Très Court International Film Festival is an event without borders, with screenings during 9 days simultaneously in nearly one hundred cities in France and 28 other countries. The major program of the festival is the international competition. Fifty films of less than 3 minutes (excluding title and credits) representing the best and especially the shorter of the global audiovisual production year are presented each year.
Because this is a festival featuring the best of under 3min. short films, it’s only fitting that this was the shortest interview I ever had. Short but too the point and terrific!
Interview with Charlotte Lasne:
Matthew Toffolo: What is your Film Festival succeeding at doing for filmmakers?
Marc Bati : We offer a screening space for very short films and their filmmakers, to make their work known.
Matthew: What would you expect to experience if you attend the festival this year (2016)?
Marc: One shall be ready to discover original uncommon films!
Matthew: What are the qualifications for the selected films?
Marc: First qualification is runtime: under three minutes (except title and credits), that is the only rule. Then there is no denying that the selected films show talent and originality.
Matthew: Do you think that some films really don’t get a fair shake from film festivals? And if so, why?
Marc: Very short films are often considered too short to be taken into account in most festivals. At Très Court, it is the contrary!
Matthew: What motivates you and your team to do this festival?
Marc: Très Court is often most filmmakers’s first festival. Sometimes it is the first step to make a career! Some of “our” filmmakers moved on to feature films.
Matthew: How has the festival changed since its inception?
Marc: When the festival was created in 2000, Youtube did not exist. A festival for very short videos was an underground project! It originated in Paris and now the same films are presented in almost a hundred cities in twenty-nine countries in the world.
Matthew: Where do you see the festival by 2020?
Marc: This is a hard one. You know, it is hard for us to see ourselves beyond three minutes!
Matthew: What film have you seen the most times in your life?
Marc: It has no point with Très Court but it is 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Matthew: In one sentence, what makes a great film?
Marc: What makes a great film is “grace” (in one word, even shorter!). Because talented people can make bad films. So “grace” and “magic”.
Matthew: How is the film scene in your city?
Marc: Paris is one of the world capital for cinema. You find lots of movie theaters here.
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Interviewer Matthew Toffolo is currently the CEO of the WILDsound FEEDBACK Film & Writing Festival. The festival that showcases 10-20 screenplay and story readings performed by professional actors every month. And the FEEDBACK Monthly Fesival held in downtown Toronto on the last Thursday of every single month. Go tohttp://www.wildsound.ca for more information and to submit your work to the festival.
THE PERFECT HOST, 2011 
EL CLUB (Chile 2015) ***1/2
Matthew Toffolo: You got the honor to DP the last episode of “Breaking Bad”. How did that come about? And how was the last day on set? It must have been very emotional.
