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Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Anthony Brinig about his short film Cloche Petite aux merveilles du pays selected in the 2023 National Competition (F11 programme).

Watch the interview with the Colombian filmmaker Duván Duque Vargas about his short film Todo Incluido selected in the 2023 National Competition (F2 programme).

Interview with Dong Jiang, director of The Elevator How did you come up with the idea for The Elevator?The original idea came from a television news piece that talked about elevators being installed as part of building renovations in older neighborhoods. In May 2019, in a Starbucks in Beijing, I pitched the idea to Jing Su and Li Ge, the producers of my earlier […]

Watch the interview with the Jordanian filmmaker Lawrence Abu Hamdan about his short film 45th Parallel selected in the 2023 Lab Competition (L3 programme).

Watch the interview with the Indian filmmaker Varun Chopra about his short film Holy Cowboys selected in the 2023 International Competition (I3 programme).

Interview with Salar Pashtoonyar, director of Koha wa Tapaha [Hills and Mountains] In Koha wa Tapaha, we hear the voice of the main character as she tells her story, but we don’t see her. What was your intent behind this choice?  There are two reasons. One was a creative choice and the second out of a solution to an obstacle imposed on us. Creatively, […]

Interview with Arthur Bacry and Marianne Gaudillère, co-directors of Tom veut rentrer [Tom Wants Home] Who inspired these characters for you? What did you want to explore through their relationship?Arthur: The main source of inspiration was my brother, who is deaf. In our family, he is the only deaf person. He went through all of his schooling with deaf children and learned sign […]

Interview with Laen Sanches, director of PLSTC  Could you explain what the acronym PLSTC represents?  PLSTC is an invented acronym that simply means “plastic.” This word has several advantages: it is succinct, legible, and phonetically understandable in most languages. Also, with its “visually missing” letters, it also perhaps illustrates the idea that plastic does not totally disintegrate but rather, remains, in spite of everything, […]

Interview with Shuli Huang, director of Will You Look at Me  How did the inspiration come about for Will You Look at Me? How much of the footage did you shoot on purpose? Did you work on the soliloquy first or after selecting footage?After I returned to China from New York during the pandemic, I bought a super 8mm camera. I brought it […]