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25 May 2019
Interview with Aung Rakhine, director of The Last Post Office
by Abla KandalaftInterview with Bangladeshi filmmaker Aung Rakhine about his short film "The Last Post Office", a stunning, dream-like short with a entrancing soundtrack selected as part of the 2019 International Competition at the Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival. A video directed by the students of the ARFIS École, in collaboration with Brasserie du Court and Mydylarama.
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18 May 2019
Interview with Jian Luo, director of What Do You Know About the Water and the Moon
by Abla Kandalaft, Brasserie du Court teamInterview 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.
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13 May 2019
Interview with Yann Berlier & Lola Cambourieu, directors of Automne Malade
by Brasserie du Court teamInterview 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 (...) Continue Reading »
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 (...) Continue Reading »
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, (...) Continue Reading »
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.
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9 April 2019
Interview with Yves Piat, director of Nefta Football Club
by Abla Kandalaft, ARFIS, Brasserie du Court teamIn 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 (...) Continue Reading »
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.
To find out more about Alex’s work or to request a screener, check out his (...) Continue Reading »
11 March 2019
ClermontFF2019 Interview with Jonathan Hodgson, director of Roughhouse
by Abla Kandalaft, Brasserie du Court teamIn 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 (...) Continue Reading »
10 March 2019
ClermontFF2019 Interview with Vincent Lambe, director of Detainment
by Brasserie du Court team, Clotilde CouturierDetainment 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 (...) Continue Reading »