Interviews

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

8156 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 28/04/2025. 662 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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"My aim is to speak to all members of the general public"
Nabil Ben Yadir • DirectorBelgian director Nabil Ben Yadir talks to us about his third feature film, Blind Spot  
24/01/2017
“With humour, anything goes, even the most taboo subjects”
Nabil  Ben Yadir • DirectorCinergie met with a film enthusiast who started his career as an actor before moving on to directing and...  
22/10/2009
"France didn’t know how to accept the extended hand before it became a raised fist"
Nabil Ben Yadir • DirectorAfter Les Barons, a surprise box-office success in Belgium in 2010, Nabil Ben Yadir returns with The...  
15/11/2013
"To tell this radical story, an equally radical form was needed"
Nabil Ben Yadir  • Director of AnimalsA meeting with the Belgian filmmaker, who delivers with his fourth feature a film that plunges into the...  
20/10/2021 | Ghent 2021
“I think when we are in love, we go back to being children, we are vulnerable and insecure”
Samuel Benchetrit • Director of Love Songs for Tough GuysCANNES 2021: The French filmmaker has presented his new tragicomedy starring a series of notable actors...  
17/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Cannes Premiere
“I need each scene to have its meaning”
Martín Benchimol  • Director of The CastleBERLINALE 2023: We spoke to the director about his protagonists as well as the location he used and the...  
28/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Panorama
“That’s what we want to address: how the hell do you fund arthouse films nowadays?”
Marjorie Bendeck • Director, Connecting CottbusThe head of coco opens up about this year’s edition of the co-production market that focuses primarily on...  
08/11/2022 | Cottbus 2022 | Connecting Cottbus
“A clear concept and consistency over the years are good ingredients in order to bind and engage the audience”
Marjorie Bendeck  • Director, Connecting CottbusIn this interview, Marjorie Bendeck, the director of Connecting Cottbus, breaks down the inner workings of...  
20/05/2019 | Euro Film Fest
"Now the participants get their feedback before the pitches"
Marjorie Bendeck  • Director, connecting cottbusMarjorie Bendeck, the new director of coco, looks back on the 20th edition of the event, which has just...  
13/11/2018 | Cottbus 2018 | Industry
"North Korea made such an impression on me that it eventually made me a filmmaker"
Brigitte Weich and Judith Benedikt • Director and director of photography of ...ned, tassot, yossot...The Austrian filmmakers talk to us about their documentary about four former players from North Korea’s...  
28/08/2024 | Sarajevo 2024 | Documentary Competition
"I try to figure out what each project needs and what kind of world we try to tell"
Leonie Benesch  • ActressBERLINALE 2023: The German actress talks about her acting method and her career, and about who she dreams...  
27/02/2023 | European Shooting Stars 2023
"There are some films that have healed me and helped me over the course of my life, and I think that's why I feel the urge to make movies"
Emma Benestan • Director of AnimaleCANNES 2024: The French-Algerian director tells us more about her modern western, about a 22-year-old...  
03/06/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Critics' Week
“Nobody prepares us to deal with extreme situations”
Guillermo Benet  • Director of Los inocentesThe suspenseful film by the Spanish director earned a special mention in the Permanent Revolutions section...  
12/03/2021 | /Spain
Video - Cinéfondation in Cannes 2009
Dorte Bengtson and Noamir Castéra - DirectorsTwo young directors talk about their experience at Cinéfondation  
"A certain closeness, full of laughter, tears and emotion"
Liza Benguigui  • Producer of InvisiblesProducer Liza Benguigui talks to us about the surprising popularity of Invisibles in France and the film’s...  
27/02/2019
Life is beautiful in Baghdad as well
Roberto Benigni • Director11/10/2005

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