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Watch the interview with the Israelí filmmaker Tomer Shushan about his short film Ayn Levana selected in the 2021 International Competition (I3 programme).

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Thomas Soulignac about his short film Bruits blancs selected in the 2021 National Competition (F12 programme).

  Interview with Stéphan Castang, director of Finale What was the starting point for your film, Finale? The film stems from several desires: talking to old people. I was raised by old people and have a certain fondness for them. I also wanted to work or work again with actors whose talent and human qualities I appreciated in equal measures: Chantal Joblon, François Chattot […]

Watch the interview with the English filmmaker Joanna Quinn about her short film Affairs of the Art selected in the 2021 International Competition (I8 programme).

Watch the interview with the French French-Morrocan director Saïd Hamich Benlarbi about his short film Le départ selected in the 2021 National Competition (F10 programme).

  Interview with Judah Finnigan, director of Workshop Is this workshop based on anything you’ve actually done in real life? I’ve never done a workshop quite like this one. As I started writing the short, I’d just gotten back from a very intense directing workshop in L.A., which involved a lot of physically charged exercises and role-play. I’d also been doing therapy for a year or […]

  Interview with Tito Gonzalez García, director of Sphinx What interested you in the Oedipus character and in particular the episode where he meets the Sphinx? I think it’s the question of the riddle. I learned it when I was young without really knowing where it came from nor what it meant. The idea of the “monster” is another aspect that I’ve been working […]

  Interview with Sarah Blok and Lisa Konno, codirectors of Baba What motivated you to tell Baba’s story? Baba (Ceylan Utlu) is a very interesting character because of his ambiguity. On the one hand he is a very well educated, erudite, smart man and on the other hand, he completely denies that life didn’t quite go according to plan. Ceylan came from Turkey to […]

  Interview with Nicolas Birkenstock, director of Ourse Where did you get the idea to explore sleepwalking? I think it began with an image. An image of Armande Boulanger (the actress who plays Ourse) wandering empty alleyways, along railroad tracks, in a forest from a fairytale. I had just completed shooting a film with her though she was only 15 and I found that […]

  Interview with Salar Pashtoonyar, director of Bad Omen Can you tell us more about your choice of title? We were at a wedding ceremony. I was probably around 12 years old. One of the wedding traditions is that guests go up to the stage to take photos with the bride and groom. I noticed my mom didn’t participate in that. I asked her […]