international competition

Watch the interview with the Swiss-Portuguese-French filmmaker Aurélie Oliveira Pernet about her short film As Sacrificadas selected in the 2023 International Competition (I1 programme).

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Iris Chassaigne about her short film Swan dans le centre selected in the 2023 National Competition (F4 programme).

Watch the interview with the American filmmaker Dwayne LeBlanc about his short film Civic selected in the 2023 International Competition (I14 programme).

Watch the interview with the Portuguese filmmaker Laura Gonçalves about her short film O Homem do Lixo selected in the 2023 International Competition (I11 programme).

Watch the interview with the Indian filmmaker Varun Chopra about his short film Holy Cowboys selected in the 2023 International Competition (I3 programme).

Watch the interview with the French filmmakers Matthias Joulaud and Lucien Roux about their short film Ramboy selected in the International Competition  2023 (I14 programme).

Watch the interview with the Vietnamian filmmaker Vũ Nguyễn Nam Khuê about his short film A Lost Astronaut And a City of Footprints selected in the 2023 International Competition (I12 programme).

Interview with Miranda Stern, director of Clean It’s a very candid piece of work. What was the context and what were your motivations for telling this story?Scientific research exploring the self-administration of morphine in animals in the 1970s proved that when rats were offered two water bottles – one filled with water and the other with heroin – the rats would repetitively drink […]

Interview with Azadeh Moussavi, director of 48 Hours The film is a very moving account of a father’s struggle. What inspired you to tell his story?This film is inspired by my own childhood when my dad was a journalist and he was imprisoned for two years. How did you cast the film? And how did you work with the actors to re-create these subtle family […]

Interview with Alvin Lee, director of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Where did the idea for this film come from?          This story is a cumulative memory of my experiences in attending funeral wakes. I realised funeral wake nowadays have little to do with the deceased. In Singapore, we often see family members and funeral wake guests chatting leisurely, discussing business, drinking alcohol, and […]