Festival

Interview with Pierre Schlesser, director of L’Huile et le Fer [Iron and Oil] What interested you about the machine noises and gestural movements shown in the film?First off, I wanted to talk about bodies exhausted from labor. So I lingered on repetitive movements that wear you out. And then, I think it’s the philosopher Giorgio Agamben who says of films that they’re “the […]

Watch the interview with the Italian filmmaker Francesco Romano about his short film Ambasciatori selected in the 2022 International Competition (I8 programme).

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Annabelle Amoros about her short film Churchill, Polar Bear Town selected in the 2022 National Competition (F5 programme).

Interview with Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard, Nicolas Mayeur, Étienne Moulin, Hadrien Pinot, Lisa Vicente, Philippine Singer, Alice Letailleur, co-directors of Les Larmes de la Seine [Seine’s Tears] Was the choice to focus on the demonstration of 17 October 1961 generally agreed upon, or was it the subject of discussion within the group?As we were discussing what sort of film we were going to […]

Watch the interview with the French-Tunisian filmmaker Lotfi Achour about his short film Angle mort selected in the 2022 Lab Competition.

Interview with Andrea Szelesová, director of Sestry [Sisters] Can you tell us a bit about your inspiration and the story behind the story of Sestry?I thought for a long time what my graduation movie would be about. I had too many emotions I struggled to express. Problems at home, a loved one struggling with addiction and myself struggling with my self-worth. Many ideas had […]

Interview with Laure Desmazières, director of Voyage à Santarém [Trip to Santarem] What inspired you to make this film?It’s a mix between my own personal experience and the temperament of my actress, Julia Perazzini. Julia had a small role in my previous film. I love her composure, her wit, her sometimes explosive presence. She has something you can love and hate. I wanted […]

Interview with Marian Freistühler, director of Die Geheimnisvollen Inseln [Islands in the City] Did the lockdowns and more generally the pandemic draw you to make a film that deals with the ideas of longing and loneliness?It may sound paradoxical, but what I observed during the first contact restrictions was the opposite of loneliness. There were a few weeks in Hamburg’s spring 2020 when […]

Watch the interview with the Belgian filmmaker Youri Orekhoff about his short film Balaclava selected in the 2022 International Competition (I13 programme).

Watch the interview with the French-Portuguese filmmaker Cristèle Alves Meira about her short film Tchau tchau selected in the 2022 National Competition (F8 programme).