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Interview with Sasha Argirov, director of Nurture Why did you choose this title in particular? Nurture just popped into my head one day when I was writing a draft of the script. As a title, it sums up the entire story for me. It also provides the perfect ironic counterpoint to the first image we see at the start of the film.  What was […]

Interview with Sujin Moon, director of Persona What was you inspiration for Persona?My inspiration was my eagerness to understand myself. When I was in the preproductionphase of the film, I was in a long slump where I was questioning who I was as a person. As an artist who’s inspired theme is self-reflection, this was an obstruction to my filmmaking process. However, I […]

Watch the interview with the Italian filmmaker Claudia Bottino about her short film  À trois selected in the National Competition 2023 (F4 programme).

Watch the interview with the Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Babakoohi about his short film Feux selected in the 2023 National Competition (F7 programme).

Interview with Francescu Artily, director of Hors-saison [Off-season]  How did you come up with the idea for Hors-saison ?The story comes from my own experiences; it resonates with my first professional experience in audiovisual work. I had just finished film school when I found a fulltime job as cameraman in a production company in Corsica. The job meant I could earn a living when we […]

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Yann Gonzalez about his short film Hideous selected in the 2023 Lab Competition (L3 programme).

Interview with Mino Capuano, director of Sciaraballa What did you wish to explore through the relationship between Dario and Mimmo, his son? The goal of this film was to tell a simple emotion: embarrassment. So I wanted to tell about the incommunicability between a father and a son. In a universal condition of anxiety about the future, a father’s plea for help collides with […]

Watch the interview with the Belgian filmmaker Michael Abay about his short film Klette selected in the 2023 National Competition (I3 programme).

Watch the interview with the Chinese filmmaker Xiao Yang about his short film Chuang Tai Ri Zhi selected in the Lab Competition 2023 (L1 programme).

Interview with Lois Patiño, director of El Sembrador de Estrellas [The Sower of Stars] How often do you work on poetry? Did you write a part of El Sembrador de Estrellas by yourself?I’m not used to writing poetry, just sometimes, but I like to read it a lot, and this project was a beautiful reason to start writing more. The script of this […]