#ClermontFF22

Watch the interview with the Russian filmmaker Leonid Shmelkov about his short film Ogurtsy selected in the 2022 Lab Competition (L4 programme).

Interview with Samir Karahoda, director of Pa Vend [Displaced] How did you decide on this topic and protagonist to make a film about?I have been familiar with this story since the first years after the war of Kosovo which is sometime in 2004-2005. My close friend who is one of the main characters had returned from Germany and he started playing again as […]

interview with Marine Levéel, director of L’Homme à la Mercedes pourpre How did you come up with the character Annie and what did you want to explore through her story and her relationship with her daughter?I came up with Annie through observing several people I know from generations that precede mine. By hanging out with them, I wanted to talk about the complexity […]

Watch the interview with the German filmmaker Marian Freistühler about his short film Die Geheimnisvollen Inseln selected in the 2022 International Competition.

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Caroline Guiela Nguyen about her short film Les Engloutis selected in the 2022 National and International Competitions (F12 programme).

Watch the interview with the Thaï filmmaker Pom Bunsermvicha about her short film Lemongrass Girl selected in the 2022 Lab Competition.

Interview with Boyoung Kim, director of A Guitar in the Bucket What is your link to guitars and to music?I’m very interested in sound and like music very much. If I hadn’t become an animation director, I think I might have become a musician. The reason I used a music instrument in this project was that I needed a tool that could express […]

Interview with Valentin Stejskal, director of 5pm Seaside Where did the idea of 5pm Seaside come from?The film was built on a love story a truck driver shared with me. Fifteen years ago, he was in love with his buddy in the Greek military, but since then he wasn’t able to talk with anyone about it. He isolated himself to protect this memory […]

Watch the interview with the Danish filmmaker Gina Kippenbroeck about her short film Ensom Cowgirl selected in the 2022 International Competition (I12 programme).

Watch the interview with the French filmmakers Eliott Benard and Yanis Belaid about their short film Les Larmes de la Seine selected in the 2022 National Competition (F9 programme).