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  An interview with Nikita Diakur, director of Ugly  How much were you interested in small acts of malice and reality’s hardness? It is something that everyone encounters. Plus, small acts of malice can turn into big ones very quickly. Therefore, it is an important topic to talk about.  Why were you interested in a Native American look-alike character? Native American culture has an […]

  An interview with Onur Yagiz, director of Toprak  How did you come up with the idea of a child who is faced with a responsibility too great for his age? It’s a similar situation to one that I found myself in during my childhood. Because I was the eldest child and my parents didn’t speak French, I was their interpreter. I was often […]

  An interview with Chintis Lundgren, director of Manivald  What gave you the idea of using foxes and wolves to tell this story? I like to use anthropomorphic characters because it’s easier for the viewer to identify themselves with animals than it would be with human characters. And if you do identify with a character and recognize yourself in them, it gives you a […]

  An interview with Erica Scoggins, director of The Sacred Disease  Why were you interested in hopeless diseases? By hopeless, do you mean incurable, chronic, or unexplainable? The Sacred Disease is based on my experience with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, partial seizures stemming from the part of the brain controlling memory and emotion. A “misfire” in this part of the brain produces strange episodes consisting of […]

  An interview with Dirk De Bruyn, director of Re-Vue  How did you get into making Re-Vue? It’s really part of a series of works where I explore the interfaces and gaps between digital moving images and celluloid. My working method means I have a lot of unfinished work that I intermittently return to, often when I discover and familiarize myself with a new […]

  An interview with Goran Stolevski, director of Vidi ja ti nea  Can you tell us why you chose that particular title? It’s a common colloquial saying in Macedonia and depending on context it can come off as either admiring or derogatory – or sometimes both. Since it was also a line of incidental dialogue in the film, it felt like the natural title. […]

  An interview with Cheuk Man Wong, director of Piled Cloud  How did you get the inspiration for Piled cloud ? I was inspired by an experience of a friend. My friend who was from Mainland China came to Hong Kong to study film. Due to distorted property market and rocket high rental price in Hong Kong, many local people cannot afford to rent an entire […]

  An interview with Gadzhimurad Efendiev, director of The Hamsa  Could you explain to us what “hamsa” means and what it refers to here? Hamsa, in Arabic, means five, exactly five main actors in the film. Hamsa is also the Hand of Miriam (Fatima). Women with an unshakable character, ready to endure any test of fate. Why is the title an Arabic word? This […]

  An interview with Pierre Boulanger, director of Bye bye les puceaux (Bye, Bye Virgins)  How did you come up with the idea of exploring the relationship between Inès and Abdel? In the film, Inès and Abdel are two teenagers. They’re strangers to each other and their worlds and personalities are incompatible. While the difference of the sexes tends to soften when we’re adults, it’s […]

  An interview with Hyunjung Kim, director of Home without me  How did you get the inspiration for Home without me? This film reflects my autobiographical experience. When I recalled my childhood, I always felt about isolation and loneliness. I have already become an adult after a long time, but I still want to understand the lonely feelings that dominate me, so I decided […]