One day, walking in the mountains in the south of France, I saw a herd of sheep. I switched my pocket camera to video mode and started to film

• I HAD NO PARTICULAR AIM IN THIS. IT JUST LOOKED LIKE A CURIOUS SIGHT.

A little later I had to quickly make "something" for Action, a short film charity auction organised by Svetlana Bondarchuk. I rewatched my sheep and that's how the most arthouse film of all time and all people came about.