Interviews

Weekly feature introducing you to film professionals from all over Europe sorted by name.

7476 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 27/03/2024. 582 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Hlynur Pálmason • Director

”I must have 100% control in order to be creative”

Hlynur Pálmason • Director

LOCARNO 2017: We met up with Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason, who has presented Winter Brothers  

09/08/2017 | Locarno 2017 | Competition

Hlynur Pálmason  • Director of A White, White Day

"I wanted to explore how it is to love and hate someone at the same time"

Hlynur Pálmason • Director of A White, White Day

CANNES 2019: Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason visits Cannes with his second feature A White, White Day,...  

19/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Critics' Week

Hlynur Pálmason • Director of Godland

“My main actor lost twelve kilos, I think, and really took it seriously - I was so happy to see his physical decay”

Hlynur Pálmason • Director of Godland

CANNES 2022: The Icelandic director, who lived in Denmark, brings together some conflicting energies of...  

26/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard

Nicole Palo • Director

"A strange love story where love is the biggest obstacle to death"

Nicole Palo • Director

VENICE 2018: Belgian-American director Nicole Palo talked to us about Emma Peeters, the closing film of...  

10/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | Giornate degli Autori

Pilar Palomero • Director of La maternal

“It’s painful to see such a young girl experiencing something which isn’t suited to her age”

Pilar Palomero • Director of La maternal

The Spanish director presents her second film after the award-winning work Schoolgirls, this time...  

20/09/2022 | San Sebastian 2022 | Competition

Pilar Palomero  • Director of Schoolgirls

“Throughout the shooting, with my actresses, I felt like a little kid again”

Pilar Palomero • Director of Schoolgirls

Pilar Palomero premiered her first film, Schoolgirls , at the Berlin Film Festival, and is now the clear...  

27/08/2020 | Málaga 2020

Ioanna Panagiotidou  • Distributor, Rosebud.21

"It is easier to convince people to go to an open space so Greece has fewer problems"

Ioanna Panagiotidou • Distributor, Rosebud.21

We caught up with Ioanna Panagiotidou, head of distribution at Greek outfit Rosebud.21, to discuss the...  

13/08/2020 | /Greece

Producer on the Move 2010 – Slovakia

Silvia Panáková

05/05/2010

Silvia Panáková  • Producer, ARINA Film Production

“Each film is different and needs to be approached individually”

Silvia Panáková • Producer, ARINA Film Production

The 2022 Emerging Producer from Slovakia talks about how she selects the documentaries to produce and the...  

15/03/2022 | Emerging Producers 2022

Adrian Panek  • Director of Werewolf

“Horror has always been part of our culture, but now it’s on a different scale”

Adrian Panek • Director of Werewolf

We chatted to Polish director Adrian Panek about the making of his movie Werewolf, which won two awards at...  

05/12/2018 | Black Nights 2018 | Competition

Rithy Panh • Director

"A film is a journey to the unknown"

Rithy Panh • Director

VENICE 2018: We talked to Cambodian director Rithy Panh, who opened the Giornate degli Autori with his new...  

30/08/2018 | Venice 2018 | Giornate degli Autori

Rithy Panh • Director of Everything Will Be OK

"I’m not here to guide the audience with a super interesting story, but to inspire reflection on image and sound"

Rithy Panh • Director of Everything Will Be OK

BERLINALE 2022: The Cambodian director tells us more about his latest diorama-driven film essay, which has...  

18/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Rithy Panh  • Director of Irradiated

“The truth has died because everything is going so fast; all that remains is lies”

Rithy Panh • Director of Irradiated

BERLINALE 2020: Cambodia’s Rithy Panh chatted with us to break down his Berlin competition film Irradiated  

29/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Competition

Rene Pannevis • Director of Looted

"I wanted to portrait a personal experience of growing up in the world of petty crimes as I remember it"

Rene Pannevis • Director of Looted

Dutch-born, London-based filmmaker Rene Pannevis world-premiered Looted in the First Feature Competition...  

03/12/2019 | Black Nights 2019 | First Feature Competition

Julien Paolini  • Director of The Raïs of Palermo

"It tells the story of the first non-Sicilian boss of the Cosa nostra"

Julien Paolini • Director of The Raïs of Palermo

We talked to the filmmaker, who is also co-director of production company La Réserve, to discuss his new...  

22/10/2021 | Cinemed 2021 | Cinemed Meetings

Gregorio Paonessa • Produttore, Vivofilm, Roma

The self-production of an independent documentary  

16/07/2009

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