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Interview with Steven Fraser, director of Prosopagnosia How did you get to know prosopagnosia?  Several years ago, I was going through the diagnosis process for autism. At this time, I was speaking to different doctors and specialists who asked my many questions on how I interact with people. During this time, they realised it was a possibility that I also may have prosopagnosia, which […]

Interview with Fan Sissoko, director of On the Surface Has animation always been an area of interest to you?I’ve always loved animation, as a child of course, but also as a grown up. It’s such a beautiful and fascinating process. But it hasn’t been part of my practice until On the Surface. It’s my first animated short. Your film explores difficult topics such […]

Interview with Olivier Bayu Gandrille, director of TNT Why did you choose to set the story during the 2005 riots? It wasn’t so much a choice as a desire to stay true to my operating principle: my initial intention was to talk about a part of my teenage years in the suburbs of Paris. As it happens, those years were strongly marked by the deaths […]

Interview with Simon London, director of That Workman’s Arm What motivated you to tell the story of these two characters? What did you want to explore through their relationship?I was interested in telling a story about understanding. I wanted to bring two characters together who might see each other in a unique and forgiving way, even though they have been pitted against each […]

Interview with Julien Regnard, director of Ronde de nuit [Night Watch]  Where did you get the idea for the couple in the film? The story in the film is based largely on my personal life. It’s coated over by the animation, the genre, the film’s atmosphere, all that… But the story is still pretty autobiographical.  How would you describe your animation style?  Réactionnaire ? Non le […]

Interview with Michael Bohnenstingl, director of Slouch  How personal is the story? Are you basing it on experience or someone you know?  Back in Ludwigsburg I spent a lot of time making music and hanging out at our rehearsal room complex with other musicians. At some point I noticed an interesting paradox: many of the musicians (especially the good ones) felt that their inspiration came from […]

Interview with Gerhard Funk, director of A Goat’s Spell Why did you choose a goat for spellmaker?In short – because of a very early childhood memory involving a goat. The episode was absolutely insignificant and there is no reason why I should have retained that memory, except for the fact that it was a somewhat weird experience even for a child. In detail […]

Interview with Aurélie Reinhorn, director of Son Altesse Protocole Why did you want to make a film in an amusement park? Were you inspired by a similar park that you’ve been to?I wanted to talk about insecure employment by looking at the mechanics of oppression and domination, where cynicism reached a peak when managerial techniques adopted the idea of “happiness at work”. Those […]

  Interview with Stéphan Castang, director of Finale What was the starting point for your film, Finale? The film stems from several desires: talking to old people. I was raised by old people and have a certain fondness for them. I also wanted to work or work again with actors whose talent and human qualities I appreciated in equal measures: Chantal Joblon, François Chattot […]

  Interview with Judah Finnigan, director of Workshop Is this workshop based on anything you’ve actually done in real life? I’ve never done a workshop quite like this one. As I started writing the short, I’d just gotten back from a very intense directing workshop in L.A., which involved a lot of physically charged exercises and role-play. I’d also been doing therapy for a year or […]