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For this 17th edition, the Lab is working to shake up rules and reality by exploring every land, nook and cranny, real or imaginary, that speak volumes about us. We steadfastly dig into the same track: that of the inexplicable and of parallel worlds. “I believe that the universe is 97% rational,” says the French director Clément Cogitore. “But it is within the remaining […]

Discover the interview with the Italian codirectors Marie Amachoukeli & Vladimir Mavounia-Kouka  about their short film I Want Pluto to Be a Planet Again (Je veux que Pluton redevienne à nouveau une planète), selected in the International competition (F12 programme). A video directed by the students of the ARFIS École.

  Interview with Yong Zeng, director of Shit    How did you get the inspiration for Shit? Why were you interested in depicting this artist’s life and his special encounter? Movie is a dream that I always want to fulfill. I am a painter, hence I know well about the art circle and their lives. The leading actor is actually my friend, who is a bottom […]

Discover the interview with the Italian codirectors Isabelle Putod about her short film L’exilé du temps, selected in the Lab competition (L2 programme). A video directed by the students of the ARFIS École.

Today, we had an interview with Olivier Strauss about his film Dirty South (F5).

Today, we had an interview with Lotfi Achour about his film La laine sur le dos (F10).

  Interview with Sarah Santamaria-Mertens, director of Blind Sex    Why did you decide to open the film with a love scene that is imposed on the character? That scene is the first one that I had in mind while writing the script and it remained intact through the final editing. I liked the idea of entering the story through sound, and then contrasting […]

  Interview with Ladj Ly, director of Les misérables (The Miserables)    “Gavroche in the thicket”: the parallel between the young protagonists of your film and the character in Victor Hugo, was that the starting point? Yes, of course. I wanted to deal with young people in “tough neighborhoods”. They have been completely abandoned by our elite and left to fend for themselves from […]