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Interview with Daniel Cook, director of The Bayview Tell us more about the Bayview. How did you come across the place? How familiar are you with the area?The Bayview sits on the edge of a traditional fishing village called Macduff in the North East Coast of Scotland. Over the last few years, the local youth who live there are choosing other less risky […]

Interview with Youri Orekhoff, director of Balaclava What does Balaclava mean?It’s the name given to ski masks that cover almost the whole face, so you don’t get cold when you’re skiing, but also when you’re pretending to be a robber. Was your desire to make a short film about the characters Nadja and Tina, two young burglars, what guided the script, or was it […]

Interview with Victor Trifilieff, director of Les Curiosités du mal [The Hunt of the Unicorn] Could you tell us how you came up with the title? What do you think of the English translation?I like it when a film’s title has a certain poetry to it, a hint of mystery even before you’ve seen the first images in it. I’d rather the title […]

Interview with Louis Bhose, director of Calving What was your inspiration for Calving?I like films that feel like they hint at a theme or allegory below the surface but can also be enjoyed as entertainment. That might be Possession or Us or The Magnificent Ambersons or any number of films, but it’s certainly what gets me excited. When I watch a film, I […]

Interview with Steven Fraser, director of Prosopagnosia How did you get to know prosopagnosia?  Several years ago, I was going through the diagnosis process for autism. At this time, I was speaking to different doctors and specialists who asked my many questions on how I interact with people. During this time, they realised it was a possibility that I also may have prosopagnosia, which […]

Interview with Fan Sissoko, director of On the Surface Has animation always been an area of interest to you?I’ve always loved animation, as a child of course, but also as a grown up. It’s such a beautiful and fascinating process. But it hasn’t been part of my practice until On the Surface. It’s my first animated short. Your film explores difficult topics such […]

Interview with Olivier Bayu Gandrille, director of TNT Why did you choose to set the story during the 2005 riots? It wasn’t so much a choice as a desire to stay true to my operating principle: my initial intention was to talk about a part of my teenage years in the suburbs of Paris. As it happens, those years were strongly marked by the deaths […]

Interview with Simon London, director of That Workman’s Arm What motivated you to tell the story of these two characters? What did you want to explore through their relationship?I was interested in telling a story about understanding. I wanted to bring two characters together who might see each other in a unique and forgiving way, even though they have been pitted against each […]

Interview with Julien Regnard, director of Ronde de nuit [Night Watch]  Where did you get the idea for the couple in the film? The story in the film is based largely on my personal life. It’s coated over by the animation, the genre, the film’s atmosphere, all that… But the story is still pretty autobiographical.  How would you describe your animation style?  Réactionnaire ? Non le […]

Interview with Michael Bohnenstingl, director of Slouch  How personal is the story? Are you basing it on experience or someone you know?  Back in Ludwigsburg I spent a lot of time making music and hanging out at our rehearsal room complex with other musicians. At some point I noticed an interesting paradox: many of the musicians (especially the good ones) felt that their inspiration came from […]