film tv & new media / interviews

APRIL 9, 2013

Barbara Scharres & Marty Rubin Discuss Starring Sandrine Bonnaire Retrospective

By Laurence Geannopulos

Q & A with Barbara Scharres, Director of Programming and Martin Rubin, Associate Director of Programming at the Gene Siskel Film Center regarding the tribute to Sandrine Bonnaire.

MAY 6, 2013

Interview with Mikros Image CEO Gilles Gaillard

By Laura Pertuy and Géraldine Durand

On the occasion of the ParisFX French Showcase for Creative Week 2013, we’ve interviewed French studio Mikros Image CEO Gilles Gaillard, who will be presenting some of the most innovative and creative works in digital arts and VXF at a special event celebrating digital advertising and post-production arts on May 7th.

APRIL 3, 2013

Interview with Mahen Bonetti

By Delphine Selles

On the occasion of the 20th edition of the New York African Film Festival, program officer Delphines Selles interviewed its president and founder Mahen Bonetti.

MARCH 8, 2013

Richard Brody & Marie Losier Discuss Leos Carax

By Delphine Selles

Marie Losier, the film curator at FIAF, and Richard Brody, film critic for The New Yorker magazine, sit down with Delphine Selles at the Cultural Services to talk about Leos Carax

MARCH 6, 2013

Interview with Emmanuelle Demoris

By Laura Pertuy

It’s a long story... I ended up in that shantytown of Alexandria in Egypt in the course of a research trip for another former film project that dealt with the relationships between the living and the dead.

MARCH 4, 2013

Interview with Annette Isndorf on Michael Haneke's Amour

By Kathryn Hamilton

Michael Haneke’s film ‘Amour’ won this year’s Oscar for Best Foreign Film. It also won in the same category at both the Bafta’s and the Golden Globes, and carried away the prestigious Palme d’Or at Cannes. In this video CUNY TV interviews Annette Isndorf, critic and Columbia Professor on her thoughts about the film.

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Interview with Eric Viennot

By Laura Pertuy

On the occasion of a special presentation on ALT_MINDS and the Art of French Transmedia, we spoke with Lexis Numérique co-founder and creator of ALT_MINDS Eric Viennot about his newest project.

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Interview with Producer Jean François Tosti

By Muriel Guidoni

An interview with Jean François Tosti, producer and co-writer of the French animated film, The Jungle Bunch. The Jungle Bunch has been nominated for the The International Emmy® Kids Awards.

JANUARY 31, 2013

Interview with Sam Di lorio and Jamie Berthe on Jean Rouch

By French Culture

Sam Di lorio from the Department of Romance Languages at Hunter College, and Jamie Berthe from the Department of Media, Culture and Communications at NYU, met with French Culture in advance of the the upcoming conference on Jean Rouch, to discuss the importance of his work.

JANUARY 29, 2013

Interview with Pierre Étaix

By French Culture & CUNY TV

Pierre Etaix is a physical comedian in the tradition of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin. Known for fanciful comic scenarios such as Le Grand Amour, which plays out a factory owner’s fantasy of driving a bed-on-wheels with his secretary through the town, Etaix’s work was almost unseen for more than 20 years because of issues with rights.

JANUARY 25, 2013

Conversation with Jonas Mekas

By French Culture & CUNY TV

On the 15th of January 2013, Jonas Mekas recevied the Insignia of Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. To mark the occasion, Mekas spoke with Delphine Selles, program officer for film at the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, about his long relationship with France.

JANUARY 8, 2013

Celebrating Young French Cinema at FIAF

By Laura Pertuy

Interview with Marie Losier and Clémentine Gallot, co-curators of Vive la jeunesse!, a survey of young French directors at the French Institute Alliance Française in New York.