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 Arthur Bacry and Marianne Gaudillère, co-directors of Tom veut rentrer [Tom Wants Home] Who inspired these characters for you? What did you want to explore through their relationship?Arthur: The main source of inspiration was my brother, who is deaf. In our family, he is the only deaf person. He went through all of his schooling with deaf children and learned sign […]
Interview with Garance Kim, director of Ville éternelle [The Eternal City] Why the choice of the Seine-et-Marne department as the setting? Who was the inspiration for these two characters?The starting point of this film was a desire for two characters who weren’t supposed to find themselves together to meet. To make this happen, we decided to nourish each one with personal anecdotes. So […]
Interview with Maïté Sonnet, director of Des jeunes filles enterrent leur vie [Bachelorette Party] After Massacre, you’ve made Des jeunes filles enterrent leur vie which is more of a comedy. What was the starting point for this film?Actually, and bizarrely, I never thought I’d write a comedy more than anything else. Humor almost comes by itself, without my intending it, or else it comes through […]
Watch the interview with the Lebanese filmmaker Dania Bdeir about her short film Warsha selected in the 2022 National Competition (F12 programme).
Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Caroline Guiela Nguyen about her short film Les Engloutis selected in the 2022 National and International Competitions (F12 programme).
Interview with Dania Bdeir, director of Warsha How did you come up with the character? Is he based on someone you know?In 2017, I was sitting on my balcony in Lebanon overlooking all of Beirut and I saw a man standing on top of one of the tallest construction cranes. I was afraid thinking the man was going to jump. It all looked […]
Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Aurélie Reinhorn about her short film Son Altesse Protocole selected in the 2022 National Competition (F12 programme).
Interview with Arthur Cahn, director of Jeudi, vendredi, samedi The relationship between Romain and Adémar is very touching. How did you come up with the idea for this friendship between colleagues?I’ve always been interested in the way adult artists call on their childlike sensibilities to take on youth. I’m a person who needs a lot of tenderness and I like reading illustrated books. […]
Interview with Aurélie Reinhorn, director of Son Altesse Protocole Why did you want to make a film in an amusement park? Were you inspired by a similar park that you’ve been to?I wanted to talk about insecure employment by looking at the mechanics of oppression and domination, where cynicism reached a peak when managerial techniques adopted the idea of “happiness at work”. Those […]
