Astrid Goldsmith is an animator based in Kent. Her short, Squirrel Island, was rewarded at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival; the craftsmanship displayed and attention to detail were applauded by the festival’s audience and jury alike. We caught up with Astrid to find out more about her approach to animation and sources of inspiration. Le court du jour : “Squirrel island” de Astrid (…) Continue Reading »

Another week, another K drama review courtesy of Nandini Uppluri. The show also goes by Sensitive Boss or Shy Boss. It’s broadcasting on TvN in South Korea and is a story involving a CEO of a PR company (Eun Hwan-Ki) who suffers from severe anxiety and a young woman (Chae Ro-Woon) who has entered the same company to investigate the circumstances around her sister’s suicide who was a former (…) Continue Reading »

So, can you tell us more about Gasper and how the idea for the film came about? The film came about when I took a trip back to Ireland, where I grew up, to visit family and friends in the summer of 2015. While I was there I unexpectedly met Gasper, an old friend from Ireland, who was part of a group of friends that I grew up with. One evening, when I was driving Gasper home after a friend’s (…) Continue Reading »

This series is primarily aimed at the Kdrama enthusiasts amongst you. Radio aficionado and a self-proclaimed Kdrama addict, Nandini Uppluri, offers running commentary on the latest Korean dramas she’s currently watching (in India) in a series of vlogs, the first of which we’re posting this week. We are amidst a Korean WAVE! To those already in its depths, a ’Hallyu wave’. Korean culture is (…) Continue Reading »

We caught up with animator and filmmaker - and Clermont-Ferrand coup de coeur director - Chris Shepherd during the 2017 edition. His latest short, Johnno’s Dead, a sort of sequel to his very successful, dark and mesmerising short film Dad’s Dead, was screened as part of the Lab competition. Both films, voiced by Ian Hart, use a clever and beautiful mix of animation and live action, which (…) Continue Reading »

One of Mydy’s Lucile Bourliaud’s TOP 5 from this year’s Clermont-Ferrand Film Fest, and winner of the Grand Prix, Douwe Dijkstra’s Green Screen Gringo is a highly original short in which the filmmaker invites ordinary Brazilians to read poems or (…) Continue Reading »

Could you tell us a bit more about where the inspiration came from to tell Lara’s story? Are there any autobiographical elements? The inspiration behind In White is definitely autobiographical. I lost my father in 2009 and it was my first experience of a funeral as a “host” as opposed to a guest. The ritual that took part across 3 days, at a time when my heart was pretty much broken, (…) Continue Reading »

DeKalb Elementary On comprend qu’il ait gagné le grand prix de la compétition internationale, tant ce film puissant et inattendu reste en mémoire après la projection. Un plan fixe sur le bureau d’accueil d’une école primaire. Nous sommes aux (…) Lire la suite »

Dornaz is a filmmaker who graduated from the London Film School last year and was mentored by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi. She won a scholarship to LFS thanks to a scheme run by Magic of Persia. She’s currently working on her first feature film... Can you tell me a bit more about your background as a filmmaker? I started a film course taught by the famous Iranian filmmaker Bahram (…) Continue Reading »

We interviewed Daniel Mulloy, director of short film Home, selected at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, starring Jack O’Connell and Holliday Grainger. The film, partly funded by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was released in cinemas on 20 June 2016, to coincide with World Refugee Day. Daniel tells us and the Brasserie du Court team about the filmmaking process, his (…) Continue Reading »