Interviews

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

9044 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 26/09/2026. 608 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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“Cinema is about survival and women are fighting for their identity”
Christian Petzold • DirectorThe German director discusses European cinema, the representation of women, and his upcoming film, Mirrors...  
13/03/2025 | Bergamo 2025
“If we want to move on, first we have to remember”
Christian Petzold  • DirectorBERLIN 2018: We talked to German director Christian Petzold about his new feature, Transit, starring Franz...  
22/02/2018 | Berlinale 2018 | Competition 
Non-places, women in cinema and German denial
Christian Petzold  • DirectorThe new film by Christian Petzold, Phoenix, has as its heroine a woman who returns disfigured from a...  
23/01/2015
“Collapsing regimes and how you can survive in them”
Christian Petzold • DirectorIn Competition at the Berlinale for the third time, Christian Petzold won the Silver Bear for Best...  
02/03/2012
Rising star of German auteur film
Christian  Petzold  • DirectorAfter his participation in competition at Berlin with Ghosts and Yella, the selection of Jerichow at...  
06/01/2009
“Most of the time sex scenes don't bring anything of value to the story"
Christian Petzold • Director of AfireBERLINALE 2023: We talked to the director about his portrait of an unsecure artist and his journey to...  
23/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition
“I want to feel, not to rely on words”
Christian Petzold • Director of Mirrors No. 3CANNES 2025: In light of his first time on the Croisette, the German director discusses the merits of...  
26/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Directors’ Fortnight
“Undine exists only through men, and that is a horrible curse”
Christian Petzold  • Director of UndineBERLINALE 2020: We sat down with Christian Petzold, the director of Undine, shown in the competition of...  
29/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Competition
"Our feelings and our mistakes"
Metod Pevec • DirectorIn Trieste, we met the director of Estrellita, who first came to attention in 1995 with Carmen, before...  
23/01/2008
“The European left is unsure of leftist thought and embarrassed about its own, Marxist, roots”
Metod Pevec • Director of I Am FrankWe chatted to Metod Pevec, one of the leading voices from the first generation of filmmakers who emerged...  
25/09/2019
"This combination of time periods and viewpoints would lead to a combination of different materials"
Andrés Peyrot  • Director of God Is A WomanVENICE 2023: The Swiss filmmaker of Panamanian origin spoke to us about the adventure involved in making...  
01/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | International Film Critics’ Week
"These new cults in our world can suddenly drive “normal” people towards extremes"
Benjamin Pfohl  • Director of JupiterThe German director spoke to us about his debut feature film, an astonishing movie about a teenage girl...  
20/12/2023 | Les Arcs 2023
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Nicholas Philibert - directorFrench director Nicholas Philibert talks about his film To Be and To Have  
"These conversations go beyond the psychiatry setting, because we all share the same fears and anxieties"
Nicolas Philibert • Director of Averroes & Rosa ParksBERLINALE 2024: The French documentary-maker tells us why and how he immersed himself in a psychiatric...  
17/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Berlinale Special
"The film aims to change the image and representations we often associate with 'madness'"
Nicolas Philibert • Director of On The AdamantBERLINALE 2023: The famous French documentary-maker discusses his work centred on The Adamant, a very...  
24/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition
"To create a bridge between realism and fantasy, I decided to start from a true story"
Just Philippot • Director of The SwarmRecipient of a 2020 Cannes Critics’ Week Label and winner at Sitges and Gérardmer, the film finally...  
09/04/2021 | /France

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