{"id":2576,"date":"2010-06-23T10:17:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-23T09:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artfilmfest.sk\/en\/blog\/uncategorized\/2010\/06\/cinema-is-the-most-powerful-art-form\/"},"modified":"2016-02-08T12:37:55","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T11:37:55","slug":"cinema-is-the-most-powerful-art-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iffartfilm.com\/en\/blog\/highlights\/2010\/06\/cinema-is-the-most-powerful-art-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Cinema is the most powerful art form"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Could you describe your connection to Slovakia?<\/span><\/b> <span lang=\"EN-GB\">My connection to Slovakia started a long, long time ago. I first came to Europe alone as a broke student in 1985. I had already seen a few Czech films like Ji\u0159\u00ed Menzel\u2019s <i>Closely Watched Trains<\/i>, and I was deeply curious what this country might hide. I flew into Amsterdam, and from there I hitchhiked to Vienna. From Vienna I made it to Bratislava, where the communist regime was still in power, and it was my first encounter with such a thing. I spent two weeks in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, and I ended up falling in love with this country. Even then I was determined to come back and shoot a film here, and after the revolution I was able to do just that several times. In Bratislava I presented my films, and once I was in the jury at a francophone festival. In 2006 they invited me to Uhersk\u00e9 Hradi\u0161t\u011b, where I met my future wife, with whom I have two children. At the present I spend more time in Prague than in Slovakia, and it feels like I\u2019ve been cheating on my bygone love.&nbsp; <\/span> <b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Would you still like to shoot a film in Slovakia?<\/span><\/b> <span lang=\"EN-GB\">Yes, it&#8217;s always on my mind. Right now I\u2019m making an experimental documentary about the original inhabitants of Canada. If I finish it, I&#8217;d love to create something similar in Slovakia about the Roma in the country\u2019s eastern regions.<\/span> Quebec<b><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> is the only francophone province in Canada. Does it differ from the country\u2019s other parts in its film culture as well? <\/span><\/b> <span lang=\"EN-GB\">Canadian films don\u2019t have the same background as Quebecois films. Quebecois films have always been deeply influenced by the NFB (National Film Board of Canada) documentaries (cinema direct, cinema verit\u00e9) which gave rise to Quebecois cinema. Even when we create fiction films, they are still rooted in documentary, like in the films of Ken Loach or the Dardenne brothers. The American part of Canada doesn\u2019t make films like this. For them, fiction is of the utmost importance. People from the English-speaking parts will continue to watch American films and read American books, because for them there is no language barrier. For filmmakers in the American part, it\u2019s more difficult to find their own particularity, something to differentiate themselves with. In Quebec, culture is essential. With a modicum of talent, you have no problem finding grants for your projects. We are more or less lucky.<\/span> <b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">What do you think about the new generation of Quebecois filmmakers?<\/span><\/b> <span lang=\"EN-GB\">They come from totally different circumstances from the ones we had. I grew up on the classic Japanese and Russian films of the 50s, 60s and 70s. Today\u2019s youth have the internet; with a computer and a camcorder, they can shoot a feature-length film with their friends whenever they like. We would shoot for a month with a 16 mm camera, and then we would wait another month for payment from the studio. And they also haven\u2019t seen as many films as my generation has. The most have no film education to speak of. It\u2019s good to keep track of these new films, because they are made differently; their stories play out in a totally different way, and they aren\u2019t based in dialogue as ours are. This demonstrates that cinema is the most powerful art form, because it can always be refreshed, and new roads, new narrative approaches can always be found. The compilers of the short-film section have done a brilliant job. Every day we get the chance to see distinctive works from diverse corners of the globe. When I see these films, I realize how alive this art form really is.<\/span> <b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Have any films so far made you say, &quot;I wish I&#8217;d shot this&quot;?<\/span><\/b> <span lang=\"EN-GB\">No, never [laughs].&nbsp; <\/span>But I do remember when I saw Jacques Audiard\u2019s film <i>A Prophet<\/i> with students. Then I was truly envious. 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