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  Interview with Tito Gonzalez García, director of Sphinx What interested you in the Oedipus character and in particular the episode where he meets the Sphinx? I think it’s the question of the riddle. I learned it when I was young without really knowing where it came from nor what it meant. The idea of the “monster” is another aspect that I’ve been working […]

  Interview with Sarah Blok and Lisa Konno, codirectors of Baba What motivated you to tell Baba’s story? Baba (Ceylan Utlu) is a very interesting character because of his ambiguity. On the one hand he is a very well educated, erudite, smart man and on the other hand, he completely denies that life didn’t quite go according to plan. Ceylan came from Turkey to […]

  Interview with Nicolas Birkenstock, director of Ourse Where did you get the idea to explore sleepwalking? I think it began with an image. An image of Armande Boulanger (the actress who plays Ourse) wandering empty alleyways, along railroad tracks, in a forest from a fairytale. I had just completed shooting a film with her though she was only 15 and I found that […]

  Interview with Salar Pashtoonyar, director of Bad Omen Can you tell us more about your choice of title? We were at a wedding ceremony. I was probably around 12 years old. One of the wedding traditions is that guests go up to the stage to take photos with the bride and groom. I noticed my mom didn’t participate in that. I asked her […]

  Interview with Matías Ganz, Director of Martin est tombé d’un toit [Martin fell from a roof] Where did your inspiration for Martin est tombé d’un toit come from? I imagined the story of Martin est tombé d’un toit after reading an enlightening investigation about construction workers who initiate legal action against their bosses subsequent to work-related accidents. All of the cases had been […]

  Interview with Bertille Estramon, director of Chienne [Bitch] What motivated you to tell this story? I started out wanting to make a film about the feeling of injustice. I thought back on the events that I had experienced or the stories I had been told… Then, I wanted to see a strong female character, who doesn’t let herself be pushed around. I wanted […]

  Interview with Saïd Hamich, director of Le Départ [The Departure] How did you shoot the film and how did you go about casting? I shot in a suburb of Casablanca, in a new middle-class neighborhood that is popular with Moroccans who reside abroad, in the town of Had Soualem. These vacant lots, these buildings in the middle of nowhere… It is a very […]

  Interview with Zoé Pelchat, director of Lune [Moon] Why did you choose to title the film Lune? Because the main character repeats a mantra throughout the film that says “Je mérite la lune” which means “I deserve the moon” – I deserve the very best. Because of that the moon (lune) kind of became the emblem of the film. In the film, Babz, […]

  Interview with Noé Debré, director of On n’est pas des animaux [We’re Not Animals] Where did you get the idea for On n’est pas des animaux? Just like in the film, a friend of mine’s ex-girlfriend created an Instagram account that became really popular for militating in favor of female orgasm. I thought that situation was funny. I also really wanted to make a […]

  Interview with Stefan Langthaler, director of Fabiu To somebody who hasn’t seen the movie, how would you introduce it? Fabiu is a film about aging and unfulfilled desires. It’s the story of an old man who is confronted with suppressed longing when a young caregiver comes into his life. Under the eyes of his seriously ill wife, the old man struggles with his feelings, but […]