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What's it like taking a film that's 70% finished to the Cannes Film Market? Filmmaker Alain Furcajg joins me today to talk about that very question and his insightful, beautiful -- and time-sensitive - documentary RETURN TO BRITTANY, which he is hoping to finish up in the coming year before the story becomes impossible to tell due to the age of the participants.
(With a potential guest appearance by Tilda Swinton on a bicycle. We'll never know.)
In this episode, we discuss:
- the story behind RETURN TO BRITTANY and what he's looking for at Cannes;
- why he's there with a 70% finished documentary and the feedback he's received so far;
- how he got involved in documentary filmmaking;
- what is it like pitching this project at the Cannes Market;
- is it easier to be French here?;
- his contrary view about European filmmaking and the difficulties in getting projects made
Alain's Indie Filmmaker Highlight: Ruben Östlund
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