compétition labo

Watch the interview with the Japanese filmmaker Atsushi Wada about his short film Bird in the Peninsula selected in the 2023 Lab Competition (L1 programme).

Watch the interview with the Jordanian filmmaker Lawrence Abu Hamdan about his short film 45th Parallel selected in the 2023 Lab Competition (L3 programme).

Watch the interview with the British filmmaker Elizabeth Hobbs about her short film The Debutante selected in the 2023 Lab Competition (L4 programme).

Watch the interview with the Iranian filmmaker Mohammadreza Farzad about his short film Majmouan selected in the 2023 Lab Competition (L2 programme).

Watch the interview with the British filmmaker Joseph Pierce about his short film Scale selected in the 2023 Lab Competition (L1 programme).

Interview with Laen Sanches, director of PLSTC  Could you explain what the acronym PLSTC represents?  PLSTC is an invented acronym that simply means “plastic.” This word has several advantages: it is succinct, legible, and phonetically understandable in most languages. Also, with its “visually missing” letters, it also perhaps illustrates the idea that plastic does not totally disintegrate but rather, remains, in spite of everything, […]

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

Interview with Shuli Huang, director of Will You Look at Me  How did the inspiration come about for Will You Look at Me? How much of the footage did you shoot on purpose? Did you work on the soliloquy first or after selecting footage?After I returned to China from New York during the pandemic, I bought a super 8mm camera. I brought it […]

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 […]