Brasserie du court

  • F–TheElevator-3-RVB
    3 February 2023
    By Clotilde Couturier

    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 […]

  • F–RienDImportant-1-RVB
    3 February 2023
    By Clotilde Couturier

    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 […]

  • I-SummerRain-2-RVB
    3 February 2023
    By Abla Kandalaft

    Interview with Shao Tzu Lin, director of Summer Rain  What did you want to explore through Kao Li-Hsuan and Kao Cheng-Hsuan’s relationship?During the pandemic in 2021, I went back to my hometown and spent two months with my mom and my brother. Although we had our phones to use and spent so much time on social media, we still felt very bored. Ten years […]

  • I-Bergie-1-RVB
    2 February 2023
    By Élise Loiseau

    Interview with Dian Weys, director of Bergie What was the starting point of Bergie? There were three elements that lead to Bergie’s conception. I live in Cape Town where it is a very common sight to see people sleeping on sidewalks. I heard a story about a person that was homeless who died, but people thought he was sleeping. I wondered for a long […]

  • I-Escasso-1-RVB
    2 February 2023
    By Abla Kandalaft

    Interview with Clara Anastácia and Gabriela Gaia Meirelles, co-directors of Escasso  What inspired you to make a mockumentary? It’s quite an original format! Clara: I wanted to portray the performative state of the present time. Not only the scene’s time, but also the speech, which always appears to be spontaneous. Inspired by YouTube videos and the works of the documentary maker Eduardo Coutinho, I […]

  • F–LeJourOùJÉtaisPerdu-1-RVB
    2 February 2023
    By Abla Kandalaft

    Interview with Soufiane Adel, director of Le Jour où j’étais perdu [One Day When I Was Lost]  alk to us about the bond that unites the Voyager and Alain’s journey.The Voyager space mission was started by NASA in the 70s with the goal of exploring the solar system and of sending signals of our societies on Earth to potential alien civilizations. It was […]

  • I-NowhereFloat-1-RVB
    2 February 2023
    By Élise Loiseau

    Interview with Fan Zhang, director of Nowhere Float What inspired you to tell the story of Xiaomei?Xiaomei is a Liuquin opera actress who escapes from her hometown Cangshan, doing house cleaning work in Shanghai. When she returns to Cangshan to her distanced relatives, her estranged husband and her mother with Alzheimer’s, she has mixed feelings. She wants to take her mother to live […]

  • I-Mulika-1-RVB
    2 February 2023
    By Élise Loiseau

    Interview with Maisha Maene, director of Mulika What was the starting point of Mulika?    The idea of Mulika came when I was questionning the future of Congo, a country with gigantic mineral deposits but with a population that does not benefit from them. As an Afrofuturist filmmaker I wanted to imagine a future for my country and create a way to escape the exploitation […]

  • I-Hafra’at Hitmotetut Hamoshava-1-RVB
    1 February 2023
    By Élise Loiseau

    Interview with Amos Holzman, director of Hafra’at Hitmotetut Hamoshava [Colony Collapse Disorder] Your film deals with two young Israelis, one trying to escape compulsory military service. Why did you want to tell their story?It’s easy to forget sometimes, that soldiers are teenagers. They get drafted at 18, and being expected to abruptly cut off their adolescence. I wanted to present the discord of the teenage […]

  • I-Cut-2-RVB
    1 February 2023
    By Clotilde Couturier

    Interview with Min-zun Son, director of Cut What was the starting point for Cut? I always have a longing for acting in the field. However, the minor actor didn’t have a chance. What if I’m the main character? I came to think of the short film Cut with this thought.  What was your cinematic inspiration for Cut?  I just wanted to act. However, I didn’t have […]

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