Aviva Press

By Maria Esteves – January 12, 2014
Despite record-breaking freezing temperature, the 23rd New York Jewish Film Festival 2014 (NYJFF 2014) Opening Night U.S. Premiere of LES INTERDITS (Friends from France), directed by Anne Weil and Philippe Kotlarski held at the Walter Reade Theater, Wednesday, January 8, was Sold Out! A special Q&A session with directors Anne Weil, Philippe Kotlarski, and producer Laetitia Gonzalez moderated by director of cinematheque programming, Dennis Lim, Film Society of Lincoln Center, immediately followed the premiere. View Trailer

Questions posed to directors Weil, Kotlarski and producer Gonzalez by Lim included: Can you talk a little bit about the script? Why did you become directors and why this story? Can you talk about the diary?

NYJFF 2014 Opening Night U.S. Premiere of LES INTERDITS Q&A Session, (L-R) NYJFF moderator Dennis Lim, directors Philippe Kotlarski, Anne Weil, and producer Laetitia Gonzalez.

NYJFF 2014 Opening Night U.S. Premiere of LES INTERDITS Q&A Session, directors Philippe Kotlarski, left, and Anne Weil.

NYJFF 2014 Opening Night U.S. Premiere of
LES INTERDITS Q&A Session, NYJFF moderator
Dennis Lim, director of cinematheque programming,
Film Society of Lincoln Center.

NYJFF 2014 Opening Night U.S. Premiere of
LES INTERDITS Q&A Session, producer Laetitia
Gonzalez.

NYJFF 2014 Opening Night U.S. Premiere of
LES INTERDITS Q&A Session, director Anne Weil.

NYJFF 2014 Opening Night U.S. Premiere of
LES INTERDITS Q&A Session, director Philippe
Kotlarski.

NYJFF 2014 Opening Night U.S. Premiere of
LES INTERDITS Q&A Session, producer Laetitia
Gonzalez.

NYJFF 2014 Opening Night U.S. Premiere of LES INTERDITS Q&A Session, directors Anne Weil and Philippe Kotlarski.