Comment ça va?
How Are You?
Comment ça va? | How Are You? by Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel
FRA 2025, Berlinale Shorts
© Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel
Comment ça va? | How Are You? by Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel
FRA 2025, Berlinale Shorts
With
- Ariane Ascaride (Elephant)
- Oulaya Amamra (Penguin)
- Galatéa Bellugi (Lion)
- Grace Seri (Cow)
- Mouna Soualem (Rabbit)
- Barbara Braccini (Monkey)
- Claude-Emmanuelle Gajan-Maull (Wolf)
- Océane Court-Mallaroni (Pig)
Crew
| Directors | Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel |
| Screenplay | Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel |
| Cinematography | Pauline Doméjean |
| Editing | Jonathan Vinel |
| Sound Design | Lucas Doméjean, Olivier Voisin |
| Casting | Kris de Bellair |
| Animation | Stanislas Bécot, Hugo Glavier, Lazare Aïbout-Sibille |
| Producer | Caroline Poggi |
Produced by
444 Films
World Sales
Oyster Films
Frieder Schlaich, Maike Mia Höhne, Anna Henckel-Donnersmark, Jonathan Vinel, Caroline Poggi
Reunion at “Berlinale Shorts (re)visited” for the 75th anniversary of the festival: the director of Three Stones for Jean Genet with the former and current section head and the directing duo Vinel & Poggi, who are represented with two films in 2025: Tant qu'il nous reste des fusils à pompe, with which they won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film in 2014, is screening in the anniversary programme, while their new film Comment ça va? is shown in the current Berlinale Shorts competition.
Three Stones for Jean Genet · Comment ça va? | How Are You? · Tant qu’il nous reste des fusils à pompe | As Long as Shotguns Remain · Berlinale Shorts · Feb 15, 2025
Jonathan Vinel, Caroline Poggi
This is the director duo's fifth film at the Berlinale. Their first collaboration won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film in 2014.
Comment ça va? | How Are You? · Berlinale Shorts · Feb 18, 2025
Caroline Poggi
Born in Ajaccio, Corsica in 1990, she studied at the Università di Corsica Pasquale Paoli and the Université Paris 8. She has made several short films with Jonathan Vinel; their work has frequently screened in Berlinale Shorts. Their film Tant qu’il nous reste des fusils à pompe (As Long as Shotguns Remain) won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film while their joint feature film debut Jessica Forever screened in Panorama and Eat the Night was selected for the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes. In 2025, she is returning with Vinel to Berlinale Shorts with Comment ça va? while Tant qu’il nous reste des fusils à pompe (As Long as Shotguns Remain) can be seen as part of the jubilee programme “You and I Are Not Alone – Berlinale Shorts Revisited”.
Filmography (selection)
2012 Chiens; short film 2014 Tant qu’il nous reste des fusils à pompe (As Long as Shotguns Remain); short film, co-director: Jonathan Vinel 2016 Notre héritage (Our Legacy); short film, co-director: Jonathan Vinel 2017 After School Knife Fight; short film, co-director: Jonathan Vinel 2020 Bébé Colère (Baby Anger); short film, co-director: Jonathan Vinel 2022 Il faut regarder le feu ou brûler dedans (Watch the Fire or Burn Inside It); short film, co-director: Jonathan Vinel 2023 Best Secret Place; co-director: Jonathan Vinel 2024 Eat the Night; co-director: Jonathan Vinel · La Fille qui explose (The Exploding Girl); short film, co-director: Jonathan Vinel 2025 Comment ça va?; short film, co-director: Jonathan Vinel
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2025
Jonathan Vinel
Born in Toulouse, France in 1988, he studied editing at La Fémis in Paris and has made a number of films with Caroline Poggi, with whom he was invited to Berlinale Shorts. Their film Tant qu’il nous reste des fusils à pompe won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film while their joint feature film debut Jessica Forever screened in the Panorama and Eat the Night was selected for the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes. In 2025, he is returning with Poggi to Berlinale Shorts with Comment ça va? while Tant qu’il nous reste des fusils à pompe can be seen as part of the Jubilee Programme “You and I Are Not Alone – Berlinale Shorts Revisited”.
Filmography (selection)
2014 Tant qu’il nous reste des fusils à pompe (As Long as Shotguns Remain); short film, co-director: Caroline Poggi 2015 Notre héritage (Our Legacy); short film, co-director: Caroline Poggi 2017 Martin Pleure (Martin Cries); short film · After School Knife Fight; short film, co-director: Caroline Poggi 2020 Bébé Colère (Baby Anger); short film, co-director: Caroline Poggi 2022 Il faut regarder le feu ou brûler dedans (Watch the Fire or Burn Inside It); short film, co-director: Caroline Poggi 2023 Best Secret Place; co-director: Caroline Poggi 2024 Eat the Night; co-director: Caroline Poggi · La Fille qui explose (The Exploding Girl); short film, co-director: Caroline Pogg 2025 Comment ça va?; short film, co-director: Caroline Poggi
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2025