Interview with Johan Tappert and Gustav Egerstedt, directors of Det Sista Äktenskapet [The Last Marriage] How was the film born?I’ve always been fascinated by the fact that humans seem to adapt so quickly to extreme situations. Even a huge disaster like a war cannot stop people from having dinner with their friends in the ruins and argue about the bill afterwards. Normality seems […]
Interview with Josh O’Caoimh and Mikai Geronimo, co-directors of Fall of the Ibis King Can you tell us about the genesis of Fall of the Ibis King?Josh: Leading up to our final year of college where we make a graduation film, myself and a classmate challenged each other to each come up with a new film idea every day. The initial concept for […]
Interview with Chanrado Sok and Kongkea Vann, directors of Somleng Reatrey [Sound of the Night] Kongkea Vann, can you tell us a bit about your inspirations and the story behind Somleng Reatrey?First, I met Chanrado Sok, who is the co-director of Somleng Reatrey. He suggested making this story and that’s how we started writing together. By the way, the reason why I made […]
Interview with Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau and Yannick Nolin, directors of Belle River How interested are you in the issue of climate change and do you plan on making more films on this topic?The issue of climate change concerns all three of us, and we expect it will be part of our future work at different levels. Given the upcoming upheavals, it will […]
Interview with Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard, Nicolas Mayeur, Étienne Moulin, Hadrien Pinot, Lisa Vicente, Philippine Singer, Alice Letailleur, co-directors of Les Larmes de la Seine [Seine’s Tears] Was the choice to focus on the demonstration of 17 October 1961 generally agreed upon, or was it the subject of discussion within the group?As we were discussing what sort of film we were going to […]
Interview with Michael Graversen and Florian Elabdi, co-directors of Ghosts of Mória What made you decide to make a documentary about the refugees from the camp of Moria?Moria was Europe’s largest refugee camp and, in many ways, it became a symbol of Europe’s handling of the refugee crisis for the past years where our core human values were put to the test. A […]
Interview with Varun Raman and Tom Hancock, co-directors of Man or Tree How did you come up with the idea for Man or Tree?It is based on a true story – the real-life experience of a friend, who had an intense salvia trip and had become convinced that he had lived the life of a tree for hundreds of years. Towards the end […]
