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  Interview with Julien Marsa and Lucie Prost, directors of Les rosiers grimpants [The Climbing Roses] In order to make Les rosiers grimpants did you become interested in the borders and threshholds between childhood and adulthood? Lucie: “Threshholds” don’t mean much to me. Some days I feel like an old woman who’s lived a full life; others I’m like a playful kid. I’m more […]

  Interview with Caroline Detournay and Paulina Pisarek, directors of Free Bullet How did you get into directing Free Bullet? Paulina Pisarek: It came right after I finished shooting my film I Don’t Touch the Gold. I was in the western part of Senegal, and after two months of shooting, I fell ill and dreamt of finding a quiet little island where I could […]

  Interview with Gabrielle Lissot, director of Jukai How did you learn about the story of Jukai and why were you interested in developing a film around that forest? I found out about the forest by chance through a documentary I watched on the internet. I was instantly taken by this almost mythological place where people’s unhappy fates merge with a very vital form […]

  Interview with Jeanik Barot, director of Le déserteur [The Deserter]  Why were you interested in adolescence? I think it’s a fascinating period. We can often be influenced by what we’re presented with, yet we also construct our own first great certainties. I like that paradox. Moroever, it’s a watershed moment; I think it determines not a few things that come after. My initial […]

  Interview with Jean-Luc Dang, director of Chalon First off, could you tell us where exactly Chalon is? It’s Chalon-sur-Saône, near Lyon. There are several Chalons, so the choice of title was also intentionally ambiguous. My story could very well have taken place somehwere else… How long did you live in Chalon and how long has it been since you left? I was born […]

  Interview with Cédric Dupire, director of Journal afghan [Afghan Diary] How did you come up with the idea of making Journal afghan ? I came across the film and audio tapes of Dimitri and Christine’s 1965 trip to the Near East and Middle East by chance. I started by watching the films. At that particular time, I was especially touched to find tourist […]

  Interview with Arthur Cahn, director of Au loin les dinosaures [Dinosaurs In the Distance] How did you come up with the idea for Au loin les dinosaures ? I had just finished La Fémis [The National Film School] and wrapped up writing a feature film with writing support from the CNC [National Film Center]. I couldn’t find a producer for it. It was a little naive […]

  Interview with Lisa Matuszak, director of Brume, cailloux et métaphysique [Mist, Pebbles and Metaphysics]  Of Brume, cailloux et métaphysique, the first to appear is mist. Why were you interested in this type of “fog”? It was initially a purely aesthetic desire. I really like misty landscapes, they lend a sense of mystery, a certain mystique. And that worked well with the mood of […]

  Interview with Stéphanie Lansaque and François Leroy, directors of Café froid [Cold Coffee]. How did you conceive the animation in Café froid? Did you use models and/or 3D inserts? What techniques did you use? Cold Coffee mixes video, photography and 2D digital animation (After Effects). We developed specific plug-ins that allowed us to mix these different techniques. The technical experimentation plays an integral […]

Trente ans après avoir été sélectionné en compétition nationale au festival de Clermont-Ferrand avec Toro Moreno (1983) et Homicide by Night (1985), Gérard Krawczyk revient pour une Master class consacrée au scénario. En tant que scénariste ou réalisateur, il a signé de grosses productions comme Taxi 3 et Fanfan la tulipe, mais aussi des œuvres plus personnelles telles que Je hais les acteurs ou […]