Shorts
Reviews, previews and highlights of features and shorts from the myDylarama team and guest writers.
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Interview with Émilie Pigeard, co-director of Babičino Seksualno Življenje [Granny’s Sexual Life]
5 February 2022, by Brasserie du Court team, Clotilde CouturierFour old women reflect on their memories when they were young and how different the relationships between men and women were back then. Their voices merge into one single voice, that of the grandmother Vera, who tells her story in proper detail. A trip into grandmother’s youth and the memories of her intimate life illustrate the status of Slovenian women in the first half of the 20th century. How did the idea of asking old women to speak about their sex life come to you and Urška? How (...) -
Interview with Gina Kippenbroeck, director of Ensom Cowgirl [Lonely Cowgirl]
5 February 2022, by Brasserie du Court team, Elise LoiseauAlone in her apartment, Liv is counting the days until she is reunited with the woman she loves. Accompanied by her audio-tapes, she thinks back on her relationship as the solitude slowly begins to test her mental strength. How was Ensom cowgirl born? It started with a feeling and a mood, more than an actual plot or idea for a character. During a long and dark Copenhagen winter, I moved into a new apartment which had a quite dystopian view from the living room window. I did most of my (...) -
Interview with Dania Reymond-Boughenou, director of Constellation de la Rouguière [Constellation]
5 February 2022, by Brasserie du Court team, Clotilde CouturierResidents of La Rouguière talk about their life in this unique district of Marseille which welcomed returnees from Algeria in 1962. As they testify, they summon the memories of a memory haunted by history and by loss of loved ones. Where did your desire to make a film about the Rouguière neighborhood in Marseille come from? That part of Marseille comes out of a very specific context: 1962 when Algeria gained its freedom. At that moment, the repatriates from the war became la (...) -
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]
5 February 2022, by Brasserie du Court team, Clotilde Couturier17 October 1961, "Algerian workers" get down the streets to manifest against the mandatory curfew imposed by the Police prefecture. 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 make, Yanis proposed the idea of a film on that event. What struck him was that most of us had no idea about the event, even though it’s a piece of our (...) -
Interview with Vincent Le Port, director of La Marche de Paris à Brest [Walking from Paris to Brest]
2 February 2022, by Brasserie du Court team, Clotilde CouturierIn 1927, filmmaker Oskar Fischinger traveled for three weeks along the side roads between Munich and Berlin, filming frame by frame the people he met along the way and the places he passed through. In 2020, the director did a remake of this film during a month-long walk between Paris and Brest. What led you to give this film an “old-fashioned” effect, bringing it closer to your inspiration Walking from Munich to Berlin by Oskar Fischinger, with this series of short shots interspersed (...) -
Interview with George-Alex Nagle, director of Mate
2 February 2022, by Abla Kandalaft, Brasserie du Court teamAfter a long time apart, local no-hoper John must take care of reserved schoolboy Jack over a weekend in an insular working-class outpost of Western Sydney. However, Jack’s attempt to re-establish their relationship is threatened as John’s self-destructive nature emerges. Mate examines themes of masculinity, maturity and the challenges of growth within a changing social landscape. What did you seek to explore through the relationship between John and Jack? For my co-writer Daniel (...) -
Interview with Rakan Mayasi, director of Trumpets in the Sky
1 February 2022, by Abla Kandalaft, Brasserie du Court teamBoushra, one of the Syrian potato-picking girls in Lebanon, returns from a long day of work in the field only to learn that today her childhood will come to an end. Is the character of Boushra based on someone you know? The character of Boushra, if we speak about characterization, is not based on anyone. The destiny of Boushra, the idea of being forced to marry someone at 14 years old is based on my grandmother’s story. My grandmother was forced to get married when she was 14 – she (...) -
Interview with Ali Cabbar, director of Bahçeler Put Kesildi [Gardens petrified]
1 February 2022, by Brasserie du Court team, Elise LoiseauAfter his father’s death, Yusuf goes to his village, which he has not been to for years, and learns that a geothermal company wants to buy his father’s agricultural lands and drill a well. He wants to solve problems without disrespecting his father’s memory, but things don’t go as he hoped. Where did the idea for the movie come from? I have been living in Istanbul for many years and I have been dealing with cinema and television works. My family lives in Manisa and looks after our (...) -
Interview with Christoph Büttner, director of In Seiner Gnade [In His Mercy]
1 February 2022, by Brasserie du Court team, Clotilde CouturierOne evening a prison director announces to a convict being executed next day. As by a miracle later at night the cell door opens. Being exhausted by endless interrogations the convict drags on through dark prison corridors. On his odyssey to gain freedom he is tossed back and forth by various mental states: his fear of being discovered, his hope for salvation and moments of sheer madness. How did you come across La Torture par l’espérance, the particularly cruel short story by Auguste (...) -
Interview with Valéry Carnoy, director of Titan
1 February 2022, by Abla Kandalaft, Brasserie du Court teamNathan is thirteen years old boy. Driven by his new friend Malik, he prepares himself for a strange ritual to become a member of a teens gang. Who (or what) inspired you for Nathan’s character? When creating Nathan’s character, I was inspired by a childhood friend. A turbulent and reckless young boy who had the annoying habit of pushing me to my limits. A young man, who in intimate moments could be very sensitive and sweet. It is these two faces, tender and violent at the same time, (...)