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Interview with Diana Cam Van Nguyen, director of Love, Dad How much is Love, Dad autobiographical?A lot. It’s my story, my voice, my handwriting. How did you work on the letters’ incorporation to the animation? Are they original letters? Did you film yourself for the female character or is it an actress?Yes, the letters are the original ones. And I know from the […]

Interview with Chanrado Sok and Kongkea Vann, directors of Somleng Reatrey [Sound of the Night] Kongkea Vann, can you tell us a bit about your inspirations and the story behind Somleng Reatrey?First, I met Chanrado Sok, who is the co-director of Somleng Reatrey. He suggested making this story and that’s how we started writing together. By the way, the reason why I made […]

Interview with Dania Reymond-Boughenou, director of Constellation de la Rouguière [Constellation] Where did your desire to make a film about the Rouguière neighborhood in Marseille come from?That part of Marseille comes out of a very specific context: 1962 when Algeria gained its freedom. At that moment, the repatriates from the war became la Rouguière’s first inhabitants. Several waves of immigration followed, including many […]

Interview with Omar Kamara, director of Mass Ave What did you aim at exploring through the difficult relationship between the father and his son?As a first-generation Sierra Leonean American, the differences between me and my immigrant father were always incredibly apparent to me. We didn’t view life or process emotions the same way. Due to this fact, my father and I were constantly […]

Interview with Clémence Le Gall, director of Le Chant du feu [The Light’s Song] Why did you choose a lighthouse as the setting for your film? Did you want to explore the impact of automation? I grew up close to the sea, in Loire Atlantique. The coastline always seemed to be an interesting place to film. In this space, there is an indescribable […]

Interview with Maythem Ridha, director of Ali and His Miracle Sheep How did you come across Ali and learn about his fate?In 2018, I was shooting in Iraq an ongoing film and photography passion project called “Tear Maker”. I came across many people leading sheep to sacrifice for the souls of their deceased relatives. I photographed them and those images haunted me. I […]

Interview with Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau and Yannick Nolin, directors of Belle River How interested are you in the issue of climate change and do you plan on making more films on this topic?The issue of climate change concerns all three of us, and we expect it will be part of our future work at different levels. Given the upcoming upheavals, it will […]

Interview with Victoria Negreiros Guedes and Júlia Dordetti Fávero, directors of Como respirar fora d’água [How to breathe out of water] Your film deals with police brutality and with affirming one’s identity in front of our family, our community. What draws you to explore these topics?By facing the urge to conceive a short film as a project, we were all eager to shoot […]

Interview with Marion Harlez Citti, director of Ce n’est rien [Shush Tony] In Ce n’est rien, to what extent did you want to address the issue of breakups? Do you plan on making any more films on this topic?I wanted to talk about the influence a relationship has and how difficult it is to break up when in this kind of relationship. Separation […]

Interview with Francesco Romano, director of Ambasciatori Ambasciatori evokes the violence of a hidden community, in which older men try to buy sex from two young albanian men. How did you decide on this topic and protagonists to make a film about?For my works I always tend to start and be inspired by the reality that I live or observe.  I learned of […]