filmmaker

Watch the interview with the Slovene filmmaker Katarina Rešek (Kukla) about her short film Sestre selected in the 2021 International Competition (I8 programme).

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Alexis Hellot about his short film Perles selected in the 2021 National Competition (F8 programme).

  Interview with Saïd Hamich, director of Le Départ [The Departure] How did you shoot the film and how did you go about casting? I shot in a suburb of Casablanca, in a new middle-class neighborhood that is popular with Moroccans who reside abroad, in the town of Had Soualem. These vacant lots, these buildings in the middle of nowhere… It is a very […]

  Interview with Zoé Pelchat, director of Lune [Moon] Why did you choose to title the film Lune? Because the main character repeats a mantra throughout the film that says “Je mérite la lune” which means “I deserve the moon” – I deserve the very best. Because of that the moon (lune) kind of became the emblem of the film. In the film, Babz, […]

Watch the interview with the German filmmakers Arkadij Khaet and Mickey Paatzsch about their short film Masel Tov Cocktail selected in the 2021 International Competition (I2 programme)

  Interview with Noé Debré, director of On n’est pas des animaux [We’re Not Animals] Where did you get the idea for On n’est pas des animaux? Just like in the film, a friend of mine’s ex-girlfriend created an Instagram account that became really popular for militating in favor of female orgasm. I thought that situation was funny. I also really wanted to make a […]

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Héloïse Ferlay about her short film À la mer poussière selected in the 2021 National Competition (F10 programme).

Watch the interview with the Filipino filmmaker Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan about his short film Hilum selected in the 2021 International Competition (I7 programme).

Watch the interview with the Chilean filmmaker Tito González García about his short film Sphinx selected in the 2021 National Competition (F6 programme).

Watch the interview with the Sudanese filmmaker Suzannah Mirghani about her short film Al-Sit selected in the 2021 International Competition (I5 programme).