compétition internationale

  Interview with María Cristina Pérez González, director of Todo es Culpa de la Sal [It’s All the Salt’s Fault] Can you explain to us your choice of title? The title comes from a quotidian family phrase when asked for who is to blame when something goes wrong; it also refers to the idea of something always present on the family’s table, and at […]

  Interview with Eloy Domínguez Serén, director of Os Corpos [The Bodies] Can you explain the choice of title? This short film is in a way a celebration of the encounter of the bodies, the flesh, seen from a time when this type of encounter is (temporarily) no longer allowed. They are bodies in ecstasy, sweaty, bewitched, raging, riotous… Thousands of people huddle, jump […]

  Interview with Max Barron, director of Three Meetings of the Extraordinary Committee The short is codirected with Michael Woodward. How did that collaboration come about? We have been working together for many years now – mainly in advertising. This is our first short film. People often think it’s strange for the director to not be one person, but we actually find it works […]

  Interview with Shih Han Tsao, director of Neko and Flies  Can you explain the choice of title? When I first came to the fishing harbor to do the research to write a script, I thought of the novel Lord of the Flies. It is because the port has its own social norms and the pattern people get along with each other, also the conflict […]

  Interview with Yue Jiao, director of Under Where did the idea of Under came from? Under tells a story at the foot of Changbai Mountain in Northeast China, which is also my hometown. When I was a child, I often played in the forest. I grew up and left my hometown for many years, but I still have a deep attachment to that forest. I […]

  Interview with Aida Esther Bueno Sarduy, director of Guillermina What is the inspiration behind the film Guillermina? As soon as I heard about the story of Guillermina Dueñas, six years ago, I knew it would be my first film. I think it is a beautiful, profound story that allows me to explore different issues about the nature of racism, a subject I have […]

  Interview with Angineh Isanians, director of Beyond the Threshold Where does the idea of Beyond the Threshold come from? It’s always been in my nature to clearly see when others were being kept from expressing themselves, when their rights were being taken away or violated, even in the most seemingly benign ways. I could never stand for the way our society would act […]

  Interview with Kim Tran, director of Zoe and Hanh Obvious question. How much of this film is autobiographical? It’s not really autobiographical, but it was inspired by my upbringing and how I was never given the sex talk by my parents. I wanted to explore the ramifications of that through an aging mother and her grown up daughter, specifically through the lens (and […]

  Interview with Tebogo Malebogo, director of Heaven Reaches Down to Earth What a poetic film and title. Can you explain your choice for the latter? The title is taken from one of the last pages of André Aciman’s Call Me By Your Name. Guadagnino’s film was of course an influence, but after we decided on the setting of our film and found that quote in the […]

  Interview with Sungbin Byun, director of God’s Daughter Dances To somebody who hasn’t seen God’s Daughter Dances, how would you introduce it? Military service is mandatory for all men who hold Korean citizenship. In this context, Korean MTF trans men must pass through a phase of recognition as women. This film is the story of an MTF trans person who tries to live […]