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Interview with  Ce Ding Tan, director of Please Hold the Line Can you tell us a bit about your choice of using 4:3-ratio cinematography?The 4:3 framing is to drive audience’s attention into the main character’s (Kendra) world. Everything is so in focus, driven by her character and emotion, without a lot of distractions on wide framing. 4:3 also gives some sort of pressures, […]

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Johanna Caraire about her short film Sardine selected in the 2023 National Competition (F5 programme).

Watch the interview with the Portuguese filmmaker Laura Gonçalves about her short film O Homem do Lixo selected in the 2023 International Competition (I11 programme).

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Matthieu Salmon about his short film Invisibles selected in the 2023 National Competition (F7 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 Valentine Caille, director of Amarres  What did you wish to explore through Livia and Louis’ relationship? The complexity of sibling love. I think that brothers and sisters are capable of experiencing extreme emotions for each other; they can unconditionally hate and love one other. I initially wanted to make a film about the personal journey of a sister faced with her brother’s […]

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Valentine Cadic about her short film Les Grandes Vacances selected in the 2023 National Competition (F7 programme).

Watch the interview with the British filmmaker Joseph Pierce about his short film Scale selected in the 2023 Lab Competition (L1 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 Joachim Hérissé, director of Écorchée [Skinned] What did you want to explore in this relationship between the two women? Who or what inspired this relationship between them?With this film, I wanted to express the feelings that came from fever nightmares that I had as a child, in which I could feel my body going from an empty state to a full […]