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  Interview with Marc Reisbig, director of Working with Animals    That’s a very original idea and very apt when it comes to the short format. Can you tell us a bit more about it? The idea came about when I was invited to go to Galapagos and I decided I wanted to make a film while I was there. I have always loved […]

  Interview with Volker Schlecht, codirector and animator of Kaputt    How did you learn about Hoheneck? This is for Max Mönch and Alexander Lahl, the scriptwriters – I’ve learned about it only when I was involved in the project.  Are the voices we hear the original testimonies or actors? How did you select the testimonies from the whole collected data? The voices are […]

  Interview with Isabelle Mayor and Zee Ntuli, directors of Lokoza    Themba looks much younger than Khanya, his best friend. How old were the characters supposed to be in the scenario? Was this choice motivated or specifically necessary? The age difference between the two characters is very much a conscious decision, made to explore the delicate difference in world view between pre-teens and […]

  Interview with Florian Fischer and Johannes Krell, directors of Kaltes Tal     What attracted you first: the limestone’s “cycle” or its beauty as a white dust cover? We came up with the topic through our last film Still Life. We shot a part of the film at a lake that was created by a shut down lime-mining. So the water was Caribbean-blue due to […]

  Interview with Yong Zeng, director of Shit    How did you get the inspiration for Shit? Why were you interested in depicting this artist’s life and his special encounter? Movie is a dream that I always want to fulfill. I am a painter, hence I know well about the art circle and their lives. The leading actor is actually my friend, who is a bottom […]

  Interview with Claudia Muñiz, director of Con Sana Alegria    Firstly, could you tell us a bit more about your choice of title? The title responds to a fragment of the Cuban Happy Birthday song “que lo pases con sana alegría”. It is meant to be ironic since it means that you will have a day full of joy and health. This is […]

  Interview with Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret, directors of Chasse royale (Royal Hunt)    Why were you interested in this period of adolescence? We met while working on an open casting call for a feature-length film where we were looking for young teens who had no experience on set. Chasse Royale is the result of the encounters we made during this casting call. […]

  Interview with Jackson Kroopf, director of BobbyAnna    What motivated you to tell Bobby and Anna’s story? I worked at a youth center in East Oakland for three years called Youth UpRising. While working there, I was working with a young woman who had been kicked out of a homeless shelter the night before because she was pregnant, which was against the shelter’s […]

  Interview with Jannis Lenz, director of Wannabe    Firstly, could you tell us about the actual Coco Channel on YouTube? What was the strategy you had in mind? How long are you planning to have it open? For me, it is very important to find the right format that relates best to the idea I want to explore. Because YouTube has played an […]

  Interview with Héloïse Pelloquet, director of The Age of Sirens    Why were you interested in this period of late adolescence and Mattis’ path? I already made a film with young actors two years ago, when they were at the boundary between childhood and adolescence. It was called Comme une grande (Like a Grown-up) and Imane had the starring role. Mattis played her […]