{"podcast":{"title":"First Time Go","slug":"first-time-go-6464248","podcast_index_feed_id":6464248,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/9ddc691d-2273-47d5-a1b9-5a4acb0670f5","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/first-time-go","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2023/7/16/21/0c15e674-8c90-4b18-8b97-c53f23462b2f_230528_110552_88def817163bbbaf04b3c82bcdb5bd9f.jpg","author":"Benjamin Duchek","episode_count":118,"summary":"A weekly podcast highlighting the creators of independent film and the business behind it. Hosted by Ben Duchek.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-13T10:19:10.852638+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/first-time-go-6464248"},"episode":{"title":"Special Cannes Podcast: Alain Furcajg Of RETURN TO BRITTANY","slug":"special-cannes-podcast-alain-furcajg-of-return-to-brittany","published_at":"2026-05-19T07:15:19+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/first-time-go-6464248/special-cannes-podcast-alain-furcajg-of-return-to-brittany","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/first-time-go-6464248","url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/9ddc691d-2273-47d5-a1b9-5a4acb0670f5/episodes/8bf1dfad-9510-45c0-b7a2-8f08a24a927b","audio_url":"https://audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/8bf1dfad-9510-45c0-b7a2-8f08a24a927b/stream.mp3","summary":"What's it like taking a film that's 70% finished to the Cannes Film Market? Filmmaker Alain Furcajg joins me today to talk about that very question and his insightful, beautiful -- and time-sensitive - documentary RETURN TO BRITTANY, which he is hoping to finish up in the coming year before the story becomes impossible to tell due to the age of the participants. (With a potential guest appearance by Tilda Swinton on a bicycle. We'll never know.) In this episode, we discuss: the story behind RETURN TO BRITTANY and what he's looking for at Cannes; why he's there with a 70% finished documentary and the feedback he's received so far; how he got involved in documentary filmmaking; what is it like pitching this project at the Cannes Market; is it easier to be French here?; his contrary view about European filmmaking and the difficulties in getting projects made Alain's Indie Filmmaker Highlight: Ruben Östlund Links: Watch The Trailer For RETURN TO BRITTANY Follow Alain On Instagram AF Films Website","meta_description":"What's it like taking a film that's 70% finished to the Cannes Film Market? Filmmaker Alain Furcajg joins me today to talk about that very question and hi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1409,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/first-time-go-6464248/episodes/special-cannes-podcast-alain-furcajg-of-return-to-brittany/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/first-time-go-6464248/special-cannes-podcast-alain-furcajg-of-return-to-brittany.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}