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Interview with Geordy Couturiau, director of La Flûte enchantée [The Magic Flute] Tell us a bit about Momo and Arnaud. Are they based on people you know in real life? The character Arnaud gets his name from a close friend of mine, Arnaud Orengue, without whom the film would not be what it is. He was with us from the very beginning up to […]

Watch the interview with the Swedish filmmaker Angelika Abramovitch about her short film Tjejtoan 4-ever selected in the 2022 International Competition.

Interview with Olivier Smolders, director of Masques [Masks] How much were you interested by the issue of filiation and transmission for this film?My cinematic desires are intuitive, sensorial, linked to people and objects that I want to film. It is only whilst the work is in progress that I discover along the way roughly « what it is about ». I have been wanting to […]

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Lila Pinell about her short film Le Roi David selected in the 2022 National Competition.

Interview with Elizabeth Rocha Salgado, director of São Paulo Open Wound How did you meet the Mamba Negra collective? I have been in one of their parties in Rio de Janeiro. It was amazing. It is a party with many performances from different artists.  Why did you choose to make a documentary about this underground scene in Brazil?My producer met them in Amsterdam, where […]

Interview with Sarah Saidan, director of À cœur perdu [Home of the Heart] How did you get the inspiration for À coeur perdu?We say “Home is where the Heart is”, but what if one doesn’t know where exactly their heart is? The topic of this film is very personal to me. I have lived as an immigrant in France for over a decade now […]

Interview with Ian de la Rosa, director of Farrucas What interested you in the life of the Moroccan-Spanish community in Spain?It is something I have always been close to, because of where I grew up, in the south of Spain, one of the gateways for the migrant community, especially from North Africa. I was also very interested in the Andalusian past, and I […]

Watch the interview with the Latvian filmmaker Edmunds Jansons about his short film Guard of Honour selected in the 2022 International Competition (I6 programme).

Watch the interview with the Mexican filmmaker José Permar about his short film Ir y Volver selected in the 2022 International Competition (I3 programme).

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Victor Boulenger about his short film Sourdingue selected in the 2022 National Competition (F3 programme).