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Watch the interview with the French-Malian filmmaker Fan Sissoko about her short film On the Surface selected in the 2022 International Competition (I4 programme).

Interview with Negar Naghavi, director of Masire moshtarak [A Shared Path] Why did you decide to tell this story?In my first sketch, the idea was to show the relationship between two children, unable to communicate by the means of a shared language, who end up being friends at the end. This was too unpolished an idea. As time went by, I came to […]

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Ingrid Chikhaoui about her short film Trois grains de gros sel selected in the 2022 National Competition.

Interview with Lamara Sogomonian, director of Get Ready. Off to the Feast What was the starting point of Get Ready. Off to the Feast?It’s all started from the article. Our script writer Julia Pogrebnyak read an article and this horrible thing happening today in Russia was the starting point. Every year about 1240 girls on North Caucasus become victims of genital mutilation. Traditionally […]

Interview with Annabelle Amoros, director of Churchill, Polar Bear Town How did you become aware of the town of Churchill and its complex situation with polar bears?I’ve known about the town of Churchill for years. When I was a child, I saw a picture of a polar bear being transported in a net beneath a helicopter. I made the connection later, around 2013, […]

Interview with Joanna Kozuch, director of Bolo Raz Jedno More… [Once There Was a Sea…] What made you decide to shoot a film about the situation of the Aral Sea region? Can you tell us a bit about the context of your visit there in 2008?The idea of making this film came to mind during my 6-week trip to Central Asia in 2008. […]

Interview with Amélie Bonnin, director of Partir un jour [Bye Bye] How did you come up with the character Julien? Why did you choose Normandy? The idea was simply the personal sense that I have of belonging to the place where I grew up, and of always having this ambiguous feeling each time I go back. On the one hand I tell myself I […]

Interview with Julia Siuda, director of Furia [Fury] How did you imagine the physical depictions of contrariety and growing anger?It was quite simple because the body abuse methods (head) were closely related to the source of the sounds that irritated me. For example, munching, as I imagine it, comes from the tongue. That is why I tear out the character’s tongue. It’s supposed […]

Interview with Ingrid Chikhaoui, director of Trois grains de gros sel [Three Grains of Coarse Salt] Is it fair to describe Trois grains de gros sel as a coming-of-age story? Do the two children come into their own?The film is about what it’s like growing up with an unstable parent; about the strategies children adopt to live with that. The children (and their mother) are […]

Interview with Ida Melum, director of Night of the Living Dread Night of the Living Dread is really relatable. Were you inspired by your own experience with anxiety?Absolutely. I find it fascinating how you can have a perfectly normal day, and then, at least for me, as soon as my head hits the pillow, my mind starts racing. I was always an anxious […]