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Interview with Clémence Le Gall, director of Le Chant du feu [The Light’s Song] Why did you choose a lighthouse as the setting for your film? Did you want to explore the impact of automation? I grew up close to the sea, in Loire Atlantique. The coastline always seemed to be an interesting place to film. In this space, there is an indescribable […]

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Lauriane Lagarde about her short film Un corps brûlant selected in the 2022 National Competition.

Watch the interview with the Dutch filmmaker Eliane Esther Bots about her short film In Flow of Words selected in the 2022 International Competition.

Interview with Marion Harlez Citti, director of Ce n’est rien [Shush Tony] In Ce n’est rien, to what extent did you want to address the issue of breakups? Do you plan on making any more films on this topic?I wanted to talk about the influence a relationship has and how difficult it is to break up when in this kind of relationship. Separation […]

Interview with Marie Larrivé, director of Noir-Soleil Had you visited Vesuvius before? Why did you choose that location for Noir-Soleil?Yes, I’d gone with my parents when I was a child and I went back there to scout while I was writing the script in order to create a coherent space. I like the idea of an ancestral danger that hovers over everything, a disturbing […]

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Clémence Le Gall about her short film Le Chant du feu selected in the 2022 National Competition (F2 programme).

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Lila Pinell about her short film Le Roi David selected in the 2022 National Competition.

Interview with Elizabeth Rocha Salgado, director of São Paulo Open Wound How did you meet the Mamba Negra collective? I have been in one of their parties in Rio de Janeiro. It was amazing. It is a party with many performances from different artists.  Why did you choose to make a documentary about this underground scene in Brazil?My producer met them in Amsterdam, where […]

Interview with Sarah Saidan, director of À cœur perdu [Home of the Heart] How did you get the inspiration for À coeur perdu?We say “Home is where the Heart is”, but what if one doesn’t know where exactly their heart is? The topic of this film is very personal to me. I have lived as an immigrant in France for over a decade now […]

Interview with Andrea Szelesová, director of Sestry [Sisters] Can you tell us a bit about your inspiration and the story behind the story of Sestry?I thought for a long time what my graduation movie would be about. I had too many emotions I struggled to express. Problems at home, a loved one struggling with addiction and myself struggling with my self-worth. Many ideas had […]