Interviews

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

9029 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 22/09/2026. 606 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Andrew Haigh • Director of A Long Winter

“As a viewer, I love feeling like I'm allowed into the film’s world”

Andrew Haigh • Director of A Long Winter

The British director chats to us about the dreamy landscape of his haunting new film set in the wintry Colorado Rocky Mountains  

23/09/2026 | Toronto 2026 | Special Presentations

Javier Ruiz Caldera • Director of 5 More Minutes

“I find it stimulating, as a director and as a viewer, that the same film can elicit such different emotions”

Javier Ruiz Caldera • Director of 5 More Minutes

The Catalonian filmmaker dissects aspects of his new work, such as its cocktail of genres, the festival world’s disdain for comedies and how hard it is to...  

22/09/2026 | San Sebastián 2026 | Competition

Fatih Akin • Director of Ghost Song

“I make films because I’m looking for the truth – whatever that means”

Fatih Akin • Director of Ghost Song

The German-Turkish director shares the Hitchcockian inspirations that influenced his way of shooting Hamburg, and his desire to go back to basics  

21/09/2026 | San Sebastián 2026 | Competition

Tony Vahl • Director of Krux

“I reflected on how it’s so easy to say yes to everything, but also how powerful it is to say no against the masses”

Tony Vahl • Director of Krux

The writer-director shares her approach to her dark debut feature, an entanglement of moral dilemmas in a rural German village at the end of World War II  

18/09/2026 | Toronto 2026 | Discovery

Alejandra Guimerà, Marc Crehuet • Creators of In vitro

In vitro would be closer to a series about psychologists than one about doctors”

Alejandra Guimerà, Marc Crehuet • Creators of In vitro

The team behind the series talk, among other things, about assisted reproduction, inspirations drawn from close to home, creating life and family diversity  

18/09/2026 | Santander 2026

Yesim Ustaoğlu • Director of What Remains

"The main character strives for a kind of purity that allows her to be herself and to fear nothing"

Yesim Ustaoğlu • Director of What Remains

The Turkish filmmaker sheds light on her new movie, centred on a woman who takes to the road to try to find herself  

16/09/2026 | San Sebastián 2026 | Competition

Amanda Kernell • Director of Brace Your Heart

“The key words at the heart of the story are ‘liberation’, ‘healing’ and ‘forgiveness’”

Amanda Kernell • Director of Brace Your Heart

The Swedish director shares some thoughts on her creative journey and whether there is any shared DNA between her latest film and her prior works  

16/09/2026 | Toronto 2026 | Platform

Michaël R Roskam • Director of Le Faux Soir

"I’m convinced that historical films speak to our present"

Michaël R Roskam • Director of Le Faux Soir

The Belgian filmmaker chatted to us about his historical film, which is all about resistance and the power of satire, and which is as entertaining as it is...  

15/09/2026 | Toronto 2026 | Special Presentations

Heidi Elise Christensen, Cecilia Lidin, Karrar Al-Azzawi, Sam Groves, Lucile Bourliaud • Executive director and programmers, Nordisk Panorama

“We need to build audiences, not simply supply content”

Heidi Elise Christensen, Cecilia Lidin, Karrar Al-Azzawi, Sam Groves, Lucile Bourliaud • Executive director and programmers, Nordisk Panorama

The executive director and programmers of Nordisk Panorama discuss the process of curation, and the key issues facing the documentary and shorts industries  

15/09/2026 | Nordisk Panorama 2026

Hanaël El Yousfi • Director of The Daughters of Abraham

"It's not belief that’s harmful, it’s tradition disguised as belief"

Hanaël El Yousfi • Director of The Daughters of Abraham

The French filmmaker explains why she wanted to tackle the divide between two communities which actually have a great deal in common  

15/09/2026 | Toronto 2026 | Discovery

Tom Adjibi • Director of This Is Not a French Film

"Calling out racism while realising you may have perpetuated it yourself is deeply confronting"

Tom Adjibi • Director of This Is Not a French Film

We chat to the filmmaker and actor, whose debut feature is a docufiction that probes the latent (or not) racism that feeds into our imaginations  

15/09/2026 | BRIFF 2026

Ilya Khrzhanovsky • Director of Dau

“Physicists can see invisible things and make them, in a way, visible”

Ilya Khrzhanovsky • Director of Dau

VENICE 2026: The director of the controversial project describes how this surprising new instalment came about and once again emphasises his support for...  

15/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | Competition

Marco Bechis • Director of Back to Buenos Aires

“We live in an era in which survivors are everywhere”

Marco Bechis • Director of Back to Buenos Aires

VENICE 2026: The Italian director explains the highly topical reasons that led him to return to the subject of the military dictatorship in Argentina  

15/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | Competition

Léa Domenach • Director of A Man's Skin

"The film deals with tough themes, but it's all wrapped in champagne bubbles"

Léa Domenach • Director of A Man's Skin

VENICE 2026: The French director talks about her queer and feminist musical comedy set in the 15th century, which questions identity, desire and social roles  

14/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | Giornate degli Autori

Tommaso Landucci • Director of Children of the Monkey

"It was very important to me that the audience would understand this father and the downward spiral he falls into”

Tommaso Landucci • Director of Children of the Monkey

VENICE 2026: The young Italian filmmaker talks to us about his approach to the challenges faced by a family with a disabled child  

14/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | Orizzonti

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