Festival

Watch the interview with the English filmmaker Louis Bhose about his short film Calving selected in the 2022 International Competition (I4 programme).

Watch the interview with the French filmmakers Laetitia de Montalembert and Faustine Crespy about their short film Cataracte selected in the 2022 National Competition (F4 programme).

Watch the interview with the Belgian filmmaker Olivier van Malderghem about his short film Au circuit selected in the 2022 Lab Competition (L3 programme).

Watch the interview with the Palestinian-Iraqi filmmaker Zena Agha and the English filmmaker Dorothy Allen-Pickard about their short film The Place that Is Ours selected in the 2022 International Competition (I9 programme).

Interview with Sara Szymanska, director of Pięć Minut Starsza [Five Minutes Older] Pięć Minut Starsza deals with sisterhood and identity. What did you wish to explore in the relationship between the two sisters?I actually have a twin sister myself, and I always felt that this relationship shaped my identity in very specific ways. Me and Nadia are very close, we look similar, we […]

Interview with Nieto, director of Swallow the Universe How have you heard of Daichi’s work?I was in Japan shooting a documentary about pets of Tokyo. I visited a club of old ladies with pets “love pets of Tokyo” there I met this estrange old woman who wanted to join the club, she has not a pet, but she has a grandson she considers […]

Interview with Špela Čadež, director of Steakhouse What was your inspiration for Steakhouse?I have always been interested in the phenomenon of interpersonal relationships. Psychological violence was one of the topics I had long wanted to explore. It’s something that seems so far, and then suddenly you realize you’re drowning in its vortex. Steakhouse is an emotionally evocative piece but is never didactic nor […]

Interview with Leonardo Martinelli, director of Fantasma Neon [Neon Phantom] What is your link to musicals and how did you come up with the idea of making Fantasma Neon a musical?I believe Brazil has some of the best composers in the world. The use of music in national cinema has always been keen, but musical cinema itself has never had many resources to […]

Interview with Sein Lyan Tun, director of Late Blooming in a Lonely Summer Day What was the importance of writing and creating a film like Late Blooming in a Lonely Summer Day that focuses on the desire a middle-aged woman feels for a younger coworker?As I have been working on women rights projects for years and I find that Myanmar is male dominated […]

Interview with Yoriko Mizushiri, director of Anxious Body How much is your creativity committed to the depiction of sensations and feelings? How did you work on this aspect for Anxious body specifically?I am not interested in giving a meaning or message through my work. Instead, I want to connect with the audience by expressing sensations and feelings that can be conveyed without a […]