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Interview with Hsuan Kang Tsai, director of A Hidden Trail Your film deals with migrant workers who carry felled logs in the forest. Did you gather a lot of testimony and information about their situation during your preparation?This story is adapted from a real event. When I was writing this story, I was also editing a documentary about the death and suffering cases […]

Interview with Rémi Sogadji, director of Au-delà des murs In Au-delà des murs were you interested in the question of the limits we’ll go to for love?A little context to understand the question better: the original script was written by Cristina Agresta during a writing workshop organized by the Quinzaine en Actions. The participants had to write a story based on an important […]

Interview with Salomon Chekol, director of Ma nishtana [What Has Changed] How was Ma nishtana born?The film was born when I thought about holiday packages we used to get when I was young. I imagined a soldier lugging a box he got from the army all the way home. I remember those looks, that place of shame you feel from kids and people […]

Interview with Geordy Couturiau, director of Lucienne dans un monde sans solitude [Lucienne in a World Without Solitude] What inspired you to create this world without solitude?This is my third short film, my first short was also made with Stéphane Caillard, who is for me the greatest actress in the world. So, I wanted to create a universe composed only of twins, then […]

Interview with Daniel Soares, director of O Que resta [What Remains] What was the starting point of O Que resta?I was born in Germany, but my family is Portuguese. I remember spending every summer with my grandparents, who were farmers living in a small village in the Portuguese countryside. This place used to be full of life, but with time more and more […]

Interview with Maxence Voiseux, director of Elle est des nôtres Why did you choose livestock farming as the context for the story? Are you familiar with it? Or the region?   The story takes place among livestock merchants whom I know something about for having made a documentary about them. My background is in documentaries and I make films in the north of France, in […]

Interview with Negar Naghavi, director of Masire moshtarak [A Shared Path] Why did you decide to tell this story?In my first sketch, the idea was to show the relationship between two children, unable to communicate by the means of a shared language, who end up being friends at the end. This was too unpolished an idea. As time went by, I came to […]

Interview with Jon Vatne, director of Motvind [Headwind] I have read that Motvind was written and shot during the first lockdown in the spring of 2020. What was the starting point of the film? Was it necessary for you to remain creative during that moment?Yes. Me and the writer of the film, Anna Lian, was working on a totally different documentary together. She […]

Interview with Nans Laborde-Jourdàa, director of Léo la nuit [Léo by Night] Where did you come up with the idea for Léo la nuit?I wanted to show something about my life and the lives of people I hold dear. The feeling of material and emotional instability that we juggle with flair on a daily basis. A man walking on the crest excels in […]

Interview with Lamara Sogomonian, director of Get Ready. Off to the Feast What was the starting point of Get Ready. Off to the Feast?It’s all started from the article. Our script writer Julia Pogrebnyak read an article and this horrible thing happening today in Russia was the starting point. Every year about 1240 girls on North Caucasus become victims of genital mutilation. Traditionally […]