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Interview with Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz, co-directors of Flounder The film deals with masculinity, rituals and loyalty. Can you tell me what inspired you to make it? What real life experiences led you to write about these topics?We came of age as young men, surrounded by toxic masculinity.  It was pervasive in many facets of our lives, from sports teams and youth […]

Interview with Gabriel González Acosta, director of Concertina Why were you interested into brotherhood? Do you have further projects in mind on this theme?I was interested in brotherhood because of the intimacy that it entails. I wanted to explore the intimacy of language that exists between brothers, all the unspoken ways of communicating, verbally, physically, emotionally that develop over time, in the private […]

Interview with Anne-Sophie Bailly, director of La Ventrière [The Midwife] Why did you choose to use the Middle Ages to tell this story? And why set it in the Jura mountains?The Middle Ages is a very broad historical period, and is sometimes very caricatured. In the film, I depict the late Middle Ages, or even the early Renaissance, around 1600, and that’s a […]

Entretien avec Assaad Khoueiry, réalisateur de A Broken Fan Can you tell us more about the conditions that have led your protagonist to take action? When you are the only breadwinner in your family and you have to provide them with food and the most basic needs of life, pay the school tuition fees, the rent and the bills. Then you find yourself jobless […]

Interview with Rakan Mayasi, director of Trumpets in the Sky Is the character of Boushra based on someone you know?The character of Boushra, if we speak about characterization, is not based on anyone. The destiny of Boushra, the idea of being forced to marry someone at 14 years old is based on my grandmother’s story. My grandmother was forced to get married when […]

Interview with Janloup Bernard, director of J’avais un camarade [I Had a Comrad] Why did you choose a military school as the setting for your story? Is it an environment that you know well? In my previous short films, I have already explored exclusively male environments. In choosing a military institution as the setting, I wanted to explore the theme of virility in a […]

Interview with Daniel Cook, director of The Bayview Tell us more about the Bayview. How did you come across the place? How familiar are you with the area?The Bayview sits on the edge of a traditional fishing village called Macduff in the North East Coast of Scotland. Over the last few years, the local youth who live there are choosing other less risky […]

Interview with Youri Orekhoff, director of Balaclava What does Balaclava mean?It’s the name given to ski masks that cover almost the whole face, so you don’t get cold when you’re skiing, but also when you’re pretending to be a robber. Was your desire to make a short film about the characters Nadja and Tina, two young burglars, what guided the script, or was it […]

Interview with Victor Trifilieff, director of Les Curiosités du mal [The Hunt of the Unicorn] Could you tell us how you came up with the title? What do you think of the English translation?I like it when a film’s title has a certain poetry to it, a hint of mystery even before you’ve seen the first images in it. I’d rather the title […]

Interview with Louis Bhose, director of Calving What was your inspiration for Calving?I like films that feel like they hint at a theme or allegory below the surface but can also be enjoyed as entertainment. That might be Possession or Us or The Magnificent Ambersons or any number of films, but it’s certainly what gets me excited. When I watch a film, I […]