Interviews

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

8226 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 23/05/2025. 660 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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“The cinema I loved as a child, I didn’t find it in Belgium”
Olivier Pairoux  • Director of SpaceBoyWe talked to the Belgian filmmaker, who delivers with his feature debut a marked wink to the US...  
27/10/2021 | Ghent 2021
“I find the search for joy in everyday life very much needed”
Luiza Paiva • Producer, Mairare LTDThe Brazilian-born, UK-based producer wants to focus on social issues and build bridges between Europe and...  
24/03/2025 | Emerging Producers 2025
“We weren't looking for an easy way to do things”
Laila Pakalniņa • Director of In the MirrorWe had the chance to chat to Laila Pakalniņa, director of the experimental drama In the Mirror, one of...  
30/11/2020 | Black Nights 2020 | Competition
"If we talk to people through emotions, from soul to soul, it's maybe even more effective than TV and journalism"
Laila Pakalnina  • Director of SpoonLatvian filmmaker Laila Pakalnina discusses with us her latest title, Spoon, world-premiered in the...  
06/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | Documentary Competition
"Editing in documentaries is like writing a poem, it's intuitive"
Laila Pakalnina • Director of TerminiLatvia's cinematic visionary talks about her observational approach and camera movements in her latest...  
31/10/2024 | Jihlava 2024
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Gyorgy Palfi • DirectorGyörgy Pálfi presents a surprising closing film at Cannes Classics: Final cut - Ladies and Gentlemen is a...  
"This is a love story set in a near post-war future in Europe"
György Pálfi • Director of PerpetuityThe Hungarian director discusses his latest film, which dialogues, in stylistic terms, with the body...  
22/11/2021 | Black Nights 2021 | Competition
“This is a story about a woman who returns home”
Andrea Pallaoro • Director of MonicaVENICE 2022: With the help of thesps Trace Lysette and Patricia Clarkson, the Italian director delves deep...  
10/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Competition
“There’s a powerful urge to create after these overwhelming times of isolation and sitting with your thoughts”
Ninna Pálmadóttir  • Director of All Dogs DieAs the Icelandic-born director prepares for European Film Promotion’s Future Frames, held as part of...  
21/08/2021 | Future Frames 2021
"Friendship is at the heart of the story"
Ninna Pálmadóttir  • Director of SolitudeThe Icelandic filmmaker discusses her debut feature film, written by Rúnar Rúnarsson and centred on the...  
14/11/2023 | Arras 2023
”I must have 100% control in order to be creative”
Hlynur Pálmason • DirectorLOCARNO 2017: We met up with Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason, who has presented Winter Brothers  
09/08/2017 | Locarno 2017 | Competition 
"I wanted to explore how it is to love and hate someone at the same time"
Hlynur Pálmason  • Director of A White, White DayCANNES 2019: Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason visits Cannes with his second feature A White, White Day,...  
19/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Critics' Week
“My main actor lost twelve kilos, I think, and really took it seriously - I was so happy to see his physical decay”
Hlynur Pálmason • Director of GodlandCANNES 2022: The Icelandic director, who lived in Denmark, brings together some conflicting energies of...  
26/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard
“There’s a lot of beauty, and you really need to take care of it – it’s so easy to take things for granted”
Hlynur Pálmason • Director of The Love That RemainsCANNES 2025: The Icelandic director talks about his, in a way, very strange creative process  
23/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Cannes Première
"A strange love story where love is the biggest obstacle to death"
Nicole Palo • DirectorVENICE 2018: Belgian-American director Nicole Palo talked to us about Emma Peeters, the closing film of...  
10/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | Giornate degli Autori
“The proximity of a death places us in another place in our own lives”
Pilar Palomero • Director of GlimmersIn her third film, the Spanish filmmaker touches on accompaniment in illness and how she brought the...  
23/09/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | Competition

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