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  Interview with Constance Meyer, director of Rhapsody Why were you interested in intergenerational relationships and the bond that is formed between this senior babysitter and the baby he watches over? In the beginning, I was interested in filming something of a sensual nature during the heat wave that hit Paris last July. I wanted to show Depardieu’s massive body next to the small, […]

  Interview with Hannibal Mahé, director of Samedi [Saturday] What inspired you to make Samedi? Did you conduct research on “juvenile deliquents”? Since I direct music videos, I’m around young people a lot, I see and listen to their stories. Some of them can really inspire you as a writer if you’re there to hear them. The starting point for Samedi was a brief […]

  Interview with Loïc Espuche, director of Tombés du nid [Wide-Eyed]. How did you come up with the idea for Tombés du nid ? A year and a half ago, we encountered a duck and her ducklings with my buddy Adrien Fromenteil. We were going up the stairs of La cité de la BD in Angoulême. The ducklings were trapped in a square of dry […]

  Interview with Cecilia de Arce, director of Une sur trois. How did you come up with the idea for Une sur trois ? Une sur Trois was my final project at the 3iS school, where I obtained a degree in direction. I wanted to make a film that dedramatized abortion and that involved a tale of a strong friendship. My inspiration is in part […]

  Interview with Antoine Giorgini, director of Réplique Where did you get the idea for Réplique? Were you familiar with the entrance exam for the Dramatic Arts, and were you especially drawn to the Theater? I was mostly interested in talking about a type of character. I’ve worked in social centers in the North of France and the job left a strong impression on […]

  An interview with Ivan Barge, director of Madam Black  How did you get the idea to direct Madam Black? I had previously worked on a short, Snooze Time, with the writer Matthew Harris, who also wrote ’43,000ft’ which screened at Clermont in 2013. So when he sent me the script for ‘Madam Black’ I was excited too read it. It just took one […]

  Interview with Natalie Beder, director of Des millions de larmes [Millions of Tears]  How did you come up with the idea for Des millions de larmes? Before starting on the film, I had already begun work on the script for a feature film that looked at grief and family bonds. As I was moving along in the writing process, my agent, Brigitte Descormiers, […]

  Interview with David Coquard-Dassault, director of Peripheria In what way are you connected to the suburbs you describe in Peripheria? How did you decide where to shoot? Do your shots truly exist somewhere, or are they a product of your imagination? Peripheria is not a real city, it’s my imagined vision of a “commuter town”. It’s a film project – looking at the […]

  Interview with Méryl Fortunat Rossi, co-director of L’ours noir [Black Bear] How did you come up with the idea to write L’ours noir ? (Co-director) Xavier Seron’s sister came back from a trip to Quebec with a visitor’s guide from Forillon National Park, a park where you can see black bears. There really are strict rules to follow in this guide. The instructions from […]

  Interview with Morgan Simon, director of Réveiller les morts [Wake the Dead]. What inspired you to make Réveiller les morts ? My first desire was to get Kévin Azaïs and Julien Krug to act together. I also wanted to keep a record by filming my mother and the place where I lived for 15 years. Film allows us to make all of that timeless, […]