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Interview with Sander Joon, director of Sierra What inspired you to make Sierra, an animation film that deals with the pressures parents can put on their children?After talking to my friends and acquaintances I found that the pressure from their parents to choose the “right career” is quite common. Especially for those who studied arts or film. Having the pressure from parents to […]

Watch the interview with the Swiss filmmaker Arthur Jaquier about his short film Avec Calvin selected in the 2022 International Competition (I6 programme).

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Sébastien Betbeder about his short film Planète triste selected in the 2022 National Competition (F7 programme).

Interview with Cristèle Alves Meira, director of Tchau tchau What was the context for you coming up with Tchau tchau ? This film comes out of a particular context, when the world stopped, in March 2020. It comes from a sense of urgency, a need to talk about that very strange time of our history when a pandemic cut us off from a fundamental ritual […]

Watch the interview with the Nigerian filmmaker Olive Nwosu about her short film Egúngún selected in the 2022 International Competition (I10 programme).

Interview with Tack Lee, director of Wasteland How was Wasteland born?After finishing film school, I quickly began thinking about my next film. The first one had dealt with a very personal story, so I wanted to orient the next one towards a more current story and one that was more connected to today’s society. That’s when I got this idea for the film’s […]

Watch the interview with the American filmmaker Ian Barling about his short film Safe selected in the 2022 International Competition (I11 programme).

Watch the interview with the Burmese filmmaker Sein Lyan Tun about his short film Late Blooming in a Lonely Summer Day selected in the 2022 International Competition (I14 programme).

Watch the interview with the Korean filmmaker Boyoung Kim about her short film A Guitar in the Bucket selected in the 2022 Lab Competition (L5 programme).

Interview with Luis E. Parés, director of Los Conspiradores [The Conspirators] How did you decide on this topic and protagonists to make a film about?I love the films in which there is a character who tells a story. I love listening to stories, to listen to somebody telling a story. I don’t care if it’s true or false what he is talking about, […]