“Young Hearts”, interview with the director Anthony Shatteman

Anthony Shatteman‘s “Young Hearts” is a sweet fairytale of a love story between two preadolescent kids, in contemporary belhium. In our talk, we discover the creative and personal motivations behind the film, and the surprise for the reception to the presentation, here at the Berlinale, where it screened in the Generation section.

The film I would have wanted to see

“Young Hearts” is the film I would have loved to see when I was a kid, says Anthony Shatteman about the importance for him of its film. he wrote it with in mind his childhood and his parents, and the effects that such a sweet film could have on younger audience who can relate more to the narrative.

The film that the world waited for (apparently)

When pitching the film, Anthony Shatteman was surprised to get so positive feedback about “Young Hearts“, and especially being praised to do the film, as people needed to be pampered and pleased by a feel good story. So now that audiences love the film so much, he is not that surprised anymore…

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