Interview with Julien Gaspar-Oliveri, director of L’âge tendre [The Tender Age] Your film is about a young girl’s effort to break free of the exclusive bond she has with her mother. What made you want to film such a story? Diane’s character is the product of a memorable encounter. It was this encounter, more than her story, that spurred me to make a […]
Interview with Curtis Essel, director of Sodom & Gomorrah Can you tell us more about the project to build the training centres? How are you involved? Filmmaking for me is not only to tell inclusive and diverse stories. It’s paramount that with every film I produce, there is a social impact initiative to follow it. In March 2018, I made my debut short film […]
Interview with Thomas Vernay, director of Miss Chazelles Tell us a little about how Miss Chazelles came to be. I always have a hard time answering that question. There are so many reasons behind a film’s origins… The most important, I think, was me really wanting to shoot a film in the village where I grew up. It’s not a place I necessarily have […]
Interview with Ricardo Castro, director of Adíos, Adíos, Adíos Adíos, Adíos, Adíos deals with family, memories and grief. Do you think that art can help the artist or the viewer deal with absence and help with the grieving process? Well, in my case making this film changed my life. I was in complete denial about my mother’s death, and because I wrote, directed, […]
Interview with Julien Silloray, director of Mortenol What made you want to make a film about revenge and can you see yourself making other films on the subject or that include it? When I started writing, I wanted to make a film in Mortenol with teenagers from the area and use a story based on an event that frequently takes place in Guadeloupe. […]
Interview with Morad Mostafa, director of Henet Ward Can you tell us a bit about the situation of Sudanese minorities in Egypt? The situation of Sudanese refugees in Egypt is like the situation of any other refugees; like Syrians and Indonesians actually, or simple Egyptians themselves like Basma and her family, all have similar issues and dreams and ambitions and simple life requirements […]
Interview with Adrien Mérigeau, director of Genius Loci Tells us a little bit about how your film, Genius Loci, came to be. I began writing Genius Loci around 2013-2014, in Ireland while making Song of the Sea. My initial intention was to make a film about leaving behind, in the sense of leaving what we know and are familiar with for something unknown, where […]
Interview with Antoine Bargain, director of Disciplinaires Where did you get the idea of making a film about this particular military prison that punishes disobedience and desertion? Sometimes, a chance meeting upsets your plans. That’s what happened to me when I found out about the history of this camp which before had been nothing more to me than a pleasant place where I […]
Interview with Mykyta Lyskov, director of Kohannia (Deep Love) Can you explain the title Kohannia? Kohannia (Кохання) is a purely Ukrainian word. This word means a close, sincere connection between people very similar to love but in a different deep sense. Therefore, it was rather difficult for me to find the equivalent of Kohannia in English, and as a result I chose Deep Love. Your short […]
Interview with Ramazan Kiliç, director of Servİs [The School Bus] Is the film based on a true story? What inspired you to tell it? Not exactly! It includes both a true story and fictional events. I was inspired by a story from the news on Twitter about a female teacher who drives a school bus for her students, but behaved like a male […]