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Watch the interview with the German filmmaker Nikita Diakur about his short film Backflip selected in the 2023 Lab Competition (L3 programme).

Watch the interview with the Danish filmmaker Lasse Lyskjær Noer about his short film Ridder Lykke selected in the 2023 International Competition (I13 programme).

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Jean-Sébastien Chauvinabout his short film Le Roi qui contemplait la mer selected in the 2023 National Competition (F5 programme).

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Manon Tacconi about her short film La Bouche en cœur selected in the 2023 National Competition (F12 programme).

Interview with Dong Jiang, director of The Elevator How did you come up with the idea for The Elevator?The original idea came from a television news piece that talked about elevators being installed as part of building renovations in older neighborhoods. In May 2019, in a Starbucks in Beijing, I pitched the idea to Jing Su and Li Ge, the producers of my earlier […]

Watch the interview with the American filmmaker Jamil McGinnis about his short film as time passes selected in the 2023 Lab Competition (L1 programme).

Watch the interview with the Swiss-Portuguese-French filmmaker Aurélie Oliveira Pernet about her short film As Sacrificadas selected in the 2023 International Competition (I1 programme).

Interview with Przemyslaw Adamski and Katarzyna Kijek, co-directors of Slow Light Can you tell us more about the medical condition? Did you come across something similar in real life?It is a fictive medical condition but it’s rooted in scientific research. “Slow light” is a term used in physics to describe a wave of light that was slowed down way below its fundamental physical constant. Danish physicist […]

Interview with Shao Tzu Lin, director of Summer Rain  What did you want to explore through Kao Li-Hsuan and Kao Cheng-Hsuan’s relationship?During the pandemic in 2021, I went back to my hometown and spent two months with my mom and my brother. Although we had our phones to use and spent so much time on social media, we still felt very bored. Ten years […]

Interview with Dian Weys, director of Bergie What was the starting point of Bergie? There were three elements that lead to Bergie’s conception. I live in Cape Town where it is a very common sight to see people sleeping on sidewalks. I heard a story about a person that was homeless who died, but people thought he was sleeping. I wondered for a long […]