Special Episode 2: A Love Letter to Ffern—Making Three Speculative Fragrance Films

In this special episode of Ten Short Films Podcast, Charles Paquin and Tara Mühlberghuber look back on the creative journey behind their three speculative short films inspired by Ffern — a fragrance house whose cinematic world first sparked their imagination.What began as a simple love letter to a brand became an ongoing filmmaking experiment: three seasonal films, new collaborations, ambitious visual worlds, and some of their favourite work to date.Charles and Tara discuss the creative process behind each film, from admiration and discovery to production challenges, snowstorms, underwater ideas, horseback riding, drone shots, and the joy of building small cinematic worlds with friends and collaborators.The episode also features a special interview with Sara Faisal, recorded on the first day of production for the latest Ffern-inspired film, The Quest for the Scent of Summer. Sara shares how she joined the project, her connection to horseback riding, and what it was like stepping into this imaginative world.A conversation about human-first storytelling, community filmmaking, creative risk, and making beautiful things before anyone asks you to.