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  Interview with Cédric Dupire, director of Journal afghan [Afghan Diary] How did you come up with the idea of making Journal afghan ? I came across the film and audio tapes of Dimitri and Christine’s 1965 trip to the Near East and Middle East by chance. I started by watching the films. At that particular time, I was especially touched to find tourist […]

  Interview with Arthur Cahn, director of Au loin les dinosaures [Dinosaurs In the Distance] How did you come up with the idea for Au loin les dinosaures ? I had just finished La Fémis [The National Film School] and wrapped up writing a feature film with writing support from the CNC [National Film Center]. I couldn’t find a producer for it. It was a little naive […]

  Interview with Lisa Matuszak, director of Brume, cailloux et métaphysique [Mist, Pebbles and Metaphysics]  Of Brume, cailloux et métaphysique, the first to appear is mist. Why were you interested in this type of “fog”? It was initially a purely aesthetic desire. I really like misty landscapes, they lend a sense of mystery, a certain mystique. And that worked well with the mood of […]

  Interview with Stéphanie Lansaque and François Leroy, directors of Café froid [Cold Coffee]. How did you conceive the animation in Café froid? Did you use models and/or 3D inserts? What techniques did you use? Cold Coffee mixes video, photography and 2D digital animation (After Effects). We developed specific plug-ins that allowed us to mix these different techniques. The technical experimentation plays an integral […]

Trente ans après avoir été sélectionné en compétition nationale au festival de Clermont-Ferrand avec Toro Moreno (1983) et Homicide by Night (1985), Gérard Krawczyk revient pour une Master class consacrée au scénario. En tant que scénariste ou réalisateur, il a signé de grosses productions comme Taxi 3 et Fanfan la tulipe, mais aussi des œuvres plus personnelles telles que Je hais les acteurs ou […]

  An interview with Sarah Saidan, director of Beach Flags  Your name is Sarah Saidan and one of Beach Flags women is Sareh. Do you feel close to her or to the main character, Vida? Are they like parts of yourself, of your own story? Are you Iranian too? I am Iranian and I have lived almost my whole life in Iran. I have […]

  An interview with Thomas Baerten, co-director of De Smet    How did you write your story? Did you write it with Wim? I wrote a first draft of the script by myself, and we were talking about who’s gonna direct it, so I contacted Wim Geudens because he had more experience in directing and I wasn’t too sure if I could handle a […]

  An interview with Demis Herenger, director of Guy Moquet  Your film shows a kind young man in love by the name of Guy Moquet, who wants to kiss his beloved in public. What inspired you to make this film? I don’t think she is really his beloved, but it is indeed about kissing in public. The question this film arises from is less […]

  An interview with Clément Tréhin-Lalanne, director of Aïssa  It seems obvious when watching Aïssa, that the heroine is at risk of being deported from France if she ends up being past a certain age. Can you confirm that intuition and tell us more about this legal situation? These tests, which we call “bone age tests”, are conducted on young undocumented immigrants of whom […]

  An interview with Jérôme Clément-Wilz, director of Printemps    Printemps appears to be a documentary about the relationship between two men, one of which is speaking in the first person. Is it you? It is in fact a documentary in the first person, or in two first persons, him and me. We are both at Clermont to present the film at the Festival. […]