filmmaker

  • I-TheHouseOfLoss-1-RVB
    24 January 2023
    By Abla Kandalaft

    Interview with Jinkyu Jeon, director of The House of Loss   Can you tell us more about the choice of title?Ten years ago, when I was working in a senior care center as a soldier on mandatory duty, everyone was moving forward step by step on their own path, but I felt like I was the only one tied to the place. I don’t want […]

  • I-TsutsuƐ-1-RVB
    24 January 2023
    By Élise Loiseau

    Interview with Amartei Amar, director of TsutsuƐ What was the starting point of TsutsuƐ?TsutsuƐ was born through three spiritually interwoven true stories. The first was from an experience our Producer had when a neighbourhood boy discovered a dead body in an open sewer. As he went to tell others, it rained a great thunderstorm. By the time he managed to get everyone to […]

  • L–Pentola-4-RVB
    24 January 2023
    By Clotilde Couturier

    Interview with Leo Černic, director of Pentola How did you get the inspiration for Pentola?Although Pentola may seem like a pretty silly film (and it certainly is!), it stems from a very personal story. A few years ago I totally fell in love with a man, and found myself facing for the first time a thousand problems, questions and doubts that I had never […]

  • I-SerpêhatiyênNeqewimî-1-RVB
    24 January 2023
    By Abla Kandalaft

    Interview with Ramazan Kılıç, director of Serpêhatiyên Neqewimî [Things Unheard Of] Your previous short was at the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival. Can you tell us how you came up with this new idea for a film?There is a photograph taken by Reza Deghati in Ağrı, where I was born. On that photograph, two children carry an empty television frame. Reza photographed a moment […]

  • I-Diabel-1-RVB
    23 January 2023
    By Abla Kandalaft

    Interview with Jan Bujnowski, director of Diabeł [The Devil] Who is the devil here and what does he represent? Why did you choose to portray him this way?      The devil in my film represents all the people who prey on other’s weaknesses and try to make a profit from their misery. How he looks like is defined by the time when the […]

  • L–Amok-6-RVB
    23 January 2023
    By Clotilde Couturier

    Interview with Balázs Turai, director of Amok  Why did you choose this topic?I was reading about Jung’s concept of the shadow, the part of our psyche that remains hidden and uncontrollable to our conscious mind. I was inspired to portray someone’s shadow as a cartoony gnome who takes control of their life. Also I was moved by psychologist Péter Popper’s idea that a […]

  • I-TheAgeOfInnocence-1-RVB
    22 January 2023
    By Abla Kandalaft

       Interview with Maximilian Bungarten, director of The Age of Innocence  Who or what inspired you the character of Lev?Young men that work on a construction sites. In Germany, we have high demand for qualified skilled workers so a lot of young men are starting to work on a construction site in their teenage years. Some of them just only to make some […]

  • Café_court_Damien_Salama
    15 February 2021
    By Fanny Dauny

    Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Damien Salama about his short film Notre doctrine selected in the 2021 National Competition (F11 programme).

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