Interviews

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

7558 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 21/05/2024. 598 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Saïd Hamich Benlarbi • Director of Across the Sea

“I have lived through the experience of exile”

Saïd Hamich Benlarbi • Director of Across the Sea

CANNES 2024: In his new film, the French-Moroccan director salutes the dreamers and those who never truly feel at home  

18/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Critics’ Week

Emmanuel Courcol • Director of The Marching Band

“My main concern was making sure the audience doesn’t leave the cinema feeling desperate”

Emmanuel Courcol • Director of The Marching Band

CANNES 2024: The French director behind The Big Hit proves that music really brings people together – even long-lost siblings  

18/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Cannes Première

Agathe Riedinger • Director of Wild Diamond

"My character is consumed by her dream and her conviction that she is better than what life has to offer"

Agathe Riedinger • Director of Wild Diamond

CANNES 2024: The French filmmaker talks about her debut feature, which paints a vivid picture of a young woman sucked into the mythology of appearance and...  

18/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Competition

Nada Riyadh, Ayman El Amir • Directors of The Brink of Dreams

“These girls challenge traditions”

Nada Riyadh, Ayman El Amir • Directors of The Brink of Dreams

CANNES 2024: The Egyptian filmmakers follow an all-female street-theatre troupe that is, and always was, uncompromising  

18/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Critics’ Week

Rúnar Rúnarsson • Director of When the Light Breaks

"I wanted the audience to get a sense of reality, beauty, and emotions in the grey zone, between the dark and bright peaks of life"

Rúnar Rúnarsson • Director of When the Light Breaks

CANNES 2024: The Icelandic filmmaker talks about what's behind of his new film , an emotional and honest exploration of grief  

17/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Un Certain Regard

Hala Elkoussy • Director of East of Noon

“Art has to be pertinent”

Hala Elkoussy • Director of East of Noon

CANNES 2024: The visual artist-turned-director brings a satirical bite to the festival, as she shows generations that clash, hoping for a better life  

17/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Directors’ Fortnight

Giedrė Žickytė • Producer, Moonmakers

“When I watched The Birds, I had no idea that my life would be connected with cinema”

Giedrė Žickytė • Producer, Moonmakers

Lithuania’s Producer on the Move digs deep into her career and reveals the feature-length documentary projects she is currently working on  

17/05/2024 | Producers on the Move 2024

Lina Flint • Producer, Scanbox Productions

“Growing up in a theatre truly shaped me as a film producer”

Lina Flint • Producer, Scanbox Productions

The Danish Producer on the Move unpacks her career, her producing job and the ambitious new projects she’s got lined up  

17/05/2024 | Producers on the Move 2024

Yolande Zauberman • Director of The Belle from Gaza

"I want to find light in the night"

Yolande Zauberman • Director of The Belle from Gaza

CANNES 2024: The French filmmaker talks about her new documentary which, after Would You Have Sex with an Arab? and M, completes her trilogy on the Israeli...  

16/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Special Screenings

Josh Mond • Director of It Doesn’t Matter

“As my movies are so personal, it's important to be surrounded by people who are there for the right reasons”

Josh Mond • Director of It Doesn’t Matter

CANNES 2024: We sat down with the independent US helmer to discuss the collaborative filmmaking process, his central character and the European dream  

16/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | ACID

Andreas Hartmann, Arata Mori • Directors of Johatsu – Into Thin Air

“For many of the protagonists, it was a chance for them to speak out for the first time, as they’d had no one to talk to beforehand”

Andreas Hartmann, Arata Mori • Directors of Johatsu – Into Thin Air

The directorial duo explain where the inspiration for their work came from and delve into their production decisions  

16/05/2024 | DOK.fest Munich 2024

Konstantin Bojanov • Director of The Shameless

“I am not interested in myself; I am interested in other people’s stories”

Konstantin Bojanov • Director of The Shameless

CANNES 2024: The Bulgarian director takes on real-life traditions and ends up with a fable  

16/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Un Certain Regard

Jonathan Millet • Director of Ghost Trail

"My goal was to add tension using very simple things”

Jonathan Millet • Director of Ghost Trail

CANNES 2024: The French filmmaker talks about his first fiction feature, a fascinating piece combining the codes of the spy movie and psychological...  

15/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Critics’ Week

David Lambert • Director of Turtles

"I wanted to work with giants, it’s in the film’s DNA"

David Lambert • Director of Turtles

We met with the Belgian director to discuss his fourth feature film, which sees him continuing his exploration of the daily lives of queer men and which is...  

14/05/2024 | /Belgium/Canada

Carlos Fernández de Vigo and Lorena Ares • Filmmakers and animators

“New tools will take us to previously unexplored places"

Carlos Fernández de Vigo and Lorena Ares • Filmmakers and animators

The filmmakers were at Animayo Gran Canaria giving a workshop on Artificial Intelligence and talked about traditional and new animation techniques  

14/05/2024 | Animayo Gran Canaria 2024

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