An interview with Akihiro Hata, director of Les Invisibles How did you come up with the idea of making a film about a nuclear reactor? Do you have a particular connection with the subject? When I was living in Paris, I saw the earthquake that devastated my native Japan, in Tōhoku. Obviously, I was quite shaken by the event. I spent a lot […]
An interview with Bo Mirosseni, director of Maniac How did you get the inspiration for Maniac? I had stayed at that very hotel 6 months prior to filming the short. I was there for a commercial shoot and I was alone for one week while I waited for production to arrive. At first I thought it’s going to be very relaxing and a great […]
An interview with Paul E. Cabon, director of Tempête sur anorak What inspired you to make Storm Hits Jacket? The film started with the picture of a person on a cliff in the middle of a snowstorm, arms spread, taking the brunt of the storm in order to conduct a sort of strange test of his anorak. From there, the rest followed. Did […]
An interview with Alizée Cholat, Sophie Devautour and Loïc Espuche, directors of Je repasserai dans la semaine What inspired you to make Je repasserai dans la semaine? Sophie: It’s a true story that Loïc witnessed. We wanted to write an animated version because this story is full of emotion. Loïc: Je repasserai dans la semaine is inspired from an experience I had […]
An interview with Tibor Bànòczki and Sarolta Szabo, directors of Leftover Leftover paints several portraits. Each one of them is linked to food. What made you think of this theme? Leftover is a fictional animated short film based on unusual personal stories with the concept of eating alone. ‘Eating’ is one of the most important and fundamental terms of life, but since the […]
An interview with Davy Chou, director of Cambodia 2099 Cambodia 2099 is a French production, or rather co-production. In your opinion, what does the French film industry offer that others don’t, as far as short films are concerned? My group, Vycky Films, which I put together with my friends Jacky Goldberg and Sylvain Decouvelaere, produced the film, so for us, French funding […]
An interview with Aude Léa Rapin, director of Ton cœur au hasard [Your Heart Left to Chance] In Ton cœur au hasard, you depict a very lonely young man who seems to be searching for something. In you work, do you sometimes cut yourself off from the outside world and seek out solitude? Well, let’s say that Ton cœur au hasard is the […]
An interview with Robert Ly, director of Lion in Helsinki Why did you decide to set your new film in Finland? Do you have a particular affinity for the country? Actually, this is my fourth short film set in Finland. The first was selected for the National Competition in Clermont-Ferrand in 2012 (City of Silence – Editor’s note), and making that film gave […]
An interview with Nina Maïni, director of Son seul Where did the inspiration for Son seul [Wild Track] come from? Was it that you yourself tended to work on sound while you were at film school? Was Son seul inspired by real events or people you work with? For my final project at La Fémis, I wanted to work on the collaboration […]
An interview with Philippe Prouff, director of L’île à midi Did you do research into the profession of steward and the work conditions before filming The Island at Noon? Absolutely. As for all my films, I do an enormous amount of research. Even though I’m not making documentaries, it is important to me that my fictional work is as realistic as possible. I […]
