competition

Interview with Ilja Rautsi, director of Night of the Living Dicks The film tackles the question of what toxic masculinity and rape culture are. What’s the audience reaction been like?So far so good, I think – or to put it another way, maybe people who hate it just haven’t said anything to me! It seems to me that it’s been going down well […]

Watch the interview with the Norwegian filmmaker Jon Vatne about his short film Motvind (Headwind) selected in the 2022 International Competition (I9 programme).

Interview with Mingyang Li, director of Sarira How was Sarira born? The reason for the birth is because I always wanted to shoot a film about religious themes. I like the solemnity and mystery it brings to people. So I wrote the first draft of Sarira‘s script. It was originally about a monk who got testicles cancer. For cancer to have testicles removed, I would like to explore how […]

Watch the interview with the Portuguese filmmaker Daniel Soares about his short film O Que Resta selected in the 2022 International Competition (I13 programme).

Interview with José Permar, director of Ir y Volver This is clearly a deeply personal and intimate project. Can you tell me what inspired you to make it?  It was mostly the only thing I was able to do. I was facing a deep longing feeling from my family and hometown, I was feeling very distanced, and the lockdown made it stronger. When my […]

Interview with Alexandra Brodski, director of Joy What did you want to explore through your two protagonists’ relationship?  I wanted to explore the complex dynamics of power and dependency between two children incarcerated in a children’s secure home. We follow the teenage boy Jacob who – based on his age and gender would be expected to be the more powerful character but begins […]

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Laure Desmazières about her short film Voyage à Santarém selected in the 2022 National Competition (F6 programme).

Watch the interview with the Danish filmmakers Florian Elabdi and Michael Graversen about their short film Ghosts of Mória selected in the 2022 International Competition (I8 programme).

Interview with Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan, co-directors of Happiness Is a Journey How did you get into the idea of shooting newspaper delivery workers?Our old office was in the Austin American-Statesman printing warehouse. We were editing late into the night and the newspaper workers would arrive to work around 11pm. Bear, the main protagonist of the film, was the first to arrive […]

Watch the interview with the German filmmaker Max Kerkhoff about his short film A Day’s Work selected in the 2022 Lab Competition (L1 programme).