#ClermontFF22

Watch the interview with the Burmese filmmaker Sein Lyan Tun about his short film Late Blooming in a Lonely Summer Day selected in the 2022 International Competition (I14 programme).

Interview with Luis E. Parés, director of Los Conspiradores [The Conspirators] How did you decide on this topic and protagonists to make a film about?I love the films in which there is a character who tells a story. I love listening to stories, to listen to somebody telling a story. I don’t care if it’s true or false what he is talking about, […]

Watch the interview with the Korean filmmaker Boyoung Kim about her short film A Guitar in the Bucket selected in the 2022 Lab Competition (L5 programme).

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Rémi Sogadji about his short film Au-delà des murs selected in the 2022 National Competition (F8 programme).

Interview with Lubna Playoust, director of Le Cormoran [The Cormorant] What interested you in the mother-daughter relationship?Childhood bonding and its evolution through time, and the subtle elements that reveal that evolution. Why did you want to work on the unfolding of time? Do you see yourself making other films on the subject?As Kierkegaard said: “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must […]

Interview with Ezequiel Salinas and Ramiro Sonzini, co-directors of Mi Última Aventura (My Last Adventure) What was the starting point of the film?The starting point was partly a preliminary work by Ezequiel Salinas, Adieu à la nuit, where a mysterious character rides his moped through the night. In this short film, there was a very special way of filming at night in the […]

Interview with Esther Mysius et Camille Rouaud,co- directors of Blanc Ninja Where did the idea come from for making a film about illegal mining in Mongolia?The origins of the film were an animated conversation we had with a Mongolian friend and drawings on a smartphone: a herder wearing traditional garb perched on a Honda, his yurt decked out with a satellite dish, dreaming […]

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Émilie Pigeard about her short film Babičino Seksualno Življenje selected in the 2022 International Competition (I4 programme).

Interview with Ahmed Abdelsalam, director of CAI-BER Is the character of Nour based on someone you know?The character of Nour is a portrait of my generation, facing social oppression and the urge to flee and find home somewhere away. But honestly, she was particularly based on my two best friends, Nagat and Passent. We have had a long journey trying to find home […]

Watch the interview with the Belgian filmmaker Valéry Carnoy about his short film Titan selected in the 2022 National Competition (F7 programme).