Interviews

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

7477 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 28/03/2024. 581 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Jérôme Paillard  • Executive Director of the Marché du Film

NEXT and MIXERS big newcomers for 2014

Jérôme Paillard • Executive Director of the Marché du Film

The unmissable head of the Cannes Marché, Jérôme Paillard talks about numbers and trends with Cineuropa  

13/05/2014

Olivier Pairoux  • Director of SpaceBoy

“The cinema I loved as a child, I didn’t find it in Belgium”

Olivier Pairoux • Director of SpaceBoy

We talked to the Belgian filmmaker, who delivers with his feature debut a marked wink to the US...  

27/10/2021 | Ghent 2021

Laila Pakalniņa • Director of In the Mirror

“We weren't looking for an easy way to do things”

Laila Pakalniņa • Director of In the Mirror

We had the chance to chat to Laila Pakalniņa, director of the experimental drama In the Mirror, one of...  

30/11/2020 | Black Nights 2020 | Competition

Laila Pakalnina  • Director of Spoon

"If we talk to people through emotions, from soul to soul, it's maybe even more effective than TV and journalism"

Laila Pakalnina • Director of Spoon

Latvian filmmaker Laila Pakalnina discusses with us her latest title, Spoon, world-premiered in the...  

06/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | Documentary Competition

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Gyorgy Palfi • Director

György Pálfi presents a surprising closing film at Cannes Classics: Final cut - Ladies and Gentlemen is a...  

György Pálfi • Director of Perpetuity

"This is a love story set in a near post-war future in Europe"

György Pálfi • Director of Perpetuity

The Hungarian director discusses his latest film, which dialogues, in stylistic terms, with the body...  

22/11/2021 | Black Nights 2021 | Competition

Andrea Pallaoro • Director of Monica

“This is a story about a woman who returns home”

Andrea Pallaoro • Director of Monica

VENICE 2022: With the help of thesps Trace Lysette and Patricia Clarkson, the Italian director delves deep...  

10/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Competition

Ninna Pálmadóttir  • Director of All Dogs Die

“There’s a powerful urge to create after these overwhelming times of isolation and sitting with your thoughts”

Ninna Pálmadóttir • Director of All Dogs Die

As the Icelandic-born director prepares for European Film Promotion’s Future Frames, held as part of...  

21/08/2021 | Future Frames 2021

Ninna Pálmadóttir  • Director of Solitude

"Friendship is at the heart of the story"

Ninna Pálmadóttir • Director of Solitude

The Icelandic filmmaker discusses her debut feature film, written by Rúnar Rúnarsson and centred on the...  

14/11/2023 | Arras 2023

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

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