Interviews

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9025 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 16/09/2026. 606 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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“When one person is changed, the whole world is affected”
Volia Chajkouskaya • DirectorAn interview with Belarusian producer Volia Chajkouskaya of Volia Films, one of the participants of...  
13/03/2018 | Emerging Producers 2018
“Belarusian independent cinema, as well as the Belarusian cause overall, needs more exposure and attention”
Volia Chajkouskaya • Founder and programme director, Northern Lights Nordic-Baltic Film FestivalDuring our chat, we explored the programme of the hybrid gathering, organised by filmmakers in exile and...  
06/11/2024 | /Belarus/Estonia
“For us, it’s important to highlight that we’re being welcomed in the European film-festival community”
Volia Chajkouskaya  • Founder and programme director, Northern Lights Nordic-Baltic Film FestivalIn Tallinn, we spoke about this year’s hybrid festival, run by filmmakers in exile and showcasing the best...  
21/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event
"My goal wasn’t to moralise but to explore the mechanisms and motivations, how intimacy becomes labour"
Barbora Chalupová • Director of Virtual GirlfriendsThe Czech filmmaker discusses the ethical and aesthetic challenges of portraying online intimacy and the...  
03/11/2025 | Jihlava 2025
“This film is strongly connected to my personal reality and is deeply rooted in the memories of my youth”
David Champaigne • Director of Self-SownThe Slovenian-US director is poised to see his short film, a sweat-drenched coming-of-age tale, premiere...  
02/07/2026 | Future Frames 2026
“Successful films tell stories that the Chinese audience can relate to”
Jeffrey Chan  • Producer and distributor, Bona Film GroupBridging the Dragon met up with Jeffrey Chan, executive vice-president of Bona Film Group, one of the...  
17/12/2018
“Our ambition is not only to distribute films in Taiwan, but to grow alongside our audience”
Mike Chang • Distributor, Andrews FilmThe managing director of the Taiwanese outfit speaks about distribution as a form of curation, and about...  
30/06/2026 | Distributor of the Month
Producers on the Move 2013 - Luxembourg
Gilles ChanialProducer Gilles Chanial is part of the team of the production outfit Red Lion, where he’s co-produced...  
24/04/2013
“This movement keeps growing with new members and partners. Professionals based in any country are welcome”
Caroline de Chantérac • Expert, Screens of TomorrowWe sat down with the French expert who spoke about the movement’s efforts to pursue inclusivity and...  
12/05/2023 | Cannes 2023
"We felt like the 17th century was a great choice to tell the story of our era - it's like a sort of mirror"
Pauline Julier, Nicolas Chapoulier • Directors of Les IndesVENICE 2026: The Swiss duo talks about their debut, which draws inspiration from the journey undertaken by...  
08/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | Giornate degli Autori
Focus on Hungary
Joël Chapron • Unifrance10/07/2006
"I didn't want it to be one hour and a half of social film on the suffering of people"
Wissam Charaf • Director of Dirty, Difficult, DangerousVENICE 2022: The French-Lebanese director talks to us about his second feature, a love story involving an...  
01/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Giornate degli Autori
"Petros wanted to make a film about intergenerational friendship and me, about taboos around motherhood - so we put it together"
Janine Teerling and Petros Charalambous  • Writer and director of PatchworkThe writer and the director of the psychological drama selected in the East of the West competition...  
01/09/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | East of the West
"It is very healthy for filmmakers to experiment and find new ways to express a story"
Kostis Charamountanis • Director of Kyuka - Before Summer's EndCANNES 2024: The Greek director talks about his first feature, which follows a family sailing to a Greek...  
19/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | ACID
“It’s about how difficult it is to speak up”
Rungano Nyoni, Susan Chardy • Director of and actress in On Becoming a Guinea FowlCANNES 2024: The helmer and the star of this film, about a late uncle’s dark secrets coming to light, talk...  
21/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Un Certain Regard
"It has the feel of a thriller"
Hubert Charuel  • DirectorCANNES 2017: We met up with French filmmaker Hubert Charuel, who unveiled his feature debut, Bloody Milk,...  
22/05/2017

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