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10 mars 2019
ClermontFF2019 Entretien avec Vincent Lambe, réalisateur de Detainment (Garde à vue)
par Brasserie du Court team, Clotilde CouturierComment avez-vous appris l’existence des transcriptions des interrogatoires de l’affaire James Bulger ?
J’avais douze ans au moment de l’affaire, et j’en ai entendu parler toute ma jeunesse. Je n’arrivais pas à comprendre comment ces deux garçons de dix ans avaient pu commettre un crime aussi horrible. Beaucoup de gens disent qu’ils étaient juste foncièrement « mauvais ». Mais je pense (...) Lire la suite »
1 March 2019
ClermontFF2019 Lobo Mauro, director of Mais Triste que Chuva num Recreio de Colégio
by Abla Kandalaft, Brasserie du Court teamCan you explain your choice of title? Is it a Brazilian saying?
It’s not a Brazilian saying. There’s a sentence in a book called Os Cus de Judas (“The Land at the End of the World”), by António Lobo Antunes, a Portuguese writer, which says (...) Continue Reading »
17 February 2019
ClermontFF2019 Veljko Popovic, director of Biciklisti
by Abla KandalaftInterview with Veljko Popovic, director of the beautiful, hypnotic and playful Biciklisti.
Can you tell us about cycling season? I’m assuming it’s a real event!
The spirit of the local people in my hometown is entangled with sports. It can (...) Continue Reading »
17 February 2019
ClermontFF2019 Thomas Elley, director of Bølger [Open Spaces]
by Abla KandalaftInterview with Thomas Elley, director of the cryptic and unsettling Bølger [Open Spaces] in the international competition.
I assume Open Spaces [the English title] refers to the filming location. Can you tell us a bit more about this place and its community?
Yes, it does. The fun thing is that the original title of the film is “Bølger” which is Danish for “waves”. And I hated that title (...) Continue Reading »
13 February 2019
ClermontFF2019 Swatted by Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis
by ARFIS, Brasserie du Court team, Clotilde CouturierInterview with the French filmmaker Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis about his short film Swatted selected as part of the 2019 Lab Competition (L1 programme). A video directed by the students of the ARFIS École, in collaboration with the Brasserie du Court and Mydylarama. Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis is back at Clermont with a second award-winning short.
Café court / Expresso Video - Ismaël Joffroy (...) Continue Reading »
10 February 2019
ClermontFF2019 Last Year When The Train Passed by Pang-Chuang Huang
by Abla Kandalaft, ARFIS, Brasserie du Court teamInterview with Taiwanese filmmaker Pang-Chuan Huang around his short film "Last Year When the Train Passed by" selected as part of the 2019 Lab Competition (L5 programme). A video directed by the students of the ARFIS École in collaboration with the Brasserie du Court and the Mydylarama team. Pang directed the Grand Prix-winning Retour in 2018.
What were you doing last year when I took (...) Continue Reading »
8 February 2019
ClermontFF2019 En Busca de un Tierno Silencio by Luis Cifuentes
by ARFIS, Brasserie du Court team, Catherine C.Interview with the Chilian filmmaker Luis Cifuentes about his short film "En Busca de un Tierno Silencio" selected as part of the 2019 International Competition (I3 programme). A video directed by the students of the ARFIS École in (...) Continue Reading »
8 February 2019
ClermontFF2019 Destete by Ines Gowland
by ARFIS, Brasserie du Court team, Elise LoiseauArgentin filmmaker Inés Gowland talks about her short film "Destete" selected as part of the 2019 International Competition (I4 programme). A video directed by the students of the ARFIS École in collaboration with La Brasserie du Court / Mydylarama.
Teresa returns to Argentina determined to sell the family farm, but excessive rain forces her to stay, while allowing Ernesto, the (...) Continue Reading »
6 February 2019
ClermontFF2019 Ombligo de Agua by Laura Baumeister De Montis
by ARFIS, Brasserie du Court team, Elise LoiseauBrasserie/Mydy interview with the Nicaraguan filmmaker Laura Baumeister De Montis about her short film "Ombligo de Agua" selected as part of the 2019 International Competition (I2 programme).
Alina rides horses. She is good at it, as she is at everything she does. Alina smokes crack. She feels more at home with the people who provide her with the drug than with her own family. Alina (...) Continue Reading »
6 February 2019
ClermontFF2019 Cadoul de Craciun / The Christmas Gift
by Abla KandalaftOn the 20th of December, 1989, a few days after Ceausescu’s bloody repression in Timisoara, a father’s quiet evening turns to sheer ordeal as he finds out that his little son has mailed a wish letter to Santa. As the kid understood, his father’s desire was to see Ceausescu dead.
What motivated you to set the film at that time? Did you have direct experience of the Ceausescu period in (...) Continue Reading »