competition

Interview with Eli Jean Tahchi, director of Des voisins dans ma cour  What can you say about the wall that separates Mont-Royal, one of the wealthiest neighborhoods of Montreal, from Parc-Extensions, a neighborhood where immigrants and some of the city’s poorest people live? Since 1960, a fence made of chain links and steel rods, lining the Boulevard de l’Acadie—two meters high, 1.6 kilometers long, […]

Watch the interview with the Italian filmmaker Adriano Valerio about his short film Calcutta 8:40am selected in the 2023 National Competition (F2 programme).

Watch the interview with the Vietnamian filmmaker Vũ Nguyễn Nam Khuê about his short film A Lost Astronaut And a City of Footprints selected in the 2023 International Competition (I12 programme).

Watch the interview with the Algerian filmmaker Amira Louadah about her short film L’Arche selected in the 2023 Lab Competition (L2 programme).

Watch the interview with the Irish filmmaker Jamie O’Rourke about his short film Scrap selected in the 2023 International Competition (I1 programme).

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Aude N’Guessan Forget about her short film Anansi selected in the 2023 National Competition (F3 programme).

Interview with Sujin Moon, director of Persona What was you inspiration for Persona?My inspiration was my eagerness to understand myself. When I was in the preproductionphase of the film, I was in a long slump where I was questioning who I was as a person. As an artist who’s inspired theme is self-reflection, this was an obstruction to my filmmaking process. However, I […]

Watch the interview with the Italian filmmaker Claudia Bottino about her short film  À trois selected in the National Competition 2023 (F4 programme).

Watch the interview with the Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Babakoohi about his short film Feux selected in the 2023 National Competition (F7 programme).

Interview with Francescu Artily, director of Hors-saison [Off-season]  How did you come up with the idea for Hors-saison ?The story comes from my own experiences; it resonates with my first professional experience in audiovisual work. I had just finished film school when I found a fulltime job as cameraman in a production company in Corsica. The job meant I could earn a living when we […]