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  An interview with Roman Przylipiak, director of Jerry  How did you come across energy healing? What did you make of it? On a macro-scale it was an incredible, huge meeting with father Bashobora, a priest, which took place at the National Stadium in Warsaw, when tens of thousands of people were praying to get healed. I saw this on YouTube. This phenomenon pushed […]

  An interview with Mikael Marignac, director of Kajaani  Why did you decide to use the name of the region in the film as its title? Kajaani is a small town located in the middle of Finland. It’s the town where my mother was born and raised. Part of my family is still there. So that’s the place where I made my first film. […]

  An interview with Sylvia Le Fanu, director of Abu Adnan  Are Adnan and his son based on people you’ve met? Were you inspired by real-life stories? In fact, the story is originally based on my own experience with foreign parents in Denmark. I know what it is like to feel ashamed that my parents were not like the other parents, and I can […]

  An interview with Leri Matehha, director of Weil es Mitte März ist (Because It’s the Middle of March)  How did you get into shooting at Bat Jam beach? My grandparents have lived there since I was four years old, so I have been there quite often. With years, I realized that Bat Yam is a very particular place in comparison to Tel Aviv […]

  Interview with Ludovic Boukherma, co-director of La naissance du monstre (Birth of the Monster)  Why are you interested in or why do you have sympathy for the idea of werewolves? We are interested in the theme of the werewolf or the monster – which will also be at the heart of our next feature film – because it offers the possibility of talking […]

  An interview with Na-Yeon Lee, director of Three Room  How did you get the inspiration for Three Room? My mom, dad, sisters and I have been living separately for over ten years. My dad, who used to be very patriarchal, has weakened as he has gotten older. He had often told us that he wants to live with his daughters, and that scared […]

  An interview with Carlos Conceiçao, director of Coelho Mau (Bad Bunny)  Who is the “bad bunny” in this story? He is about to understand defeat, loss, loneliness – which makes him angry. He is also in the process of becoming invisible: to his mother because she escapes into a sort of wayward bubble where he won’t have a role; and to his sister […]

  An interview with Albert Meisl, director of Der Sieg der Barmherzigkeit  How did you get the inspiration for these two music specialists? Since I was 15 years old, I have been a passionate record collector. Over the years, I got in touch with a lot of people at record fairs, in charity shops or at flea markets who are totally addicted to special […]

  An interview with Salvatore Lista, director of Le visage (Exposure)  What made you want to focus on the world of video games? I have always loved the images in video games. Without necessarily being a gamer or having spent hours on gaming networks, I love seeing the images, worlds, drawings, characters and stories that come from this imagination, and have since the games […]

  An interview with Nicolas Ménard, director of Wednesday with Goddard  Did you draw every part of Wednesday with Goddard by yourself? The film features an extensive set of pencil drawings by Manshen Lo. On my end, I drew the characters and prepared the layouts.  How did you work on the shapes and colours? I prepare layouts on paper and I finalize the artwork […]