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  Interview with Shih Han Tsao, director of Neko and Flies  Can you explain the choice of title? When I first came to the fishing harbor to do the research to write a script, I thought of the novel Lord of the Flies. It is because the port has its own social norms and the pattern people get along with each other, also the conflict […]

  Interview with Sarah Arnold, director of L’effort commercial Your film was inspired by a real event. Why did you decide to make this film based on this event? L’effort commercial was the result of a call for projects initiative started by the association Femmes & Cinéma. In cooperation with the French TV channel France 3, their project was to produce films directed by […]

  Interview with Maxence Voiseux, director of Tu seras un ultra  What was the starting point for this film? The producer, Alexandre Hallier (at La Générale de production), was working on a documentary series about the world of ultras. He wanted to bring in different filmmakers. I’d met Hallier as part of a documentary committee and we agreed we’d work together on something one […]

  Interview with Yue Jiao, director of Under Where did the idea of Under came from? Under tells a story at the foot of Changbai Mountain in Northeast China, which is also my hometown. When I was a child, I often played in the forest. I grew up and left my hometown for many years, but I still have a deep attachment to that forest. I […]

  Interview with Aida Esther Bueno Sarduy, director of Guillermina What is the inspiration behind the film Guillermina? As soon as I heard about the story of Guillermina Dueñas, six years ago, I knew it would be my first film. I think it is a beautiful, profound story that allows me to explore different issues about the nature of racism, a subject I have […]

  Interview with Angineh Isanians, director of Beyond the Threshold Where does the idea of Beyond the Threshold come from? It’s always been in my nature to clearly see when others were being kept from expressing themselves, when their rights were being taken away or violated, even in the most seemingly benign ways. I could never stand for the way our society would act […]

  Interview with Geoffroy de Crécy, director of Empty Places What inspired you to make this film without characters? I’ve been working in 3D animation for many years, but I have a problem with the representation of human beings using this technique. I find that it’s not suitable, and it’s very rare that a character is well incarnated in 3D. It may be a […]

  Interview with Kim Tran, director of Zoe and Hanh Obvious question. How much of this film is autobiographical? It’s not really autobiographical, but it was inspired by my upbringing and how I was never given the sex talk by my parents. I wanted to explore the ramifications of that through an aging mother and her grown up daughter, specifically through the lens (and […]

  Interview with Tebogo Malebogo, director of Heaven Reaches Down to Earth What a poetic film and title. Can you explain your choice for the latter? The title is taken from one of the last pages of André Aciman’s Call Me By Your Name. Guadagnino’s film was of course an influence, but after we decided on the setting of our film and found that quote in the […]

  Interview with Sungbin Byun, director of God’s Daughter Dances To somebody who hasn’t seen God’s Daughter Dances, how would you introduce it? Military service is mandatory for all men who hold Korean citizenship. In this context, Korean MTF trans men must pass through a phase of recognition as women. This film is the story of an MTF trans person who tries to live […]