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8160 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 03/05/2025. 661 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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“I hope these images of Artsakh will be more than just an archive of the past, but also a dream for the future”
Emily Mkrtichian  • Director of There Was, There Was NotThe Armenian filmmaker provides insights into her relationship with her characters and into the complex...  
17/07/2024 | Golden Apricot 2024
“The film is first and foremost a love story between two individuals”
Ivana Mladenovic  • DirectorSAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: A chat with Romanian director Ivana Mladenovic, whose gay love story, Soldiers. Story...  
28/09/2017 | San Sebastián 2017 | Competition 
"Our film is balancing between historical trauma and historical responsibility"
Agnes Lisa Wegner, Cece Mlay  • Directors of The Empty GraveBERLINALE 2024: The directors detail their documentary, which portrays the struggle of the Tanzanian...  
07/03/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Berlinale Special
"The problem of climate change is a global issue, and no one’s doing anything to solve it"
Erlend Eirik Mo  • DirectorWe chatted to Norwegian filmmaker Erlend Eirik Mo, whose Norwegian-Danish documentary project received the...  
23/03/2018 | CPH:DOX 2018
“Everybody wanted me to continue doing comedies, but this felt like a discovery for me, a new dawn”
Baya Kasmi, Félix Moati • Director of and actor in MikadoThe director and star of the French film share their views on making a movie with those who feel like...  
09/12/2024 | Marrakech 2024
“I felt it was time we re-evaluated these traditions before blindly following them”
Sophia Mocorrea  • Director of The Kidnapping of the BrideThe director of the winner of a Short Film Jury Award at this year’s Sundance, screening as part of EFP’s...  
06/07/2023 | Future Frames 2023
"My character is going through loneliness, emptiness and the disappointment of motherhood"
Johanna Moder  • Director of Mother's BabyBERLINALE 2025: The Austrian director details the making of her film about a mother struggling to accept...  
22/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Competition
“For safety reasons, we couldn’t cast Iranian actors working or living in Iran, so we cast internationally”
Kaweh Modiri • Director of MitraWe talked to the Dutch director about his second feature film, premiering at International Film Festival...  
09/02/2021 | IFFR 2021 | Limelight
“With such a wonderful, rich and diverse selection, it was great to see that my colleagues and I were on the same artistic wavelength”
Miroslav Mogorovic • President, Critics’ Picks jury, Tallinn Black NightsThe president of the Critics’ Picks jury details his approach to his job and how he thinks the festival’s...  
03/12/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Critics’ Picks
"We have an election coming in two weeks and nobody talks about the occupation"
Avi Mograbi  • Director of The First 54 Years: An Abbreviated Manual for Military OccupationBERLINALE 2021: We talked to the prolific Israeli filmmaker about his latest film, in which Israeli...  
17/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Forum
“How can someone who was at the Olympics, who was so talented, end up in a situation like this?”
Yasemin Şamdereli, Deka Mohamed Osman  • Director of and collaborator on SamiaThe director and collaborator discuss the importance of a Somali and refugee story that’s as uplifting as...  
12/06/2024 | Tribeca 2024
“Every day, our role in world cinema is growing”
Kamyar Mohsenin  • Manager of international relations, Fajr International Film FestivalThe Fajr International Film Festival’s manager of international relations, Kamyar Mohsenin, explains how...  
03/05/2018
“To be able to laugh about morbid things, the absurd moments in life, can be liberating”
Hans Petter Moland  • DirectorIn Order of Disappearance by Norwegian director Hans Petter Moland is the only Nordic contender for the...  
04/02/2014
“It’s pretty hard to age with any sort of dignity”
Hans Petter Moland  • DirectorThe Norwegian filmmaker speaks about the great experience he had in working with an all Nordic cast and...  
12/03/2010
“This story makes you feel like you have been a part of somebody’s life”
Hans Petter Moland  • Director of Out Stealing HorsesBERLIN 2019: Cineuropa met up with Norwegian director Hans Petter Moland to discuss Out Stealing Horses,...  
11/02/2019 | Berlinale 2019 | Competition
"One of the main topics of the film is freedom of expression and the oppression that some may face"
Katalin Moldovai • Director of Without AirThe young Hungarian filmmaker born in Romania discusses her debut feature, a very subtle film about a...  
13/11/2023 | Arras 2023

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