Festival

Watch the interview with the Greek filmmaker Isabella Margara about her short film Nothing Holier than a Dolphin selected in the 2023 International Competition (I9 programme).

Watch the interview with the Taiwanese filmmaker Tang Hao about his short film Burning selected in the 2023 International Competition (I13 programme).

Watch the interview with the Greek filmmaker Thanasis Neofotistos about his short film Airhostess-737 selected in the 2023 International Competition (I8 programme).

Watch the interview with the German filmmaker Nikita Diakur about his short film Backflip selected in the 2023 Lab Competition (L3 programme).

Watch the interview with the Danish filmmaker Lasse Lyskjær Noer about his short film Ridder Lykke selected in the 2023 International Competition (I13 programme).

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Jean-Sébastien Chauvinabout his short film Le Roi qui contemplait la mer selected in the 2023 National Competition (F5 programme).

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Manon Tacconi about her short film La Bouche en cœur selected in the 2023 National Competition (F12 programme).

Interview with Dong Jiang, director of The Elevator How did you come up with the idea for The Elevator?The original idea came from a television news piece that talked about elevators being installed as part of building renovations in older neighborhoods. In May 2019, in a Starbucks in Beijing, I pitched the idea to Jing Su and Li Ge, the producers of my earlier […]

Interview with François Robic, director of Rien d’important  Where did you get the idea for Rien d’important?  After making a documentary where I’d filmed my sister and her friends I wanted to make a fiction film with people who hadn’t acted before, who would play themselves in directed improvisations, which we reworked live during shooting. I also wanted to make a film simply, with a […]

Watch the interview with the American filmmaker Jamil McGinnis about his short film as time passes selected in the 2023 Lab Competition (L1 programme).