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  An interview with Marc Torices, director of Knock Strike  Which techniques did you use in the animation? We used traditional animation with Photoshop as a tool. We used pencils and other objects to make the first drafts, but always finishing on the computer with Photoshop for the graphic part.  How did you work on the different styles of drawings? Several illustrators worked on […]

  An interview with Jossie Malis Alvarez, director of Bendito Machine VI  How did you get the inspiration to make Bendito Machine VI? I wanted to tell a story about the complexities and uncertainties of our future. I consider myself a pessimistic technophile, I am fascinated and enthusiastic about technological advances, but at the same time I am concerned and disturbed by the possibilities we […]

  An interview with Álvaro Gago Diaz, director of Matria  Who inspired you the character of Ramona? The woman who took care of my grandfather until he passed away who later became the lead actress of the film. On a second level, many women from the area where the film was shot, which is know by the name of Rias Baixas.  Why did you […]

  Interview with Lucrèce Andreae, director of Pépé le morse (Pépé the Walrus)  How did you come up with the idea of a walrus as the grandfather character? The idea came from a Russian friend of mine who took me around St. Petersburg and described the famous “walruses”, men who walk on the banks of the Neva in their underpants soaking up every last […]

  An interview with Faisal Attrache, director of Hasta Siempre, Comandante  Where did the shooting take place?  The shooting took place during a workshop with Abbas Kiarostami in Cuba in early 2016 that was put on by Black Factory Cinema (Spain). We were about 45 minutes outside of Havana at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV (EICTV), and I shot the film in […]

  An interview with Jessica Palud, director of Marlon  How did you come up with the idea for Marlon? I wanted to talk about prisons, but not necessarily from within. I saw how my grandfather’s imprisonment affected our family, and that’s the point of view that I wanted to adopt. This film is really a family portrait.  Why did you want to talke about […]

  An interview with Christophe Rolin, co-director of Dem dem!  What was it that interested you about fishing? Fishing is a contemplative activity. Looking out at the sea, we are a bit face-to-face with ourselves and our destiny.  What did you want to call into question the most with regards to the European passport: hope, freedom, or transgression? For Matar, the European passport represents […]

  An interview with Manuel Schapira, director of Roméo  How did you become interested in making a short film on a creation class? I had just spoken for an hour with film students at the Sorbonne. It was a good discussion but too short. As I was leaving, in the hallway I saw a little poster that was offering courses on creativity. I was […]

  An interview with Feyrouz Serhal, director of Tshweesh  What does Tshweesh means? It means white sound, it also means signal disruption, and to explain more, it is video and audio waves of interference.  How long did you stay in Beirut to capture all the shots? I live in Beirut, it is my city and the locations of the film are places that I know or […]

  Interview with Ilias Dupuis El Faris, director of Roujoula  What inspired you to make Roujoula? Casablanca, the city where I grew up, the city where young college graduates move into the street to work. I was looking for a DVD from an itinerant salesman who wasn’t from my neighborhood. As I became lost in his classification system, he said to me naturally: “This […]