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  Interview with Nick Jordan, director of The Atom Station  How did you get the idea to make a film in Iceland? My work as an artist & filmmaker usually draws upon our relationship to the natural world in some way; how cultural, political, and economic factors influence both managed and seemingly wild places. As a dynamic, volatile landscape, on the edge of Europe, […]

  Interview with Randa Maroufi, director of The Park Your film shows the controversies around the usage of social networks in Morocco, and in particular the Tcharmil Affair, where young people on Facebook groups show off weapons right alongside the latest trends in clothing. What interested you about this phenomenon? It was not the phenomenon as such that interested me, but more what was […]

Today, we had an interview with Clara Roquet about his film El Adios (I9).

  Entretien avec François Zabaleta, réalisateur de Fuck l’amour Dans Fuck l’amour, vous questionnez la déception et l’incompréhension dans une relation parent-enfant. Pourquoi étiez-vous intéressé par le fait de montrer cet échec ? Le point de départ du film a été ma rencontre avec un garçon qui me parlait de sa relation avec ses parents. Son frère et lui souffraient de l’indifférence de leurs parents […]

Today, we had an interview with William Laboury about his film Fais le mort (F10) et Hotaru (L2).

  Interview with Giovanni Aloi, director of E.T.E.R.N.I.T.. In E.T.E.R.N.I.T. you address the matter of the new life offered by family reunification services to your main character after many years of separation from his family. Did you enquire about the true length of time people wait to welcome their families to their new country? During the research phase, I had several interviews with workers […]

  An interview with Céline Devaux, director of Le repas dominical [The Sunday Meal]  Where did the idea for Le repas domincal come from and how did you go about writing the dialogue? I wanted to write a film about the moment when you yourself become one of the adults in the family. And when your affection for you parents has to coexist with your […]

  Interview with Charlie Belin, director of Blanquette. Why did you choose a blanquette over a leg or a roast? Leg, roast, stew… any traditional French dish would’ve done the job. The film was created from the editing of 8 recorded family meals at my grandparents’ house. In reality, the conversations overlap a patchwork of different dishes and desserts but I chose the blanquette […]

  An interview with Mark Chapman, director of Camrex How did you discover the Camrex Hostel ? Where is it based ? Camrex is based in Sunderland –a city that has a rich industrial history and was formerly a major shipbuilding hub in North East, England. I was casting a drama feature and the project involved extensive work with non-actors and lots of street […]

  An interview with Mihai Grecu, director of Reflection of Power Your film takes place in Pyongyang, in North Korea: a mysterious rising water engulfs a city without disturbing the impressive artistic performances and activities going on there. How did you become interested in the country? I was born in Romania under Ceausescu’s dictatorship. I remember dance ceremonies in honor of the regime and […]