#ClermontFF22

Interview with Kate McMullen, director of Little Berlin Why were you interested in the Berlin wall at first?I started thinking about it in 2019, when Germany was celebrating 30 years since the fall of the Wall – but I needed a new angle. Doing some digging, I came across Mödlareuth, a sleepy farming village which was split in two by the Iron Curtain in 1946. […]

Watch the interview with the German filmmaker Gerhard Funk about his short film A Goat’s Spell selected in the 2022 Lab Competition (L2 programme).

Watch the interview with the Palestinian filmmaker Rakan Mayasi about his short film Trumpets in the Sky selected in the 2022 National Competition (F3 programme).

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Anne-Sophie Bailly about her short film La Ventrière selected in the 2022 National Competition (F10 programme).

Watch the interview with the English filmmaker Louis Bhose about his short film Calving selected in the 2022 International Competition (I4 programme).

Watch the interview with the French filmmakers Laetitia de Montalembert and Faustine Crespy about their short film Cataracte selected in the 2022 National Competition (F4 programme).

Watch the interview with the Belgian filmmaker Olivier van Malderghem about his short film Au circuit selected in the 2022 Lab Competition (L3 programme).

Watch the interview with the Palestinian-Iraqi filmmaker Zena Agha and the English filmmaker Dorothy Allen-Pickard about their short film The Place that Is Ours selected in the 2022 International Competition (I9 programme).

Interview with Sara Szymanska, director of Pięć Minut Starsza [Five Minutes Older] Pięć Minut Starsza deals with sisterhood and identity. What did you wish to explore in the relationship between the two sisters?I actually have a twin sister myself, and I always felt that this relationship shaped my identity in very specific ways. Me and Nadia are very close, we look similar, we […]

Interview with Nieto, director of Swallow the Universe How have you heard of Daichi’s work?I was in Japan shooting a documentary about pets of Tokyo. I visited a club of old ladies with pets “love pets of Tokyo” there I met this estrange old woman who wanted to join the club, she has not a pet, but she has a grandson she considers […]