Festival

Game over! The correct answer was: Gelem by Alon Sahar (L2 programme) . During all the week, you can win two invitations for the Festival screenings, twice a day! Here is track from Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival to win the game “For whom the short tolls?” You must find the exact title of this film, the complete director’s name, AND the programm in which […]

  Interview with Jeanik Barot, director of Le déserteur [The Deserter]  Why were you interested in adolescence? I think it’s a fascinating period. We can often be influenced by what we’re presented with, yet we also construct our own first great certainties. I like that paradox. Moroever, it’s a watershed moment; I think it determines not a few things that come after. My initial […]

The leg is over! The correct answer was: Blanquette by Charlie Belin (I8 programme). During all the week, you can win two invitations for the Festival screenings, twice a day! Here is track from Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival to win the game “For whom the short tolls?” You must find the exact title of this film, the complete director’s name, AND the programm in which the short is […]

  Interview with Cédric Dupire, director of Journal afghan [Afghan Diary] How did you come up with the idea of making Journal afghan ? I came across the film and audio tapes of Dimitri and Christine’s 1965 trip to the Near East and Middle East by chance. I started by watching the films. At that particular time, I was especially touched to find tourist […]

  Interview with Jean-Luc Dang, director of Chalon First off, could you tell us where exactly Chalon is? It’s Chalon-sur-Saône, near Lyon. There are several Chalons, so the choice of title was also intentionally ambiguous. My story could very well have taken place somehwere else… How long did you live in Chalon and how long has it been since you left? I was born […]

Game over! The correct answer was: Amazonas by Carlos Piñeiro (I11 programme) . During all the week, you can win two invitations for the Festival screenings, twice a day! Here is track #3 from Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival to win the game “For whom the short tolls ?” You must find the exact title of this film, the complete director’s name, AND the programm […]

  Interview with Armand Lameloise, director of Je ne suis pas un cygne [I Am Not a Swan]  Why did you decide to make a comedy about prostitution? I didn’t decide that. When I started thinking about this story, what interested me was a sense of out-of-placeness, something along the lines of surrealism, night, Cocteau’s Les enfants terribles [The Holy Terrors], talking about a […]

Agnès Varda inaugure l’amphithéâtre qui portera son nom (ex Gergovia), ici en compagnie de notre président Jean-Claude Saurel © Sauve qui peut le court métrage, Rémi Boissau Agnès Varda inaugure l’amphithéâtre qui portera son nom (ex Gergovia) © Sauve qui peut le court métrage, Rémi Boissau Agnès Varda inaugure l’amphithéâtre qui portera son nom (ex Gergovia) © Sauve qui peut le court métrage, Rémi […]

  Interview with Matthieu Vigneau, director of Jason Krist How did you come up with the idea for Jason Krist ? Initially, I only had Jason, a young homeless man who lives in his car, like many people do. Then a missing young woman. It was only later that the Christ-figure came up. He had to pay for the others, and besides I got a […]

  Interview with Arthur Cahn, director of Au loin les dinosaures [Dinosaurs In the Distance] How did you come up with the idea for Au loin les dinosaures ? I had just finished La Fémis [The National Film School] and wrapped up writing a feature film with writing support from the CNC [National Film Center]. I couldn’t find a producer for it. It was a little naive […]