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Watch the interview with the Kazakh filmmaker Zhannat Alshanova about her short film History of Civilization selected in the 2021 International Competition (I9 programme).

  Interview with Sarra El Abed, director of Y’a pas d’heure pour les femmes [Ain’t No Time for Women] How did  your film, Y’a pas d’heure pour les femmes, come about? For a while now, I wanted to describe the status of women in Tunisia which I find rather surprising and contradictory. However it was important for me to present this in an authentic […]

  Interview with Daniel Gray, director of HIDE Why were you interested in the hide-and-seek game as a starting point? The game of hide-and-seek didn’t really come first. I was muddling about with some ideas to do with my situation of moving from my home country, and all the different types of buildings and faces I saw around me, and I took a piece […]

  Interview with Audrey Jean-Baptiste and Maxime Jean-Baptiste, codirectors of Écoutez le battement de nos images  Is your film mainly an account that you want handed down? How did you construct the voice-over? The film is essentially tied to my desire to breathe life back into the things that disappeared when the Guiana Space Centre was set up in Kourou in the 60s. To […]

  Interview with Wissam Charaf, Director of Pas de Panique [Don’t Panic] How did  your film come about? In the beginning, there was the desire to talk about what had happened to Lebanon since October 2019, precisely, a catastrophic economic crisis and the protest movement that ensued. What happened in Lebanon in the space of a year is of such tremendous violence and vulgarity, […]

  Interview with the filmmaking-duo M+M (Marc Weis and Martin De Mattia), codirectors of Mad Mieter Are the mantises virtually animated? If they’re not, how did you make them act in the “doll’s house”? The praying mantises were real and alive. Our film followed an open screenplay with a variety of scenes. The temperature in the studio was insanely high. Of course, this is […]

  Interview with Elie Girard, director of Les mauvais garçons [One and Thousand Nights]  Can you tell us how your film, Les mauvais garçons, came about? It’s the story of three young men whose friendship is thrown into chaos when one of them is set to become a father. I first wrote the story as a radioplay for France Culture. A series of ten […]

  Interview with Lev Lewis, director of Every Day’s Like This Every Day’s Like This is a compelling short about assisted death. How did you tackle this sensitive topic? Since the film is largely autobiographical, I exclusively used my experience with the subject to guide me. Although medically assisted death is still a contentious political topic, my film is focussed on people who are […]

  Interview with Xacio Baño, director of Augas abisais [Deep Waters] How did the reference to deep-sea fish come to your mind? What were your intentions, were you interested in the adaptation ability shown by deep-sea fish to reinforce your point? I always try to find new forms of expression with all the elements of the film language. Light is one of the most […]

  Interview with Marion Le Corroller, director of Dieu n’est plus médecin [No More God in Doctor] How did you get the inspiration for Dieu n’est plus médecin? Have you ever worked in a medical environment? The idea for the film came while I was chatting with a young doctor friend over coffee. She was exhausted, on the verge of burnout, and had developed […]