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  Interview with Gabriel Harel, director of La nuit des sacs plastiques [The Night of the Plastic Bags]  How did you come up with the idea of bringing plastic bags to life? At that time, I really wanted to make an animated fantasy film, a bit of a horror story with a monster, I was looking for that monster. The idea came to me after […]

  Interview with Sebastian Kåss, director of The Animal  Was it difficult for you to find the actress who plays Siri the determined, angry young lady? I think casting is one of the most important parts of filmmaking and I always take my time trying a lot of actors and constellations between different actors to see how it affects the film as a whole. With this film […]

  Interview with Romain André, director of A priori sauvage  How did you come up with the idea of a film dealing with the subject of solitude in the big cities? I didn’t start out intending to make a film about solitude. In the beginning, I was more focused on the question of insomnia: the way work troubles our sleep, and sleep our work. […]

  Interview with Camille Polet, director of Moi votre ami [What, I, Your Friend?]  How did you come up with the idea of this middle-aged man wanting to become an actor? Above all, it’s because that middle-aged man is my father! And what I was interested in filming was a real event that had already happened, to rewrite it and to stage it as […]

  Interview with Frédéric Doazan, director of Hurlevent  In Hurlevent, the signs, numbers and letters of a book, carried away by the wind, assemble themselves to take the shapes of various figures. Is this a way to evoke the power of language or of poetry? I saw it more as if language had come to life. A breath that animates and causes a chain […]

  An interview with Matthieu Migneau, director of La route du sel  Can you tell us about the origins of La route du sel? I grew up in the country along the Loire river and I still live there. It’s a rather magical landscape, sometimes like an African river, sometimes a muddy bayou. As in many rural areas in France, poverty as well as […]

  Interview with Anna Paula Hönig and Violeta Paus, co-directors of City Plaza Hotel  What part does realism play in City Plaza Hotel? The idea for the film was born from a concern for the present-day world and the reality that we all face. We opted for a documentary style for the majority of the film and we used fiction as a cinematographic narration […]

  Interview with Tiphaine Raffier, director of La chanson [The Song]  What is your connection with Marne-la-Vallée? I grew up in Val d’Europe. This town is built more with signs than with bricks. There are people living in this copy town, it is them I’m interested in. How do you grow up in a town of lies? A town where the first injunction would […]

  Interview with Marc James Roels and Emma De Swaef, co-directors of Ce magnifique gâteau ! (This Magnificent Cake!)  Quelles matières avez-vous utilisées pour vos personnages et pour vos décors ? Everything you see in the film, including all the walls, trees and water is made out of wool and fabrics. The only exception we make are the eyes, so they are the only […]

  Interview with Héloïse Pelloquet, director of Côté cœur [Love Life]  Do you have a particular affinity for the world of ports and fishing? I really like filming fishing ports. Through their geography, size and infrastructure they tell a lot about the city – or island – around them. They are often divided into two spaces, one for pleasure and one for sea workers; as such, […]