Phantom Quartz, 12min., France
Directed by Marc DAVID
Nolan Le, a former DGSE agent, aspires to lead an ordinary life with his daughter after several years of service, but fate intervened differently.

Get to know writer/actor Kahina Benyahia:

1. What motivated you to make this film?
– The dream of playing a Ethan Hunt character
– The will to mix physical, mechanical stunt and camera work into one process.
– The desire to reunite old friends on a project where everyone can give his favourite and best part.

2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film?
– 2 years

3. How would you describe your film in two words!?
– MISSION POSSIBLE

4. What was the biggest obstacle you faced in completing this film?
– The hardest part was to be able to reunite all our talented friends together at the same time for 6 days.
– The post production was not an easy thing for me, just because it was my first time being part of the whole process : Colorimetry, sound design, editing…

5. What were your initial reactions when watching the audience talking about your film in the feedback video?
– Surprised to realise that the message went through, the words they used were exactly our purpose while we were creating it.
– Happy by the fact that they notice the camera and action performance relevant to a storyline.
– Proud when they were talking about the performance of the little girl.

6. When did you realize that you wanted to make films?
– 2015, MISCELLANEOUS shortcut
We wrote it with Marc and 2 other friends, we were stunt performers at the time and had the same positions that in Phantom Quartz :
Marc was directing and I was performing.

7. What film have you seen the most in your life?
– Back to the future

8. What other elements of the festival experience can we and other festivals implement to satisfy you and help you further your filmmaking career?
– By proposing more Action awards like Best Stunt, best fight choreography, best stunt coordinator.
– By inviting us to the festival screening

9. You submitted to the festival via FilmFreeway. How has your experiences been working on the festival platform site?
– Kahina, our producer deal perfectly with film freeway and told me that it was very easy and intuitive.

10. What is your favorite meal?
– PHO soup

11. What is next for you? A new film?
– Grow as a stunt supervising company (Stunt Workshop International)
– Phantom Quartz movie