban film-poem. “Film Som” first arouses a curiosity of forms, those of the musical instruments invented by Roberto Michelino. We discover them during […]
A SINGLE LIFE Job ROGGEVEEN, Joris OPRINS, Marieke BLAAUW Pays-bas / 2014 / 00:02:15 In the category of “very short” films selected this year, A Single Life provides an example of narrative effectiveness. In only 2’15”, this burlesque animation from the Dutch trio Job, Joris and Marieke brings us face to face with a young woman whose life is turned upside down the […]
CAMS Sweden / 2014 / 00:12:42 Carl-Johan WESTREGÅRD Beneath a false air of Google Street panoramas, the third short film by Carl-Johan Westregard gradually weaves its post-apocalyptic fabric by playing on our nerves with a simple and effective concept. Cams builds its story through 360° panoramic shots, immersing us in rural, seaside and urban landscapes. In the beginning, everything seems fairly normal. But […]
Interview with Maria Ruiz, for Des(pecho)truccion In your short, the separation is focused on objects related to Gabriel and both characters are almost absent from the screen. Do you think that we can get a full portrait of Gabriel through his objects ? I dont think you can get a full portrait of him in anyway because all the information you have about […]
Interview with Walter Woodman, for Noah (co-direction with Patrick Cederberg) Filming a screen during 17 minutes was a dangerous gambled, but the result is impressive. What was your motivation to embark upon this adventure ? We just felt that it was something nobody has seen before. We thought it was going to be 10 minutes long however it turned out to be much longer. […]
