international competition

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).

  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 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 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 […]

  Interview with Bertille Estramon, director of Chienne [Bitch] What motivated you to tell this story? I started out wanting to make a film about the feeling of injustice. I thought back on the events that I had experienced or the stories I had been told… Then, I wanted to see a strong female character, who doesn’t let herself be pushed around. I wanted […]

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

  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)

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

  Interview with Stefan Langthaler, director of Fabiu To somebody who hasn’t seen the movie, how would you introduce it? Fabiu is a film about aging and unfulfilled desires. It’s the story of an old man who is confronted with suppressed longing when a young caregiver comes into his life. Under the eyes of his seriously ill wife, the old man struggles with his feelings, but […]