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  Interview with Wei Hu, director of Ce qui nous éloigne (What Separates Us)    Why did you want to depict such a strong bond in your film? I let instinct and my own sensibilities play a large part in the choice of my topics. One thing that is special about cinema is the access it gives to the promiscuousness of being. That is […]

  Interview with Guillaume Orignac, director of Cinq nuits (Five Nights)   Why were you interested in the grieving period? It wasn’t grief so much that interested me, but the way all of daily life’s affairs are put on hold for people who are most affected by the loss of a loved one. The starting point of the film is fed by anxieties, large […]

  Interview with Elettra Pierantoni, scriptwriter of Semiliberi (Half Free)     What do you mean by Semiliberi? Would you say Alessandra is “half-free” after what she decides to do? Semiliberi is a play on words and it means that Alessandra will be half free, but the word “semi liberi” also stands for “free semen” so it’s a pun which refers to the prisoners’ […]

  Interview with Marine Feuillade and Maxence Stamatiadis, directors of Kymco    Your trio of characters are under 18 years of age. What interested you about that time in one’s life? We wanted melancholy and the way one feels the weight of one’s environment, and that it  not be a question of age or maturity. Our characters spend their time doing any and all […]

  Interview with Catherine Buffat and Jean-Luc Gréco, directors of Alphonse s’égare    Why were you interested in social relations among young people, and in this case boys, at the precise moment when they are transitioning toward autonomy and adulthood? It could have just as easily been girls. The frustrations and impulses are identical. It’s a time in life when everything is heightened: feelings, […]

  Interview with Pierre-Emmanuel Urcun, director of Rase campagne   How did you choose the shooting location? The Monts d’Arrée are a very particular place known to everyone in Finistere. It’s a place that feels out of time. With its ochre colors and its ancient mountains with their distinctive rocks, it’s a place for hiking and escape. I have often gone roaming there. I […]

  Interview with Jonas Odell, director of Jag Var En Vinnare (I Was a Winner)    What interested you in the theme of game addiction? There were two starting points for the idea for the film. One was something I remembered from years back, when we used to have a Playstation game console set up in the place where I worked. People used to […]

  Interview with Maxime Bruneel, director of Olga    What interested you about the opening sequence in the bathtub? Were you deliberately trying to create a misunderstanding? Indeed, deliberate misunderstanding was intended. It was important for me to open the film with a kind of prologue detached from the rest of the story. This way, the ambiguous relationship could be depicted without immediately showing […]

  Interview with Jeanne Paturle and Cécile Rousset, directors of Et ta prostate, ça va ? (So, How’s the Prostate?)    How did you go about getting the audio for the film? Is there a documentary dimension, or was that a script read by actors? It’s all documentary! (Well, almost.) We wanted to write a script about family communication / talking about your sexuality / […]

  Interview with Lee Hanjong, director of Blues with me    First of all, could you explain the title, Blues with me?  The title refers to the main character’s will to interact with people around him. His gestures that make him look like he is dancing are an ironical expression about his desperate situation.  I found myself both laughing and wanting to cry. In […]