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  An interview with Niki Lindroth von Bahr, director of Min Börda (The Burden)  What was the idea behind the use of animals? I’ve used animal characters in all of my films, I like to see them as modern fables in a way. The animal look also creates a kind of cuteness filter between the audience and the actual story, that might add some […]

  An interview with Sébastien Laudenbach, director of Vibrato  How did you go about the visual work on the different scenes and how did you work on the transitions? I’m not sure I quite understand your question about the scenes. I can say that starting with a pretty loose story, I went to the Palais Garnier opera house and I took a lot of […]

  An interview with Francesca Scalisi, co-director of Ligne noire  What exactly does the “ligne noire” refers to? What does it symbolise? The title Ligne noire refers to the trail of oil that, in the aftermath of the Sundarbans oil spill accident, left its indelible black mark on the coastal areas of Bangladesh for hundreds of kilometers. Symbolically, this black line embodies the idea […]

  An interview with Jakub Radej, director of Proch  What made you think of making a film that deals with the first moments after death? I don’t know. There are always several reasons that lead you to make a film. When I was about six years old, I went to my uncle’s funeral in his village. The coffin was open and the body was presented […]

  An interview with Céline Devaux, director of Gros chagrin (You Will Be Fine)  Why did you want to tackle the theme of breaking up? Above all, I wanted to address the first romantic break-up in a person’s life. I realized that, like all first ordeals, every romantic break-up comes in the form of absolute uniqueness. We are misunderstood and alone, not only because […]

  Interview with Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux, director of Les Vies de Lenny Wilson [The Lives of Lenny Wilson]  How did you come up with the idea for this short film? The film came together very quickly. It wasn’t even meant to exist. I was meant to make a feature film that was pushed back, and with the intention of continuing to explore situations for future projects, […]

  An interview with Jerry Carlsson, director of Skuggdjur (Shadow Animals)  Could you explain the choice of title? What are these mysterious shadow animals? I believe that humans are shadow animals, social creatures trying to imitate others to fit in. In our subconscious, we carry all the aspects of ourselves that our egos don’t want to acknowledge or show, because it’s not accepted in […]

  An interview with Lawrence Valin, director of Little Jaffna  Is there an autobiographical element to the film? To the character Seelan? Why did you decide to talk about Little Jaffna? A little. My parents are political refugees. They fled the war and I grew up with some background on the conflict, which received very little media coverage. I grew up without a father […]

  An interview with Zara Dwinger, director of Sirene  What did you seek to explore through the character of Kay? I wanted to explore the feelings of confusion a teenager can experience when their identity is not as clear as they thought it was. Nowadays, gender and identity are more connected than ever. I didn’t encounter the specific doubts about gender that Kay experiences, […]

  An interview with Alexandre Steiger, director of Pourquoi j’ai écrit la Bible (Why I Wrote the Bible)  What did you find interesting about the end of the father’s life? Francis, the father, sees sickness and death as a game. To a certain extent, he sees no separation between the realm of the living and of the dead. For him, a kind of continuity […]