#ClermontFF21

  Interview with Saïd Hamich, director of Le Départ [The Departure] How did you shoot the film and how did you go about casting? I shot in a suburb of Casablanca, in a new middle-class neighborhood that is popular with Moroccans who reside abroad, in the town of Had Soualem. These vacant lots, these buildings in the middle of nowhere… It is a very […]

  Interview with Zoé Pelchat, director of Lune [Moon] Why did you choose to title the film Lune? Because the main character repeats a mantra throughout the film that says “Je mérite la lune” which means “I deserve the moon” – I deserve the very best. Because of that the moon (lune) kind of became the emblem of the film. In the film, Babz, […]

Watch the interview with the German filmmakers Arkadij Khaet and Mickey Paatzsch about their short film Masel Tov Cocktail selected in the 2021 International Competition (I2 programme)

  Interview with Noé Debré, director of On n’est pas des animaux [We’re Not Animals] Where did you get the idea for On n’est pas des animaux? Just like in the film, a friend of mine’s ex-girlfriend created an Instagram account that became really popular for militating in favor of female orgasm. I thought that situation was funny. I also really wanted to make a […]

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Héloïse Ferlay about her short film À la mer poussière selected in the 2021 National Competition (F10 programme).

Watch the interview with the Filipino filmmaker Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan about his short film Hilum selected in the 2021 International Competition (I7 programme).

Watch the interview with the Sudanese filmmaker Suzannah Mirghani about her short film Al-Sit selected in the 2021 International Competition (I5 programme).

  Interview with Stefan Langthaler, director of Fabiu To somebody who hasn’t seen the movie, how would you introduce it? Fabiu is a film about aging and unfulfilled desires. It’s the story of an old man who is confronted with suppressed longing when a young caregiver comes into his life. Under the eyes of his seriously ill wife, the old man struggles with his feelings, but […]

  Interview with Mara Cerri and Magda Guidi, codirectors of Sogni al Campo  Is the boy based on someone you know or some kind of personal story? The child does not represent anyone in particular, he is any child who finds himself facing growing up. Of course the story contains fragments from our own lives, but it becomes a universal story. Can you tell […]

  Interview with Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan, director of Hilum (Remedy) Can you explain the choice of title? Hilum means two different things in our language. In the Tagalog language, “hilum/hilom” means “remedy”, while in the Visayan language it means “silence”. I grew up in Manila where we speak Tagalog, while my mother grew up in the Visayan region where they speak Bisaya – […]