court métrage

   Interview with Louda Ben Salah-Cazanas, director of Genève [Geneva] Where did your inspiration for Genève come from? Oliver (the producer) and I were in a situation similar to that of the main character in Geneva. It’s a strange feeling to be the caregiver.  I wanted a way to convey this feeling without expressing it outright. One day I was at the movies with […]

  Interview with Maggie Briggs and Federico Spiazzi, codirectors of To Sonny Who is Sonny? Is he based on someone you met in real life? Maggie: The character of Sonny is loosely based on my own father, a vending machine loader himself in North Carolina, a man who after almost 40 years of being in the American workforce has become defined by his jobs […]

  Interview with Shanawaz Nellikunnil, director of 405 There is a beautifully poetic quality to your film, and also a sense of loss and regret.  What do you hope the audience will get out of it? Thanks for the compliment, I want the audience to know what freedom really is; oftentimes we tend to forget what we have and always seem to focus on […]

  Interview with Riad Bouchoucha, director of La veillée [The Wake] What interests you about mourning, why did you want to the action to take place at a wake? My desire to situate the action at a wake comes from a personal experience. Like the protagonist, I lost my mother and I was surprised by the attitudes of some of the close family and […]

  Interview with Gar O’Rourke, director of Kachalka How did you go about creating Kachalka?  Can you talk us through the filming processes a little? I live in Ireland as does the producer of the film and as such this film was made in a kind of ‘remote’ way. The film was made over three separate visits to Kiev over a one-and-a-half-year period. The first two […]

  Interview with Paul Heintz, director of Shānzhài Screens How did you come up with the idea for Shānzhài Screens? And how did you find the artist painters? In 2015 I made the film Non contractuel which deals with job transfers, unemployment and with simulation used as a way to get back to work. I was already interested in representations of work situations and […]

  Interview with Erenik Beqiri, director of The Van Why were you interested in illegal immigration? Illegal immigration has become part of the Albanian culture these last 30 years. After the communist regime fell in the 90s, most Albanians immigrated to Italy, Greece, England and other countries. At first you’d think this happened only back then, but we still have people trying to illegally […]

  Interview with Quinn Else, director of Fort Irwin How did you come across Fort Irwin? What motivated you to make it the focus of a short film? Three years ago I met an American professor who told me he made money in the mid-2000s by pretending to be an Iraqi villager for United States military training. I was surprised by his bizarre story […]

  Interview with Sébastien Auger, director of Plot [Cone] What interested you in the music world and in the relationship to the musical? Music is a daily passion that nourishes a good part of my imagination. For example, I always listen to music while writing and often a piece helps me find the right tone or the right color for a sequence.  So, from […]

  Interview with Jérémie Cousin, director of À l’Ouest [Westward] What inspired you to make a short film about father-child relations, divorce and life’s trials? I wanted to make a film on the lack of communication in a family and the problems that can lead to. My parents are divorced and everyone is doing fine nowadays but I think we’ve all suffered from a […]