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1 February 2022
Interview with Michael Graversen and Florian Elabdi, co-directors of Ghosts of Mória
by Brasserie du Court team, Clotilde CouturierWhen Europe’s Moria refugee camp burns to the ground, two friends from Aleppo choose to stay in the ruins and survive by scavenging metal in the apocalyptic world left by the fire. But they are in a race against the clock as the metal is taken by (…) Continue Reading »
1 February 2022
Interview with Marthe Sébille, director of Que la Bête monte
by Abla Kandalaft, Brasserie du Court teamAfter a bus accident in the middle of nowhere, Lupa decides to tag along with another passenger, Alban, who is determined to reach the nearest village on foot. Crossing through fields and rivers, they slowly go off-course in a strange forest. (…) Continue Reading »
30 January 2022
Interview with Varun Raman and Tom Hancock, co-directors of Man or Tree
by Brasserie du Court team, Clotilde CouturierIn the wilderness, a tree begins to question whether it may actually be a man tripping on hallucinogens.
How did you come up with the idea for Man or Tree?
It is based on a true story – the real-life experience of a friend, who had an (…) Continue Reading »
30 January 2022
Interview with Pablo Serret de Ena, director of Useless Opera Singers
by Brasserie du Court team, Clotilde CouturierAn unknown force pushes a man to a place of extraordinary characteristics in the high Arctic. In its limits, is where he may find the answer. Between an introspective adventure and the poetry of the absurd.
How much are you related to (…) Continue Reading »
30 January 2022
Interview with Marin Gérard, director of À l’ombre l’après-midi
by Abla Kandalaft, Brasserie du Court teamA seemingly ordinary day in the life of Quentin, a Parisian film-lover. After going to the cinema twice, he runs into a former college friend, listens to a girls’ conversation in a bar, then goes and meet his best friend, has a beer, and ends up (…) Continue Reading »
29 January 2022
Interview with Assaad Khoueiry, director of A Broken Fan
by Abla Kandalaft, Brasserie du Court teamAdel, a desperate jobless father, gets out on the streets of Beirut hoping for change.
Can you tell us more about the conditions that have led your protagonist to take action? When you are the only breadwinner in your family and you have to (…) Continue Reading »
29 January 2022
Interview with Fan Sissoko, director of On the Surface
by Brasserie du Court team, Clotilde CouturierAda goes swimming in the Icelandic sea and reflects on raising a child in a country that feels nothing like home. As she enters the freezing water, she relives her traumatic pregnancy. Soon her swimming eases. Facing her fears is helping her (…) Continue Reading »
29 January 2022
Interview with Julien Regnard, director of Night Watch
by Abla Kandalaft, Brasserie du Court teamA couple rushes out of a glamorous party. On their way home, an argument leads to a brutal car accident. When George regains consciousness, Christina has disappeared. He will then experience a real descent into hell.
Where did you get the idea (…) Continue Reading »
28 January 2022
Interview with Gabriel González Acosta, director of Concertina
by Brasserie du Court teamConcertina is an interlocking narrative film that jumps between parallel realities as two sets of brothers discuss their dreams of one another. The film explores themes of ecology, family, and labor using magical realism as a narrative device to (…) Continue Reading »
28 January 2022
Interview with Anne-Sophie Bailly, director of La Ventrière [The Midwife]
by Brasserie du Court teamIn the French Jura mountains, at the end of fictitious Middle Ages, Else is an herbalist and a midwife. With Nicole, her young apprentice, they are disturbed during their daily practice: a stranger riding a horse demands to gather all the women (…) Continue Reading »