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Posted on 18 May 2019
Interview with Jian Luo, director of What Do You Know About the Water and the Moon
by Abla Kandalaft, brasserieducourt.comInterview with the Chinese filmmaker Jian Luo about her short film What do you Know About the Water and the Moon? selected as part of the 2019 International Competition at Clermont-Ferrand. A video directed by the students of the ARFIS École in collaboration with the Brasserie du Court and Mydylarama.
During an attempted abortion, a girl gives birth to a live jellyfish.
A magic realist film that’s both hypnotic and troubling from a very promising and original young director.
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Posted on 13 May 2019
Interview with Yann Berlier & Lola Cambourieu, directors of Automne Malade
by brasserieducourt.comInterview with Yann Berlier & Lola Cambourieu about their short film Automne Malade selected as part of the 2019 National Competition (F5 programme) at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival. A video directed by the students of the ARFIS École in collaboration with the Brasserie du Court and Mydylarama.
Troubled by her mother’s sickness, Milène leaves Paris to prepare her exams. Seeking calm on a farm in the Auvergne, she struggles to concentrate. The surrounding countryside and her encounter (...) Continue Reading »
Posted on 1 May 2019
Woman at War by Benedikt Erlingsson - Q&A
by Abla KandalaftBenedikt Erlingsson is an Icelandic director, author and actor. His first feature, Of Horses and Men, was a hit on the festival circuit and won many international awards, including the New Directors Prize at the 2013 San Sebastián Film Festival and the 2014 Nordic Council Film Prize. His latest film, Woman at War, tells the story of Halla, an environmental activist fighting the local aluminum industry in Iceland through acts of sabotage, some of them large-scale enough to become the focus (...) Continue Reading »
Posted on 20 April 2019
Interview with Nick Jordan, director of Stratum
by ARFIS, Elise LoiseauInterview with the British filmmaker and Clermont favourite Nick Jordan about his short film Stratum.
Stratum is a film that navigates through post-industrial landscapes on the European Route of Industrial Heritage, from Britain’s abandoned South Yorkshire coal seams to the culturally re-purposed collieries of the Ruhr Valley, Germany, via the former coal-mining region of Wallonia, Belgium. Contrasting the past and present, contemporary scenes are combined with archival film material, (...) Continue Reading »
Posted on 20 April 2019
Interview with Paul Szynol, director of The Pull
by Abla Kandalaft, ARFISInterview with the American filmmaker Paul Szynol about his film, the moving and ambitious short "The Pull".
After serving time in a New Hampshire jail, a freed inmate faces the pull of addiction.
Café court / Expresso Video - Paul Szynol from ClermontFd Short Film Festival on Vimeo.
More about Paul’s work on his website.
Follow him on Twitter @paulszynol.
The video was directed by the students of the ARFIS École in colaboration with the Brasserie du Court and (...) Continue Reading »
Posted on 9 April 2019
Interview with Yves Piat, director of Nefta Football Club
by Abla Kandalaft, ARFIS, brasserieducourt.comIn a Moroccan village, children play football on an improvised field. Meanwhile, Abdallah and Mohammed come across a donkey with a headphone on his hears and bags full of a white powder on his back. The two young brothers decide to bring those bags to their village.
TRAILER - NEFTA FOOTBALL CLUB from Les Valseurs on Vimeo.
Interview with Yves Piat, director of the award-winning hilarious short Nefta Football Club.
Café court / Expresso Video - Yves Piat from ClermontFd Short Film Festival (...) Continue Reading »
Posted on 9 April 2019
Alex Feggans, director of Jackrabbit
by Abla Kandalaft, ARFISBased on a true story. An Italian backpacker stops at a remote gas station in Australia and is confronted with a strange situation.
Interview with Alex Feggans, director of the amusing, genre-bending Australian short Jackrabbit.
Jackrabbit was screened at the Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival 2019.
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Posted on 11 March 2019
ClermontFF2019 Interview with Jonathan Hodgson, director of Roughhouse
by Abla Kandalaft, brasserieducourt.comIn a strange town, the relationship of a group of friends is tested when a new person joins them. The manipulative personality of the new group member has worrying consequences and challenges the loyalty of the friends.
Are there any elements of this story that are autobiographical? Are the friends based on people you know?
The story is inspired by an episode from my late teens when I was living in a student flat in Liverpool. Some of the characters are based on people I knew at the time, (...) Continue Reading »
Posted on 10 March 2019
ClermontFF2019 Interview with Vincent Lambe, director of Detainment
by brasserieducourt.com, ClotildeDetainment is based on transcripts of the interrogation of 10 year-olds Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, who murdered toddler James Bulger in 1993.
How did you learn about children’s transcripts?
I was 12 when it happened and I grew up hearing about the case. I could never understand how these two ten-year-old boys could commit such a horrific crime. A lot of people will say they were simply “evil”. I think it’s easier to label them “evil” than to try to understand how two ten-year-old boys (...) Continue Reading »
Posted on 10 mars 2019
ClermontFF2019 Entretien avec Vincent Lambe, réalisateur de Detainment (Garde à vue)
par brasserieducourt.com, ClotildeComment 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 qu’il est plus facile de dire cela que de tenter de comprendre comment des enfants peuvent se rendre coupables d’un tel (...) Continue Reading »
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