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Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Paul Mas about his short film Précieux selected in the 2021 National Competition (F4 programme).

  Interview with Pauline Penichout, director of Mat et les Gravitantes [Mat and her mates] Could you explain the choice of title to us? The word “gravitante” is a word we used often at the time of the film to refer to ourselves. Mat didn’t really live in the squat at the time, she said she gravitated around it, she moved from one squat […]

Watch the interview with the Kazakh filmmaker Zhannat Alshanova about her short film History of Civilization selected in the 2021 International Competition (I9 programme).

  Interview with Alice Fargier, director of Le temps d’une nuit [The Time of Night] Where did the idea for Le temps d’une nuit come from? A friend of mine disappeared without giving any signs of life for several months. When I found her at a party at someone’s house who I barely knew, she was euphoric and I hardly recognized her. The three […]

Discover the interview with French director Marie Le Floc’h about her short film e serai parmi les amandiers  presented in the 2020 national competition (program F5). A video produced in collaboration with the students of Arfis School.

  Interview with Maïté Sonnet, director of Massacre Tell us a little about how Massacre came about. I wanted tell the story of a reversal, a passage: from powerlessness to power. I was able to quickly imagine the two characters in the film: two little girls who initially seem innocent gradually become threatening. This pair of girl-witches, like a two-headed monster, was my starting […]

  Interview with Haris Raftogiannis, director of Premier amour Why did you want to deal with the theme of desire? To love and to be loved is something that concerns me a lot. Love is a political act as one of my friends says. To make a film especially on the sarcastic side of love, was something much intriguing for me and Nikos Vavouris, the editor of […]

  Interview with Ariane Labed, director of Olla Olla’s character is particularly interesting. Far from being a victim, she reinvents herself, constantly surprising the viewer. How did you create this character? I wanted to make a character movie. Trying to create a unique portrait of a woman, who toys with clichés, who acts for her survival, she does what we wouldn’t do, she’s a […]

  An interview with Bruno Collet, director of Mémorable [Memorable] Why did you want to explore disappearance, disintegration? Disintegration is a metaphor for memory loss. In order to talk about the neurological degeneration of a painter, I looked for pictorial examples in art history that would enable me to transcribe that state in film. Dali’s The Persistence of Memory was my starting point. The […]

  Interview with Hugo Frassetto and Sophie Tavert Macian, co-directors of Traces How did you work out the graphic style to get it to aesthetically match cave paintings? The starting point was choosing animated sand, calling on Hugo and the technique that he’s mastered, in order to dive into the mineral quality of decorated caves. I also wanted to have Hugo try out a […]