short film

Interview with Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard, Nicolas Mayeur, Étienne Moulin, Hadrien Pinot, Lisa Vicente, Philippine Singer, Alice Letailleur, co-directors of Les Larmes de la Seine [Seine’s Tears] Was the choice to focus on the demonstration of 17 October 1961 generally agreed upon, or was it the subject of discussion within the group?As we were discussing what sort of film we were going to […]

Watch the interview with the French-Tunisian filmmaker Lotfi Achour about his short film Angle mort selected in the 2022 Lab Competition.

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 […]

Interview with Laure Desmazières, director of Voyage à Santarém [Trip to Santarem] What inspired you to make this film?It’s a mix between my own personal experience and the temperament of my actress, Julia Perazzini. Julia had a small role in my previous film. I love her composure, her wit, her sometimes explosive presence. She has something you can love and hate. I wanted […]

Interview with Marian Freistühler, director of Die Geheimnisvollen Inseln [Islands in the City] Did the lockdowns and more generally the pandemic draw you to make a film that deals with the ideas of longing and loneliness?It may sound paradoxical, but what I observed during the first contact restrictions was the opposite of loneliness. There were a few weeks in Hamburg’s spring 2020 when […]

Watch the interview with the Belgian filmmaker Youri Orekhoff about his short film Balaclava selected in the 2022 International Competition (I13 programme).

Watch the interview with the French-Portuguese filmmaker Cristèle Alves Meira about her short film Tchau tchau selected in the 2022 National Competition (F8 programme).

Watch the interview with the American filmmaker Katherine Propper about her short film Birds selected in the 2022 International Competition (I10 programme).

Interview with Victor Boulenger, director of Sourdingue (Deaf as a Post) What led you to make Sourdingue?Different ingredients:– Acquiring a hearing aid was an important purchase that I’ve had to make for a while now, in fact being hard of hearing is part of who I am.– Imagine that in addition to the strange typo in my name, my father was actually an […]

Watch the interview with the Russian-German filmmaker Alexandra Brodski about her short film Joy selected in the 2022 International Competition (I3 programme).