SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL & ASIA 2015

For the International Program A we had director Jonathan Desoindre join us for the post-screening Q&A for his short “The Salt of the Earth.” His wonderfully black comedy about a young bride-to-be who is taken to the country home of her fiancee & finds that his family is not quite as “down to earth” as they seem. Things go very very wrong from there. In the Q&A he was asked how he came to cast the wonderful actress Nelli Tsay as the brave heroine & he told us that after 4,5 days of auditions, he was getting discouraged when Nelli walks in & Jonathan immediately knew that she was the one. He remarked on her exotic beauty, she’s of Korean & Russian blood, but he also saw a dangerous side in her eyes & that was all he needed to cast her on the spot. We agree, she really is the one!

A very good Q&A & a big shout out to the amazing audiences who gather at our festival and asked sharp, interesting questions.

DJ John