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  Interview with Dayan David Oualid, director of Dibbuk Are there any real concepts in Dibbuk or is it completely made up? The whole exorcism ritual is authentic. I didn’t make any of that up. I studied the subject for several months and tried to stick as closely as possible to the ritual as it’s described in the different works and testimonials I was […]

  Interview with Joël Curtz, director of Une chance unique [A Unique Opportunity] What was your inspiration for Une chance unique? The film is an adaptation of Erwan Desplanques’ short story Une chance unique. I like his handwriting, very clever, especially in the relationships between the characters. I was also inspired by the encounters I had while hitchhiking, a means of transport that I […]

  Interview with Lawrence Valin, director of The Loyal Man Why did you decide to set the film within a network of traffickers? I wanted to tell the story of the lives of these young people who are locked in a system, cut off from their families, whose only reference point is their work. Did you do prior research into mafia circles and their […]

  Interview with Antoine Cuevas, director of Je vais là-bas aussi Where did you get the inspiration for Je vais là-bas aussi? The scenario was written for the 5×2 competition organized by GREC, France 2 Shorts and the cinematheque in Grenoble. You have to write a mini-series of five 2-minute episodes with the requirement that you use the same setting for all the episodes. […]

  Interview with Yves Gellie, director of L’année du robot [Year of the Robot] L’année du robot touches upon the relationship between humans and robotics including their introduction into the field of caregiving.  Why did you embrace this theme? It’s a long story that began in 2007 when I started a photography project around research areas and researchers’ tools. The ‘laboratory’ as a space […]

  Interview with Clémentine Carrié, director of Poussière [Dust] Can you explain your choice of title? This short film tells the story of a breakup, and more specifically the story of mourning for a romantic relationship. The title Dust evokes both the act itself of tearing up – the fact of “biting the dust” and “turning to dust” – and what is left afterwards […]

  Interview with Sam Azulys, director of My Little China Girl Can you tell us about how you chose the title of your film? The title isn’t meant literally. It comes from the David Bowie song “China Girl”. My film, just like the song, plays with racial stereotypes in order to deconstruct them. When the other is different from us, we often image it […]

   Interview with Julien Gaspar-Oliveri, director of L’âge tendre [The Tender Age] Your film is about a young girl’s effort to break free of the exclusive bond she has with her mother. What made you want to film such a story? Diane’s character is the product of a memorable encounter. It was this encounter, more than her story, that spurred me to make a […]

  Interview with Thomas Vernay, director of Miss Chazelles Tell us a little about how Miss Chazelles came to be. I always have a hard time answering that question. There are so many reasons behind a film’s origins… The most important, I think, was me really wanting to shoot a film in the village where I grew up. It’s not a place I necessarily have […]

  Interview with Mathilde Chavanne, director of Amour(s) Can you tell us about the origin of Amour(s), a sensitive but also humorous documentary that questions young children about how they relate to feelings of love? Amour(s) is more of a docu-fiction than a documentary. Two starting points led me to this film: the first is the Création en cours program offered by the Ateliers […]