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  Interview with Morad Mostafa, director of Henet Ward Can you tell us a bit about the situation of Sudanese minorities in Egypt? The situation of Sudanese refugees in Egypt is like the situation of any other refugees; like Syrians and Indonesians actually, or simple Egyptians themselves like Basma and her family, all have similar issues and dreams and ambitions and simple life requirements […]

  Interview with Adrien Mérigeau, director of Genius Loci Tells us a little bit about how your film, Genius Loci, came to be. I began writing Genius Loci around 2013-2014, in Ireland while making Song of the Sea. My initial intention was to make a film about leaving behind, in the sense of leaving what we know and are familiar with for something unknown, where […]

  Interview with Antoine Bargain, director of Disciplinaires Where did you get the idea of making a film about this particular military prison that punishes disobedience and desertion? Sometimes, a chance meeting upsets your plans. That’s what happened to me when I found out about the history of this camp which before had been nothing more to me than a pleasant place where I […]

  Interview with Mykyta Lyskov, director of Kohannia (Deep Love) Can you explain the title Kohannia? Kohannia (Кохання) is a purely Ukrainian word. This word means a close, sincere connection between people very similar to love but in a different deep sense. Therefore, it was rather difficult for me to find the equivalent of Kohannia in English, and as a result I chose Deep Love. Your short […]

  Interview with Ramazan Kiliç, director of Servİs [The School Bus] Is the film based on a true story? What inspired you to tell it? Not exactly! It includes both a true story and fictional events. I was inspired by a story from the news on Twitter about a female teacher who drives a school bus for her students, but behaved like a male […]

  An interview with Margot Barbé, director of Marie Boudin  Marie Boudin is an elegant short film that’s poetic and melancholic. What is its starting point? The film is first of all about a character, Marie Boudin. Coming home from school one evening, a friend and I were talking about names that made us laugh. Marie Boudin’s was still fresh in my mind. There […]

  Interview with Gabrielle Stemmer, director of Clean With Me (After Dark) How did you discover the “world” of YouTube? I’ve been a heavy YouTube user for seven or eight years now – it’s TV for me. I’d say that from the beginning I’ve been watching stuff that’s 90% female-oriented. I started with videos on beauty, cooking, interior decorating, areas that I only have […]

  Interview with Álvaro Gago Diaz, director of 16 de Decembro [16th December] Your short Matria won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. Congratulations! What has been the impact of that success on your career and filmmaking so far? It has definitely had a positive impact. People in general are more open or more willing to spend their time listening to my ideas. However, […]

  Interview with Chunni Lin and Pang-Chuan Huang, codirectors of Yoakemae no KoiMonogatari [Before the Dawn] How did you know about Weng-Nao’s work? Why did you want to try to track him down? We first knew Weng-Nao’s work from a book, published in 2011, seventy years after his death; it was the first time all of his works were translated from Japanese to Mandarin […]

  Interview with Raphaël Frydman, director of L’appartement [The Apartment] L’appartement is a documentary about the remnants of childhood, in which the director seems to be looking for traces of a bygone era. What can you tell us about the origin of this film? Childhood memories are very present in my life, as I believe is the case for many people. The visual memories of […]