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  Interview with Mara Cerri and Magda Guidi, codirectors of Sogni al Campo  Is the boy based on someone you know or some kind of personal story? The child does not represent anyone in particular, he is any child who finds himself facing growing up. Of course the story contains fragments from our own lives, but it becomes a universal story. Can you tell […]

  Interview with Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan, director of Hilum (Remedy) Can you explain the choice of title? Hilum means two different things in our language. In the Tagalog language, “hilum/hilom” means “remedy”, while in the Visayan language it means “silence”. I grew up in Manila where we speak Tagalog, while my mother grew up in the Visayan region where they speak Bisaya – […]

  Interview with Vincent Tricon, director of À propos de Lanzarote en général et de Michel Houellebecq en particulier [About Lanzarote in General and Michel Houellebecq in Particular] How did the idea for the film come about? I was tickled by the idea of showing Houellebecq vacationing. On holiday, this sacred monster of literature looks like anybody else with his flip-flops and sunburn. It’s […]

  Interview with Xavier Seron, director of Sprötch  Spoiler alert! What a surprising film, going from laughter to horror. Tell us a bit about the choice of tone and the change of tone. Black humor is quite a peculiar thing. We laugh at what seems to be inappropriate. And the death of a child is certainly one of the worst things imaginable. However, it […]

  Interview with Nyima Cartier, director of L’homme silencieux [A Quiet Man] What made you want to tell the story of Vincent Blanchot? Is the character based on a real person? A few years ago I read Melville’s short story Bartleby. It takes place on Wall Street in the 1850s and tells the story of Bartleby, an accountant who ceases working one day and […]

  Interview with Suzannah Mirghani, director of Al-Sit This is a very moving story. Is it based on personal experience or someone you know? The story of the arranged marriage depicted in my film Al-Sit is a common one in Sudan and the norm for many Sudanese families. While I did not personally experience an arranged marriage, I grew up in this cultural environment […]

  Interview with Adriano Valerio, director of The Nightwalk  How did you meet Jarvis? Did he easily open up to you? Jarvis is one of my best friends. We have been friends for years, and have always been very close. The only gap in our correspondence was just after he moved to Shanghai. I now understand why, the reason being one of the film’s […]

  Interview with Wei-Lin Hung, director of K’s Room–the Creation and Destruction of the World Why has Ke Qi-Hua’s life been an inspiration for this film? Have you provided English language courses yourself? Ke Qi-Hua was a well-known teacher of English grammar in Taiwan. Despite that his book the New English Grammar has been one of the most popular textbooks for English learning since […]

  Interview with Jean Costa, director of Gare aux coquins [Naughty Spot] What are the documentary elements and what are the fictional elements of this short film? How did you film this journey? This film is based on my personal experience using apps in Corsica. All the replies and insults towards Tonio, I received them myself word-for-word. Oracle is a real person I met […]

  Interview with Rayka Zehtabchi and Sam Davis, directors of Are You Still There? You created three great female characters, and the daughter-mother bond is really well depicted. What can you tell us about the character development? Rayka: Spoiler alert here. The story is very personal. My father passed away during my first year of college. Despite pressure from my family and friends to […]