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  Interview with Nyima Cartier, director of L’homme silencieux [A Quiet Man] What made you want to tell the story of Vincent Blanchot? Is the character based on a real person? A few years ago I read Melville’s short story Bartleby. It takes place on Wall Street in the 1850s and tells the story of Bartleby, an accountant who ceases working one day and […]

Watch the interview with the Greek filmmaker Thanasis Tsimpinis about his short film Escaping the Fragile Planet selected in the 2021 International Competition (I12 programme).

  Interview with Suzannah Mirghani, director of Al-Sit This is a very moving story. Is it based on personal experience or someone you know? The story of the arranged marriage depicted in my film Al-Sit is a common one in Sudan and the norm for many Sudanese families. While I did not personally experience an arranged marriage, I grew up in this cultural environment […]

Watch the interview with the French filmmaker Sophie Beaulieu about her short film Salem selected in the 2021 National Competition (F2 programme).

  Interview with Adriano Valerio, director of The Nightwalk  How did you meet Jarvis? Did he easily open up to you? Jarvis is one of my best friends. We have been friends for years, and have always been very close. The only gap in our correspondence was just after he moved to Shanghai. I now understand why, the reason being one of the film’s […]

  Interview with Wei-Lin Hung, director of K’s Room–the Creation and Destruction of the World Why has Ke Qi-Hua’s life been an inspiration for this film? Have you provided English language courses yourself? Ke Qi-Hua was a well-known teacher of English grammar in Taiwan. Despite that his book the New English Grammar has been one of the most popular textbooks for English learning since […]

  Interview with Jean Costa, director of Gare aux coquins [Naughty Spot] What are the documentary elements and what are the fictional elements of this short film? How did you film this journey? This film is based on my personal experience using apps in Corsica. All the replies and insults towards Tonio, I received them myself word-for-word. Oracle is a real person I met […]

Watch the interview with the Swedish filmmaker Jonatan Etzler about his short film Badaren selected in the 2021 International Competition (I11 programme).

  Interview with Rayka Zehtabchi and Sam Davis, directors of Are You Still There? You created three great female characters, and the daughter-mother bond is really well depicted. What can you tell us about the character development? Rayka: Spoiler alert here. The story is very personal. My father passed away during my first year of college. Despite pressure from my family and friends to […]

  Interview with Sophie Beaulieu, director of Salem Why did you want to depict such a strict, snobbish family? The family isn’t so much strict and snobbish as stuck in their “values”, which they transmit by repeating rituals, behaviors and absurd ideologies. The upper classes are convinced they’re right; they’re very good at perpetuating patterns that need to be broken. It’s alarming when you […]