Interviews

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

8174 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 09/05/2025. 666 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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“When it takes some four years to make a film, it needs to mean something”
Levan Akin  • Director of And Then We DancedCANNES 2019: With And Then We Danced, Swedish-Georgian director Levan Akin takes on his Eastern European...  
18/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight
"This film is my tribute to solidarity and my love letter to Istanbul"
Levan Akin  • Director of CrossingBERLINALE 2024: The Swedish filmmaker discusses his new film, which follows a Georgian teacher who travels...  
17/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Panorama
"We mostly wanted to talk about the meeting of these two very different worlds"
Romane Gueret and Lise Akoka • Directors of The Worst OnesCANNES 2022: The filmmaking duo explain their intentions for their first feature film which homes in on...  
25/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard
"It’s a film that’s more immersive than narrative"
Banu Akseki • Director of Sans soleilWe met with the Belgian director to talk about her atmospheric coming-of-age movie, which she devised in...  
14/06/2022 | Belgium/Netherlands/France
“I think the new generation will accept this film; the radicals will be upset”
Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji • Director of Hanging GardensVENICE 2022: Inspired by De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves, the Iraqi director takes a look at his “unbalanced”...  
14/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Orizzonti Extra
“Dialogue is the most effective way to deal with extreme violence”
Mohamed Al-Daradji  • DirectorTORONTO 2017: We chatted to Iraqi filmmaker Mohamed Al-Daradji, who presented his third film, The Journey,...  
21/09/2017
EuroDoc 2011
Hazem Al Hamawi • Director and producer
"What it means to be a female performer in a conservative place like Saudi Arabia"
Haifaa Al-Mansour • DirectorVENICE 2018: Saudi Arabian director Haifaa Al-Mansour is taking part in the Miu Miu Women's Tales project...  
04/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | Giornate degli Autori
“It will take time to see actual change on the streets of Saudi Arabia”
Haifaa al-Mansour • Director of The Perfect CandidateVENICE 2019: Saudi filmmaker Haifaa al-Mansour tells Cineuropa about her new work playing in competition...  
06/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition
“The process of making documentaries requires wearing various hats, but what stands out is its therapeutic quality”
Shaima Al-Tamimi  • ProducerThe producer from Qatar, a guest country of this year's edition, explains why producing documentaries is a...  
21/03/2024 | Emerging Producers 2024
Festival Le Printemps du Cinéma Arabe 2011
Hala Alabdalla • DirectorHala Alabdalla tells us about her debut directorial film, I Am the One Who Brings Flowers to Her Grave,...  
Interview
Feo Aladag • DirectorCompeting for the first time in Berlin, the Austrian director Feo Aladag talks about Inbetween Worlds.  
11/02/2014
Powerful images and colors
Feo Aladag • DirectorAlready working on a new film, Später im Sommer, director Feo Aladag looks back to the success of When We...  
10/06/2013
Prix LUX 2010
Feo Aladag • DirectorInterview with Feo Aladag, the director of When We Leave, winner of the LUX Prize 2010.  
06/10/2010
“The universal necessity we have to be loved for ourselves”
Feo Aladag   • DirectorExtracts from the press conference at the Berlinale 2010 where the Austrian director unveiled the highly...  
24/08/2010
“Professionals now know where to find projects from Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific that are credible and pre-financed”
Enrico Chiesa, Isabelle Fauvel and Dieudonné Alaka • Coordinators and experts, OuiCoprodCANNES 2021: The International Organisation of La Francophonie and the ACP (African States, Caribbean and...  
10/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Marché du Film

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