Interviews

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

8308 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 09/07/2025. 655 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Dužan Duong • Director of Summer School, 2001

“One of the main themes here is masculinity, as all of the male characters are struggling in different ways”

Dužan Duong • Director of Summer School, 2001

The Hanoi-born, Czech-raised filmmaker discusses his movie’s mosaic-like storytelling and genre-shifting...  

09/07/2025 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Special Screenings

Quentin Dupieux • Director of Deerskin

“A film about gentle madness and freedom”

Quentin Dupieux • Director of Deerskin

CANNES 2019: French filmmaker Quentin Dupieux discusses his new film, Deerskin, which just brilliantly...  

15/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors' Fortnight

Quentin Dupieux  • Director of Incredible but True

“If you explain too much, suddenly it turns into a terrible movie”

Quentin Dupieux • Director of Incredible but True

BERLINALE 2022: In his new film, the French director has a secret, and he is going to keep it  

13/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Berlinale Special

Quentin Dupieux • Director of Mandibles

“I make comedies seriously”

Quentin Dupieux • Director of Mandibles

VENICE 2020: We talked to Quentin Dupieux, the director of Mandibles, about dim-witted protagonists and...  

07/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | Out of Competition

Quentin Dupieux • Director of The Piano Accident

"I feel like it’s the first time the absurdity in one of my films perfectly matches the absurdity of real-life"

Quentin Dupieux • Director of The Piano Accident

We met with the French director on the release of his fourteenth feature film, which is a biting satire...  

02/07/2025 | /France

David Duponchel  • Director, Al Este Film Festival, Lima

"The main objective is to keep putting on the festival and continue to grow as we have done so far"

David Duponchel • Director, Al Este Film Festival, Lima

We met up with David Duponchel, director of the Al Este Central and Eastern European Film Festival, to...  

18/06/2019 | Al Este 2019

Manoël Dupont • Director of Before/After

"We shot the film very instinctively, then edited it very thoughtfully"

Manoël Dupont • Director of Before/After

The Belgian filmmaker chatted with us about his portrait of two men in the throes of a crisis,...  

08/07/2025 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Proxima

Gastón Duprat  • Director

“We all like popular, quality films, which are difficult to shoot”

Gastón Duprat • Director

VENICE 2018: Gastón Duprat discusses his new film, My Masterpiece, his first since the Volpi Cup-winning...  

31/08/2018 | Venice 2018 | Out of Competition

Audrey-Ann Dupuis-Pierre • Producer, Portage Films

“A break isn't a luxury but a necessity”

Audrey-Ann Dupuis-Pierre • Producer, Portage Films

The producer from Canada, this year's guest country of the Emerging Producers programme, discusses the...  

26/03/2025 | Emerging Producers 2025

Duván Duque  • Producer of Stink Eye

“I was surprised and excited by such a unique portrayal of contemporary girlhood”

Duván Duque • Producer of Stink Eye

The Continente Pictures head discusses his work with director Cristina Sánchez Salamanca on the project...  

14/01/2025 | Coprocity 2024

Elena Duque  • Programmer, Doc’s Kingdom

“As a programmer, you also have a responsibility to change what is considered to be the canon of film history”

Elena Duque • Programmer, Doc’s Kingdom

As the 2023 edition of the Portuguese event kicked off, this year’s programmer, selected in the first-ever...  

01/12/2023 | /Portugal



Jean-Marie Dura • Exhibitor
"UGC is a resolutely European group"

31/03/2008

Ventura Durall • Director of Supernatural

“We have an ‘internal pharmacy’ that can be activated through various mechanisms”

Ventura Durall • Director of Supernatural

The Catalan director reveals what is behind his new documentary, which explores the contrasts between...  

18/03/2025 | Thessaloniki Documentary 2025

Colombia welcomes alternative distribution partners

Ana Catalina and Jorge Mario Durán • Distributors

27/03/2009

Prix LUX 2011

Isabelle Durant • Vice-President of the European Parliament

Anatol Durbală  • Director of Varvara

“Among crooks, the righteous seem crooked everywhere”

Anatol Durbală • Director of Varvara

The Moldovan director explains how a religious fresco becomes a symbol of rectitude and normality in his...  

03/10/2023 | Zurich 2023

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