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  An interview with Emma Benestan and Adrien Lecouturier, directors of Un monde sans bêtes (Facing the Beast)  How did you come up with the idea to make a film about bull herders? Adrien: We met Theo in a school in the south of France. He was different from his classmates, he dreamed of bulls. Emma: I was doing an art residential in a […]

  An interview with Just Philippot, director of Acide (Acid)  What inspired you in your writing of Acide? For Acide, I was invited as a screenwriter in a writing residence launched by SO FILM, CANAL+ and the CNC whose goal is to promote a “new way of writing” in groups. So, there were five screenwriters in this residence who were given carte blanche to […]

  An interview with David Bouttin, director of Boomerang  Unfortunately, the touching situation in which Paul finds himself is not unique. Was there a particular event that inspired the storyline of the film? There was no particular event, just a set of circumstances and social injustice which touch me. Of course I thought of the people in Paris who have jobs, but have to […]

  An interview with Esther Mysius and Camille Rouaud, directors of Gueule d’Isère  What made you want to set the film in a rural area? The mix of mountains, forests, and mining heaps got our attention. The Plateau Matheysin has seen deep transformation throughout its history and continues to change. The coal mines closed in the early 2000’s, and this led to a landscape […]

  An interview with Stéphane Olijnyk, director of Ursinho  Why did you choose to shoot your film in Rio? Because it’s warm in Rio…  😉 Initially, I wanted to make the film in France, with a storyline about a couple that was not well-suited. I would have never thought to make my film in Rio had it not been for all the stories I […]

  An interview with Tito Gonzalez Garcia, director of Œdipe [Oedipus]  Why did you choose the story of Oedipus? There are so many reasons. Perhaps the absence of rituals in contemporary Western society has distanced us from the central concerns that all men share and that are addressed in mythology. To choose a myth, it is first and foremost to choose a common ground. […]

  An interview with Txema Novelo, director of Déjalo Ser  Which cameras did you use to shoot? How did you create that 80’s style? I shoot Déjalo Ser entirely on Super 8 mm color negative. Using as far as I know the only camera that after the death of Super 8 mm sound film allowed to synchronize dialogue and sounds with an external recording device. […]

  An interview with Reema Sengupta, director of Counterfeit Kunkoo  How did you decide to direct Counterfeit Kunkoo? I had written the script for Counterfeit Kunkoo a few years ago when my mother had to face housing discrimination while trying to find a house to rent. In February 2017, I decided to make the short film because I felt it was a story that […]

  An interview with See Wee Aw, director of Kampung Tapir  Is Kampung Tapir city real or imaginary? Kampung Tapir is a fictional place, but it is inspired by most of the village/town names from Malaysia. Usually the place named after the animal or mines etc due to the various amount of it in the place. There is a place called “Kampung Gajah” means “Elephant […]

  An interview with Shady El-Hamus, director of Nachtschade  Why did you want to focus a film on an illegal immigrants transporter? It all started with some CCTV footage I saw online of a minivan on a European highway – suddenly it flips 180 degrees and then comes to a halt. The driver gets out and runs off and then from the back of […]