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  Interview with Elie Girard, director of Les mauvais garçons [One and Thousand Nights]  Can you tell us how your film, Les mauvais garçons, came about? It’s the story of three young men whose friendship is thrown into chaos when one of them is set to become a father. I first wrote the story as a radioplay for France Culture. A series of ten […]

  Interview with Lev Lewis, director of Every Day’s Like This Every Day’s Like This is a compelling short about assisted death. How did you tackle this sensitive topic? Since the film is largely autobiographical, I exclusively used my experience with the subject to guide me. Although medically assisted death is still a contentious political topic, my film is focussed on people who are […]

  Interview with Xacio Baño, director of Augas abisais [Deep Waters] How did the reference to deep-sea fish come to your mind? What were your intentions, were you interested in the adaptation ability shown by deep-sea fish to reinforce your point? I always try to find new forms of expression with all the elements of the film language. Light is one of the most […]

  Interview with Marion Le Corroller, director of Dieu n’est plus médecin [No More God in Doctor] How did you get the inspiration for Dieu n’est plus médecin? Have you ever worked in a medical environment? The idea for the film came while I was chatting with a young doctor friend over coffee. She was exhausted, on the verge of burnout, and had developed […]

  Interview with Alexandra Májová, director of Pračka [Washing Machine] To somebody who hasn’t seen Pračka, how would you introduce it? My humorous and minimalist film is a remarkable parable of human relationships. But in this film, a man isn’t trying to solve problems with a woman, but with a troublesome home appliance. What was the biggest challenge while creating Pračka, and why? The film was shot […]

  Interview with Kosuke Okahara, director of blue affair How did you get the inspiration for blue affair? blue affair is my long-term project in a town called Koza, in Okinawa. This is a photographic project, but I was quite aware this should be made as a video art/film (photography can end up different form not only photographic prints or books) . As the […]

  Interview with Alice Fargier, director of Le temps d’une nuit [The Time of Night] Where did the idea for Le temps d’une nuit come from? A friend of mine disappeared without giving any signs of life for several months. When I found her at a party at someone’s house who I barely knew, she was euphoric and I hardly recognized her. The three […]

  Interview with Anna Szöllősi, director of Helfer  How would you describe the crisis the woman is facing? To what extent is the helper helping? The woman is struggling with anxiety and has an intense fear of death. She also has constant nightmares about drowning. She wants to become free from this existential fear and is asking for immortality from the helper. The helper […]

  Interview with Adrian Figueroa, director of Letters from Silivri How did you find out about Osman Kavala’s incarceration? Did you know his work before he’s been arrested? I did know about Osman Kavala’s work before he got arrested. In 2014, I worked on a theatre production about the Armenian genocide. As part of the research, we travelled through Anatolia. Osman Kavala and his […]

  Interview with Elsa Rysto, director of Love Hurts What was the spark for your film Love Hurts?  It all started with writing a film about youth and violence. Before I started writing, I realized that many of my favorite films had these two subjects as major themes (Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, Gus Van Sant’s Elephant, Haneke’s Funny Games, and James Cameron’s Terminator 2, […]