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Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Osman Cerfon about his short film Aaaah ! selected in the 2023 National Competition (F1 programme).

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Jawahine Zentar about her short film Sur la tombe de mon père selected in the 2023 National Competition (F1 programme).

Interview with Lucas Bacle, director of d’Auxiliaire Can you tell us little bit about how your film came about? It’s the story of a young man with a disability and his caregiver and how their relationship is thrown into disorder when the caregiver decides to leave.   The idea for this film emerged when three friends – a director, an actor and a producer – […]

Interview with Léo Blandino, director of Bitume [Asphalt] How did you happen to think of making a film about truck drivers?I wrote the script with Thimothée Meyrieux-Drevet who shared his research on drivers and the evolution of their working conditions. I was immediately interested by the topic. So then we had to figure out how to talk about it and come up with a […]

Interview with Francescu Artily, director of Hors-saison [Off-season]  How did you come up with the idea for Hors-saison ?The story comes from my own experiences; it resonates with my first professional experience in audiovisual work. I had just finished film school when I found a fulltime job as cameraman in a production company in Corsica. The job meant I could earn a living when we […]

Interview with Maxence Voiseux, director of Elle est des nôtres Why did you choose livestock farming as the context for the story? Are you familiar with it? Or the region?   The story takes place among livestock merchants whom I know something about for having made a documentary about them. My background is in documentaries and I make films in the north of France, in […]

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Martin Jauvat about his short film Grand Paris Express selected in the 2022 National Competition (F1 programme).

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Janloup Bernard about his short film J’avais un camarade selected in the 2022 National Competition (F1 programme).

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 […]