compétition nationale

Interview with Cécile Mille, director of Cui cui cui  Why did you choose this subject? The desire to have children is a subject that I had to deal with for quite a few years. Later on, I saw others going through the same ordeal and I bore the guilt of those who succeeded. The birth of Cui cui cui comes from the desire to […]

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Aude N’Guessan Forget about her short film Anansi selected in the 2023 National Competition (F3 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 […]

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Frédéric Rosset about his short film La Vie au Canada selected in the 2023 National Competition (F6 programme).

Interview with Théo Audoire and Lova Karlsson, co-directors of Ovan Gruvan  How did you learn of the situation in this city? Lova had been there several times, so she had heard about relocations. Kiruna sits atop the largest iron mine in Europe, and this mining activity threatens certain neighborhoods from collapse. This situation particularly concerns the city center, which is currently being relocated three […]

Interview with Abbas Taheri and Mahdieh Toosi, co-directors of Aban What has inspired Aban’s character?Abbas: My cousin struggled to get his real gender by surgery in a patriarchal family. His childish insist on getting called by a male name, instead of his female birthname while he was four, were soon transformed to gender identity disorder and his brave efforts inspired me to work on […]

Interview with Carlos Segundo, director of Big Bang  What interested you in the relationship to extreme heat in Big Bang?Big Bang is the second short film in a trilogy of “space” films (the first one being Sideral). In Big Bang, I maintain my focus on the ordinary lives of the marginalized. But like in Sideral, I find the power and strength in the […]

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Joséphine Darcy Hopkins about her short film Les Dents du bonheur selected in the 2023 National Competition (F9 programme).

Interview with Alexis Pazoumian, director of Bellus What did you want to explore through the relationship between Michel and Santos in the film?Bellus follows Michel’s inner and spiritual journey. The film tells the story from the perspective of the young man. It is not a story of conversion, but of a winding path toward a form of redemption. Evangelical religion plays a very […]