Interviews

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

8153 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 25/04/2025. 659 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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“Directors had to completely rethink their films and these reflections are fascinating”
Quentin Laurent • Producer, Les Films de l’œil sauvageSelected for the 2021 Emerging Producers, the French producer explains what drives him to making...  
15/03/2021 | Emerging Producers 2021
“I don't like it when the main characters act in a totally classical way”
Leni Lauritsch • Director of RubikonWe chatted with the Austrian director about refusing to meet expectations and shooting a genre film on a...  
29/09/2022 | Zurich 2022
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Carlo Lavagna  • DirectorVENICE 2015: The search for one's sexual identity lies at the heart of the feature debut by Carlo Lavagna,...  
04/09/2015
“Directors must showcase their original visions in genre films”
Carlo Lavagna • Director of ShadowsCarlo Lavagna’s second feature film Shadows is a tense psychological thriller shot in English, which is...  
17/11/2020 | /Italy/Ireland
"Our main chance to make our films circulate is to write them well"
Yves Lavandier • Screenwriter17/07/2009
“Film and series are two fundamentally different things”
Frédéric Lavigne  • Artistic director of the Séries Mania FestivalCineuropa interviewed the artistic director of the Séries Mania Festival, Frédéric Lavigne, on the latest...  
30/04/2017
“I spent a year watching nearly 1,000 hours of this footage and ultimately only used about 1% for the final film”
Nikita Lavretski • Director of UlyssesThe Belarusian director talks about transforming video diaries into a structured narrative and drawing up...  
05/11/2024 | Jihlava 2024
“We don't like displays of acting”
Joe  Lawlor and Christine Molloy  • DirectorsThe writer/producer/director pair makes the leap from acclaimed shorts to an accomplished, award-winning...  
21/04/2009
“When people feel passionate about something and see no results, they turn to action”
Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor  • Directors of BaltimoreThe Irish directors discuss their Imogen Poots-starring non-biopic and the “bonkers” true story behind it  
29/02/2024 | Dublin 2024
"Mimosas enabled me to grow as a director"
Oliver Laxe  • DirectorYoung Galician director Óliver Laxe shares the details of Mimosas, his surprising second film, Grand Prix...  
05/07/2016
"Beauty has its laws, and you have to suffer to get some of it"
Óliver Laxe • Director of Fire Will ComeCANNES 2019: Spanish filmmaker Óliver Laxe discusses everything behind his acclaimed Un Certain Regard...  
24/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Un Certain Regard
“Documentaries are like wild animals with unpredicted reactions”
Marcian Lazar • Producer, AxelFilmIntervista a Marcian Lazar, produttore per la società rumana AxelFilm e selezionato per il programma...  
10/03/2020 | Emerging Producers 2020
“Luxembourg is keen on maintaining its attractiveness to international talents, and it recognises that a film festival is a significant asset in this regard”
Gladys Lazareff  • Managing director, Luxembourg City Film FestivalThe managing director of the grand duchy’s important festival offers a glimpse of what to expect just...  
28/02/2024 | Luxembourg 2024
"The soul of the story is extremely authentic"
Anca Miruna Lazarescu  •  DirectorAnca Miruna Lazarescu talks about That Trip We Took with Dad, a deeply personal story inspired by the...  
27/01/2017
“The luxury of really digging into a story’s depth is only possible in the format of a series”
Anca Miruna Lazarescu • Director of We Are the WaveGerman Films chatted with Romanian-born, Germany-based director Anca Miruna Lazarescu, who has recently...  
10/02/2020 | Germany
“I felt a huge sense of responsibility and wanted to be as prepared as I could be”
Ana Lazarevic  • Director of The GameThe Serbian director talks about what inspired her to create her first feature, an intimate story about a...  
20/09/2021 | Toronto 2021 | Discovery

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