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  Interview with Alexandra Májová, director of Pračka [Washing Machine] To somebody who hasn’t seen Pračka, how would you introduce it? My humorous and minimalist film is a remarkable parable of human relationships. But in this film, a man isn’t trying to solve problems with a woman, but with a troublesome home appliance. What was the biggest challenge while creating Pračka, and why? The film was shot […]

  Interview with Kosuke Okahara, director of blue affair How did you get the inspiration for blue affair? blue affair is my long-term project in a town called Koza, in Okinawa. This is a photographic project, but I was quite aware this should be made as a video art/film (photography can end up different form not only photographic prints or books) . As the […]

  Interview with Alice Fargier, director of Le temps d’une nuit [The Time of Night] Where did the idea for Le temps d’une nuit come from? A friend of mine disappeared without giving any signs of life for several months. When I found her at a party at someone’s house who I barely knew, she was euphoric and I hardly recognized her. The three […]

  Interview with Anna Szöllősi, director of Helfer  How would you describe the crisis the woman is facing? To what extent is the helper helping? The woman is struggling with anxiety and has an intense fear of death. She also has constant nightmares about drowning. She wants to become free from this existential fear and is asking for immortality from the helper. The helper […]

  Interview with Adrian Figueroa, director of Letters from Silivri How did you find out about Osman Kavala’s incarceration? Did you know his work before he’s been arrested? I did know about Osman Kavala’s work before he got arrested. In 2014, I worked on a theatre production about the Armenian genocide. As part of the research, we travelled through Anatolia. Osman Kavala and his […]

  Interview with Elsa Rysto, director of Love Hurts What was the spark for your film Love Hurts?  It all started with writing a film about youth and violence. Before I started writing, I realized that many of my favorite films had these two subjects as major themes (Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, Gus Van Sant’s Elephant, Haneke’s Funny Games, and James Cameron’s Terminator 2, […]

  Interview with Theja Rio, director of Angh  How would you introduce your film to somebody who hasn’t seen it? Angh is a story from the most rural parts of the North-East of India. The film takes place in 1963 and follows a father and a son who remain the last people to be converted to the new religion, “Christianity”. It is a gritty […]

  Interview with Noëlle Bastin and Baptiste Bogaert, codirectors of Traquer [Hunting Down] How did you share the directing work? For Traquer, as for some of our other films (Salut travail, Veille, On sourira de nous), we drove forward based on the desire for a film that was still yet to be fully defined, with Baptiste working on the image and Noëlle the sound. […]

  Interview with Paul Mas, director of Précieux [Precious] What materials did you use to create the characters? The puppets’ bodies are made of silicone. We make a sculpture, then a mould where we place a frame made of aluminum wire that helps it keep its stance. Then we pour in the silicone which will take the shape of the initial sculpture as it […]

  Interview with Brendan Canty, director of Jam I notice the film was directed by yourself and written by Sam Lazar. How did that collaborative process come about? Did you develop the idea together or where you involved as a director after the script was written? I came on board after the script was written so had no correspondence with Sam. However, he kindly […]