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  Interview with Arkadij Khaet and Mickey Paatzch, directors of Masel Tov Cocktail The short deals with identity and stereotypes. What has drawn you to make a film about this issue? This project was the third-year project in film school. Every film student has heard the phrase “Make something of your own life reality.” Hence, it all started with this idea: What does it […]

  Interview with Emma Qian Xu and Leopold Dewolf, directors of Nantong Nights What was the starting point for Nantong Nights? Emma: Nantong Nights came about from my desire to make a film about my hometown of Nantong and the way it’s changed. My town, like many Chinese cities, has changed dramatically over the years. When I go back there, it’s always a bit […]

  Interview with Alexe Poukine, director of Palma Can you explain your choice of title? During the preparatory stages and the shooting of the film, the project was called Kiki, after the class mascot. The film was written as a tragi-comedy, but the project went through a transformation as time went on. At the end of editing, we realized that the original title didn’t […]

  Interview with Anastasiia Ksenofontova, director of Fabrichnaya etnografiya [Ethnography of Factories] Fabrichnaya etnografiya shows the unseen and the unknown: the daily life of the workers of a factory in Russia. What is it that has drawn you to do a documentary on this subject? It’s quite simple. The opportunity presented itself. How did you decide which images to use to illustrate the subject? I […]

  Interview with Alberto Vázquez, director of Homeless Home Why did you want to relate the appearance of the characters to famous mystical figures (sorceress, ghost, devil, etc.)? I liked the idea of ​working with witches, ogres, orcs and wizards to delve into current social issues, because although the protagonists of the short film are monsters, their problems are very human: economic crisis, depopulation, […]

  Interview with Bastien Dubois, director of Souvenir Souvenir What was your thought process over the years about the desire or need to address this topic, which touches your inner circle as well as the narrative of National History? Hello, so first of all thank you for this interview and thank you for allowing our films to be seen at this time! It’s a […]

  Interview with Chia-Hua Chin, director of Lucky Draw  What motivated you to explore this story and give it the backdrop of Taiwan’s reintroduced death penalty? In 2010, Taiwan Minister of Justice, Tseng Yung-fu, demanded the reinstatement of the death penalty which had been suspend for four years. One of the senior bailiffs who was in charge of the mission suddenly decided to retire. […]

  Interview with Theo Montoya, director of Son of Sodom How have you met Camilo Najar? I met Camilo 6 years ago at a party. When I saw him, he immediately caught my attention, he was a special guy, with his curly hair, and super thin. Besides that, he had an overwhelming personality. I will always remember a phrase that he told me “I […]

  Interview with Martin Jauvat, director of Le sang de la veine  Can you explain the film’s title? “Le sang de la veine” [literally, “blood of the vein”] is a term of affection you use for people you’re really close to, your best friends, people you consider your family, who you have special bonds of trust and tenderness with. Calling someone “blud” isn’t offhand, […]

  Interview with Öykü Orhan, director of Paydos [Break-Off] What has drawn you to the story of this mother struggling to feed her family? First of all, I should say that I am very happy that Paydos is shown at the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival because Paydos is very important for me. It is my first film and story of Zeliha is a real […]