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. 582 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Banu Akseki • Director of Sans soleil

"It’s a film that’s more immersive than narrative"

Banu Akseki • Director of Sans soleil

We met with the Belgian director to talk about her atmospheric coming-of-age movie, which she devised in...  

14/06/2022 | Belgium/Netherlands/France

Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji • Director of Hanging Gardens

“I think the new generation will accept this film; the radicals will be upset”

Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji • Director of Hanging Gardens

VENICE 2022: Inspired by De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves, the Iraqi director takes a look at his “unbalanced”...  

14/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Orizzonti Extra

Mohamed Al-Daradji  • Director

“Dialogue is the most effective way to deal with extreme violence”

Mohamed Al-Daradji • Director

TORONTO 2017: We chatted to Iraqi filmmaker Mohamed Al-Daradji, who presented his third film, The Journey,...  

21/09/2017

EuroDoc 2011

Hazem Al Hamawi • Director and producer

Haifaa Al-Mansour • Director

"What it means to be a female performer in a conservative place like Saudi Arabia"

Haifaa Al-Mansour • Director

VENICE 2018: Saudi Arabian director Haifaa Al-Mansour is taking part in the Miu Miu Women's Tales project...  

04/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | Giornate degli Autori

Haifaa al-Mansour • Director of The Perfect Candidate

“It will take time to see actual change on the streets of Saudi Arabia”

Haifaa al-Mansour • Director of The Perfect Candidate

VENICE 2019: Saudi filmmaker Haifaa al-Mansour tells Cineuropa about her new work playing in competition...  

06/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

Shaima Al-Tamimi  • Producer

“The process of making documentaries requires wearing various hats, but what stands out is its therapeutic quality”

Shaima Al-Tamimi • Producer

The producer from Qatar, a guest country of this year's edition, explains why producing documentaries is a...  

21/03/2024 | Emerging Producers 2024

Festival Le Printemps du Cinéma Arabe 2011

Hala Alabdalla • Director

Hala Alabdalla tells us about her debut directorial film, I Am the One Who Brings Flowers to Her Grave,...  

Feo Aladag • Director

Interview

Feo Aladag • Director

Competing for the first time in Berlin, the Austrian director Feo Aladag talks about Inbetween Worlds.  

11/02/2014

Powerful images and colors

Feo Aladag • Director

Already working on a new film, Später im Sommer, director Feo Aladag looks back to the success of When We...  

10/06/2013

Prix LUX 2010

Feo Aladag • Director

Interview with Feo Aladag, the director of When We Leave, winner of the LUX Prize 2010.  

06/10/2010

“The universal necessity we have to be loved for ourselves”

Feo Aladag • Director

Extracts from the press conference at the Berlinale 2010 where the Austrian director unveiled the highly...  

24/08/2010

Enrico Chiesa, Isabelle Fauvel and Dieudonné Alaka • Coordinators and experts, OuiCoprod

“Professionals now know where to find projects from Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific that are credible and pre-financed”

Enrico Chiesa, Isabelle Fauvel and Dieudonné Alaka • Coordinators and experts, OuiCoprod

CANNES 2021: The International Organisation of La Francophonie and the ACP (African States, Caribbean and...  

10/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Marché du Film

Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović  • Director of Murina

“The water is a place where my character is free, but it’s also where she can spill some blood”

Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović • Director of Murina

CANNES 2021: It’s a cruel summer lying in wait for teenager Julija in this Directors’ Fortnight title by...  

07/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Directors’ Fortnight

Milad Alami  • Director

“Sometimes acceptance comes with a price”

Milad Alami • Director

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: We chatted to Swedish-Iranian filmmaker Milad Alami, whose feature debut, The Charmer,...  

22/09/2017 | San Sebastián 2017 | New Directors

Milad Alami • Director of Opponent

“Wrestling is a sport with a lot of stereotypical male ideas attached to it, which I wanted to shatter completely”

Milad Alami • Director of Opponent

BERLINALE 2023: We spoke to the Swedish-Iranian director about his drama revolving around freedom and the...  

20/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Panorama

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