cinema

Interview with Jean-Baptiste Alazard, director of Saint Jean-Baptiste [Saint John the Baptist] Where do the film’s images come from? Can you tell us more about the local festivals?The film is composed of images from two “sources”. There are shots that I took myself, from a kind of journal that I’ve kept for the last ten years, or forgotten drafts. I filmed these shots […]

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Théo Jollet about his short film Le Boug Doug selected in the 2022 Lab Competition.

Interview with Joanna Kozuch, director of Bolo Raz Jedno More… [Once There Was a Sea…] What made you decide to shoot a film about the situation of the Aral Sea region? Can you tell us a bit about the context of your visit there in 2008?The idea of making this film came to mind during my 6-week trip to Central Asia in 2008. […]

Interview with Amélie Bonnin, director of Partir un jour [Bye Bye] How did you come up with the character Julien? Why did you choose Normandy? The idea was simply the personal sense that I have of belonging to the place where I grew up, and of always having this ambiguous feeling each time I go back. On the one hand I tell myself I […]

Interview with Gulistan Mirzaei and Elizabeth Mirzaei, directors of Three Songs for Benazir How did you meet Benazir and Shaista? What decided you to make a documentary about them?We have known them for over 11 years. We first met Shaista in the camp when we were there for a different volunteer project. We felt we had known him for all of our lives. […]

Watch the interview with the Polish filmmaker Joanną Kożuch about her short film Bolo Raz Jedno More… selected in the 2022 International Competition (I6 programme).

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Martin Jauvat about his short film Grand Paris Express selected in the 2022 National Competition (F1 programme).

Watch the interview with the Columbian filmmaker Nieto about his short film Swallow the Universe selected in the 2022 Lab Competition (L4 programme).

Interview with Julien Gaspar-Oliveri, director of Marianne How did your desire to make this film come about?I would like to specify that the scenario is by Julie Debiton. I am not the author of this film which is something I’ve never tried before in all my previous work. Marianne was commissioned to be part of a collection for France Télévision with female leads. […]

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Marin Gérard about his short film À l’ombre l’après-midi selected in the 2022 National Competition (F4 programme).