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Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Sophie Beaulieu about her short film Salem selected in the 2021 National Competition (F2 programme).

  Interview with Adriano Valerio, director of The Nightwalk  How did you meet Jarvis? Did he easily open up to you? Jarvis is one of my best friends. We have been friends for years, and have always been very close. The only gap in our correspondence was just after he moved to Shanghai. I now understand why, the reason being one of the film’s […]

  Interview with Wei-Lin Hung, director of K’s Room–the Creation and Destruction of the World Why has Ke Qi-Hua’s life been an inspiration for this film? Have you provided English language courses yourself? Ke Qi-Hua was a well-known teacher of English grammar in Taiwan. Despite that his book the New English Grammar has been one of the most popular textbooks for English learning since […]

  Interview with Jean Costa, director of Gare aux coquins [Naughty Spot] What are the documentary elements and what are the fictional elements of this short film? How did you film this journey? This film is based on my personal experience using apps in Corsica. All the replies and insults towards Tonio, I received them myself word-for-word. Oracle is a real person I met […]

Watch the interview with the Swedish filmmaker Jonatan Etzler about his short film Badaren selected in the 2021 International Competition (I11 programme).

  Interview with Rayka Zehtabchi and Sam Davis, directors of Are You Still There? You created three great female characters, and the daughter-mother bond is really well depicted. What can you tell us about the character development? Rayka: Spoiler alert here. The story is very personal. My father passed away during my first year of college. Despite pressure from my family and friends to […]

  Interview with Sophie Beaulieu, director of Salem Why did you want to depict such a strict, snobbish family? The family isn’t so much strict and snobbish as stuck in their “values”, which they transmit by repeating rituals, behaviors and absurd ideologies. The upper classes are convinced they’re right; they’re very good at perpetuating patterns that need to be broken. It’s alarming when you […]

Watch the interview with the German filmmaker Adrian Figueroa about his short film Letters from Silivri selected in the 2021 Lab Competition (L3 programme).

  Interview with Fernando Criollo, director of Cumbres y cenizas [Summits and Ashes]  Can you explain the choice of title? I was interested in the idea of ​​carrying on the shoulders the meaning of life, while ascending to a point that allows us to see ourselves more clearly and from further afield. Metaphorically, rise to the call of the Apus, the spirits of the […]

  Interview with Houzhi Huang, Yuanqing Cai, Mandimby Lebon, Theo Tran Ngoc, Mikolaj Janiw and Nathan Crabot, codirectors of Coffin What made you want to make Coffin? We originally wanted to make a film with a short and simple story and to enjoy ourselves making an animation. We also wanted to make a film about an insomniac. Meanwhile, we came across a documentary on […]