Interviews

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9044 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 25/09/2026. 610 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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“It’s important to do what is best for the project, whether that means producing, co-producing or collaborating”
Michela Pini • Producer, CinédokkéThe Swiss-based producer gives us the low-down on her company, which has existed for almost 20 years, and...  
13/05/2026 | Producers on the Move 2026
Spanish Film Festival - Malaga
David Pinillos, director of Bon AppétitThe director speaks about his debut film, one of the surprises of the Official Selection at the thirteenth...  
"I wanted a contemporary and complex female character allowed to be imperfect and contradictory"
Annika Pinske • Director of Talking about the WeatherBERLINALE 2022: The German filmmaker discusses her story of a woman caught in contradictions on her quest...  
15/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Panorama
"I hope the film can open a dialogue and foster empathy, inclusion and freedom of expression"
Adina Pintilie  • Director of Touch Me NotBERLIN 2018: Romanian director Adina Pintilie explores the challenges of making her first film, Touch Me Not  
23/02/2018 | Berlinale 2018 | Competition 
“Projects for the whole family, that’s our focus”
Tania Pinto Da Cunha • Sales agent, Pink Parrot MediaAt Cartoon Movie, we spoke with the Montréal- and Madrid-based sales agent specialised in selling...  
06/03/2024 | Cartoon 2024 | Cartoon Movie
“I make films about the things that scare me, things I don’t understand”
Claudia Pinto Emperador • DirectorSpanish-Venezuelan director-producer Claudia Pinto Emperador won the Eurimages Co-Production Development...  
05/10/2017
“The Krakow Film Festival aims to present cinema that defies algorithms and formats”
Barbara Orlicz, Anita Piotrowska • President and Artistic Director, Krakow Film FestivalAs the Polish festival enters a new chapter, its president and its newly appointed artistic director...  
07/05/2026 | Krakow 2026
"Borders can be broken down once we recognise familiarity in the face of the unknown"
Marios Piperides  • Director of Smuggling HendrixWe spoke to Cypriot writer-director Marios Piperides about his feature debut, Smuggling Hendrix, Best...  
24/04/2018 | Tribeca 2018
"I don't reveal the events in advance; the viewer is by my side, as if it were all happening at that very moment"
Francesca Pirani • Director of VakhimVENEZIA 2024: The Italian director talks about her highly personal documentary, which follows the journey...  
12/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori
“Working with new voices is the most challenging, but also the best, part of being a producer”
Elisa Fernanda Pirir • Producer, StærThe Norway-based producer, selected as one of this year’s Producers on the Move, shared some thoughts...  
09/05/2023 | Producers on the Move 2023
“Some hybrid form of the Finnish Film Affair will certainly continue in the future, as it does bring opportunities”
Maria Pirkkalainen • Head, Finnish Film Affair and Nordic FlairWe had a chat with Maria Pirkkalainen, head of the Finnish Film Affair and Nordic Flair, to explore what’s...  
23/09/2020 | /Finland
“I want to bring more ‘Love & Anarchy’ into the industry”
Maria Pirkkalainen  • Producer, Finnish Film AffairCineuropa caught up with the new producer of the Finnish Film Affair, Maria Pirkkalainen, to discuss this...  
24/09/2019
"We were looking for young people who were interested in history and were capable of thinking out loud"
Karolina Markiewicz and Pascal Piron • Directors of The Living WitnessesWe met with the filmmakers behind this documentary which investigates the rarely explored topic of the...  
23/03/2021 | Luxembourg 2021
“I was trying to create these very separate environments that are occupied by the way we look at the world”
Leonardo Pirondi • Director of Tropical FractalsThe first-time feature director shares his ethos on analogue image-making and working between different...  
12/05/2026 | IndieLisboa 2026
"I wanted a main character who didn’t do anything, but who got other people moving instead"
François Pirot • Director of Let’s Get LostThe Belgian director chatted to us about his second feature film, a polyphonic work about the call of...  
14/03/2023 | /Belgium/Luxembourg/Switzerland
"It's a journey of misery and desperation that often plays out right in front of us without us realising"
Vincenzo Pirrotta • Director of The Bone BreakersVENICE 2022: Using a horrifying news story as his starting point, the actor-director ponders how much of...  
07/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Giornate degli Autori

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