I8

Watch the interview with the South Korean filmmaker Hongju Kang about her short film Little by Little selected in the 2023 International Competition (I8 programme).

Watch the interview with the Greek filmmaker Thanasis Neofotistos about his short film Airhostess-737 selected in the 2023 International Competition (I8 programme).

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 […]

Interview with Vincent René-Lortie, director of Invincible   Why did you decide to use the story of Marc-Antoine as the subject of your film, Invincible? The synopsis states that the film is based on a true story. Can you say a bit about that? Invincible is directly inspired by the story of my childhood friend Marc-Antoine Bernier who died at the age of fourteen […]

Watch the interview with the Danish filmmakers Florian Elabdi and Michael Graversen about their short film Ghosts of Mória selected in the 2022 International Competition (I8 programme).

Watch the interview with the Turkish filmmaker Ali Cabbar about his short film Bahçeler Put Kesildi selected in the 2022 International Competition (I8 programme).

Interview with Negar Naghavi, director of Masire moshtarak [A Shared Path] Why did you decide to tell this story?In my first sketch, the idea was to show the relationship between two children, unable to communicate by the means of a shared language, who end up being friends at the end. This was too unpolished an idea. As time went by, I came to […]

Watch the interview with the Estonian filmmaker Sander Joon about his short film Sierra selected in the 2022 International Competition (I8 programme).

Interview with Francesco Romano, director of Ambasciatori Ambasciatori evokes the violence of a hidden community, in which older men try to buy sex from two young albanian men. How did you decide on this topic and protagonists to make a film about?For my works I always tend to start and be inspired by the reality that I live or observe.  I learned of […]