Interviews

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

7548 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 19/05/2024. 591 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Thierry de Peretti • Director of In His Own Image

"Film is an object that moves according to who is watching it"

Thierry de Peretti • Director of In His Own Image

CANNES 2024: The French filmmaker deciphers his fascinating portrait of a woman and a group of friends caught up in the whirlwind of the Corsican...  

19/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Directors’ Fortnight

Magnus von Horn • Director of The Girl with the Needle

“I decided to use this fear of mine and make a film out of it”

Magnus von Horn • Director of The Girl with the Needle

CANNES 2024: Taking the Danish child killings of the 1910s as his starting point, the Swedish helmer recreates a period Copenhagen inspired by collective memory  

19/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Competition

Julien Colonna • Director of Le Royaume

"It’s important to show the machine of organised crime as one which results in death"

Julien Colonna • Director of Le Royaume

CANNES 2024: The French filmmaker chatted with us about his first feature film, a fictional story about a father and a daughter on the run, which is...  

18/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Un Certain Regard

Paulo Carneiro • Director of Savanna and the Mountain

“Since I don't believe in conventional documentary anyway, I started to write the story as a fiction”

Paulo Carneiro • Director of Savanna and the Mountain

CANNES 2024: The Portuguese helmer breaks down his aesthetic concept and how he worked with the protagonists of his documentary-fiction hybrid  

18/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Directors’ Fortnight

Leonardo van Dijl • Director of Julie Keeps Quiet

“The challenge for me was to make the silence loud”

Leonardo van Dijl • Director of Julie Keeps Quiet

CANNES 2024: The director unpicks his first feature, an intimate portrait of a young tennis player who has to contend with her coach’s misfortunes as well...  

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

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

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