#ClermontFF21

  Interview with Emma Séméria, director of La chamade [Blackbirds] Why did you want to set the film in a campground? Actually, the setting is not a campground at all. My uncle lives there, just above the river. I chose settings from Touët-sur-Var, a deserted village by the side of a mountain with barely 700 inhabitants, in order to highlight my characters’ isolation, but […]

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Mélanie Matranga about her short film Jour & nuit selected in the 2021 National Competition (F5 programme).

  Interview with Jaime Levinas, director of Pinpin What drew you to make a short about this encounter between the main character and the cashier? I think ultimately it is the “insignificance of an event”, and how tragic it can be, that drew me to make this film. How something can mean so much and after many thoughts lead to just a small gesture. […]

Watch the interview with the Irish filmmaker Brendan Canty about his short film Jam selected in the 2021 International Competition (I12 programme).

  Interview with Joe Hsieh, director of Night Bus How did you get the inspiration for Night Bus? Have you already travelled by night buses or carpooling? I like observing people, taking mental notes of their emotions and expressions. In doing so, I often get inspired and start to form ideas in my head on how to reflect them in my films.  The inspiration of […]

  Interview with Jean-Benoît Ugeux, director of Abada How did Abada come about? The film wasn’t really planned :  The festival “Carpentras fait son cinema” (Carpentras at the Movies) had just been launched and they were looking for directors willing to make an 8 minute, 40 second film in 84 hours. Since I like to shoot quickly using a very light set-up, I decided […]

  Interview with Kata Gugić, director of Cockpera  Your short draws a parallel between an operatic cock fight and the human behavior. Can you tell us a bit about this aspect of your film? The film is inspired by a very short fable, so I had the possibility to take this story wherever I wanted. What captured my interest at first was the ridiculousness […]

  Interview with Federico Barni and Alberto Allica, codirectors of Under the North Sea How did you learn about dark matter studies? Federico:​ It never was something that registered much with me, I am more of a life sciences person and so what initially attracted me to Boulby mine was the presence of salt-loving extremophiles! And I think that’s the same with Alberto. Dark […]

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Paul Mas about his short film Précieux selected in the 2021 National Competition (F4 programme).

  Interview with Pauline Penichout, director of Mat et les Gravitantes [Mat and her mates] Could you explain the choice of title to us? The word “gravitante” is a word we used often at the time of the film to refer to ourselves. Mat didn’t really live in the squat at the time, she said she gravitated around it, she moved from one squat […]