WEBVTT 00:07.000 --> 00:13.000 I'm delighted to be here today. 00:09.920 --> 00:15.000 This is definitely a special day for me. 00:13.000 --> 00:17.279 We've been preparing our 00:15.000 --> 00:20.160 project for several years. And finally, today, we 00:17.279 --> 00:22.840 will be able to present it to all the guests. 00:20.160 --> 00:25.080 And the most important reason, uh, the most important 00:22.840 --> 00:27.679 … the most important reason. I really like 00:25.080 --> 00:30.320 … the theme of this festival. 00:27.679 --> 00:32.800 Of course, it has existed for many years, and 00:30.320 --> 00:35.440 … this festival has an interesting jury and a very 00:32.800 --> 00:37.719 … objective approach. 00:35.440 --> 00:40.000 Thank you very much for the compliment. I am currently working 00:37.719 --> 00:42.879 on the project Brigitte 00:40.000 --> 00:45.719 Bardot. My team and I are preparing this project. 00:42.879 --> 00:48.559 Attention! This is not a 00:45.719 --> 00:51.079 biopic, it's not her autobiography, it's a 00:48.559 --> 00:53.640 feature film, primarily a novel 00:51.079 --> 00:56.879 very remarkable in its 00:53.640 --> 01:00.239 personality, a strong woman, and her personal journey 00:56.879 --> 01:03.039 and her charitable work. 01:00.239 --> 01:04.879 I think that 01:03.039 --> 01:07.479 cinema is a wonderful language 01:04.879 --> 01:10.080 of personal expression for an artist. 01:07.479 --> 01:12.000 It is a language that, through cinema, 01:10.080 --> 01:14.560 allows an artist to communicate with 01:12.000 --> 01:17.200 millions of people simultaneously, to have an open dialogue 01:14.560 --> 01:19.640 and raise social issues, as well as 01:17.200 --> 01:22.439 entertain, elicit smiles and tears. 01:19.640 --> 01:26.560 I think this is the most important thing today and 01:22.439 --> 01:28.079 very important, especially today and right now. 01:26.560 --> 01:30.600 This is precisely the topic that we 01:28.079 --> 01:34.119 are addressing at this festival. Of course 01:30.600 --> 01:36.280 Cinema, above all, has the same 01:34.119 --> 01:37.840 opportunity, and even, I would dare say, the same 01:36.280 --> 01:40.200 mission of 01:37.840 --> 01:43.119 highlighting major societal issues 01:40.200 --> 01:45.320 and opening a dialogue with all 01:43.119 --> 01:48.560 people. 01:45.320 --> 01:51.479 For me, as a director, the message 01:48.560 --> 01:54.040 that my film can ultimately convey 01:51.479 --> 01:56.000 to people is the question, even more importantly, 01:54.040 --> 01:58.840 that this film that I 01:56.000 --> 02:01.240 create, that I work on, that can be asked 01:58.840 --> 02:03.320 by anyone who has seen this film. I 02:01.240 --> 02:07.240 I think that's my main mission, and it's 02:03.320 --> 02:09.840 the most important thing in filmmaking. Absolutely, yes. 02:07.240 --> 02:12.440 Um, given how important it is today 02:09.840 --> 02:15.120 considering the world we live in, 02:12.440 --> 02:16.560 and technology is already our 02:15.120 --> 02:19.440 reality, of course, they have to 02:16.560 --> 02:22.319 use, and all the new technologies 02:19.440 --> 02:24.120 necessary to integrate, because This 02:22.319 --> 02:26.680 is not just our future, it is our 02:24.120 --> 02:29.080 present. Of course, if we're talking about my 02:26.680 --> 02:32.280 film we're making, dedicated to 02:29.080 --> 02:36.080 Brigitte Bardot, this message certainly reveals 02:32.280 --> 02:39.200 a person's strength of character, their 02:36.080 --> 02:41.640 limitless possibilities, their will 02:39.200 --> 02:45.640 and the potential, how far a person can go 02:41.640 --> 02:48.560 change the whole world by following his example. 02:45.640 --> 02:51.400 I think that in independent cinema, a 02:48.560 --> 02:55.200 director has more opportunities 02:51.400 --> 02:57.599 to show their personality and to address 02:55.200 --> 02:59.400 the same problem from multiple 02:57.599 --> 03:02.000 angles. Because he is 02:59.400 --> 03:04.040 independent of sponsors and producers 03:02.000 --> 03:06.400 very often, he can talk 03:04.040 --> 03:10.040 about what really concerns him 03:06.400 --> 03:12.400 in depth, without any censorship. And for 03:10.040 --> 03:15.799 a true artist, it's very, very 03:12.400 --> 03:17.720 important. Personally, I love independent cinema, 03:15.799 --> 03:22.519 and I hope it will 03:17.720 --> 03:22.519 grow more and more each year. 03:36.640 --> 03:43.400 I would like to send a message to many 03:41.400 --> 03:47.120 women who love romantic movies 03:43.400 --> 03:50.159 and to men too. For all those who, 03:47.120 --> 03:52.040 let's say, haven't found a partner yet, but 03:50.159 --> 03:54.200 love romantic movies and believe in 03:52.040 --> 03:55.879 love at first sight. My 03:54.200 --> 03:58.599 message is that we must 03:55.879 --> 04:00.560 continue to believe, and 03:58.599 --> 04:02.480 people who believe in love at first sight 04:00.560 --> 04:07.439 find each other. 04:02.480 --> 04:07.439 This is very important. I wish love to all.