Interview with Nans Laborde-Jourdàa, director of Léo la nuit [Léo by Night] Where did you come up with the idea for Léo la nuit?I wanted to show something about my life and the lives of people I hold dear. The feeling of material and emotional instability that we juggle with flair on a daily basis. A man walking on the crest excels in […]
Interview with Lamara Sogomonian, director of Get Ready. Off to the Feast What was the starting point of Get Ready. Off to the Feast?It’s all started from the article. Our script writer Julia Pogrebnyak read an article and this horrible thing happening today in Russia was the starting point. Every year about 1240 girls on North Caucasus become victims of genital mutilation. Traditionally […]
Interview with Annabelle Amoros, director of Churchill, Polar Bear Town How did you become aware of the town of Churchill and its complex situation with polar bears?I’ve known about the town of Churchill for years. When I was a child, I saw a picture of a polar bear being transported in a net beneath a helicopter. I made the connection later, around 2013, […]
Interview with Jean-Baptiste Alazard, director of Saint Jean-Baptiste [Saint John the Baptist] Where do the film’s images come from? Can you tell us more about the local festivals?The film is composed of images from two “sources”. There are shots that I took myself, from a kind of journal that I’ve kept for the last ten years, or forgotten drafts. I filmed these shots […]