Interviews

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

9030 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 23/09/2026. 607 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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“To speak out, you need a certain privilege, a certain security”
Laïla Marrakchi • Director of StrawberriesCANNES 2026: The Moroccan filmmaker offers insight into the origins of her socially charged drama set in...  
19/05/2026 | Cannes 2026 | Un Certain Regard
"I wanted to capture the faces behind the major historical figures, the people in the background"
Emmanuel Marre • Director of A Man of His TimeCANNES 2026: The filmmaker talks to us about his second feature film, a story on the French Collaboration,...  
21/05/2026 | Cannes 2026 | Competition
“It felt great that we could acknowledge actors at the end of their careers”
James Marsh  • DirectorWe chatted to British director James Marsh about his new film, King of Thieves, about the Hatton Garden...  
18/09/2018
Producer on the Move 2006 - UK
Ken Marshall • Producer18/05/2006
"I'm not crazy about filming, and nor is it the most interesting thing in the world to me"
Lucrecia Martel  • DirectorArgentinian director Lucrecia Martel talked to us about her new film, Zama, and about how it fits in with...  
03/09/2017
“When you think of lands that are taken from indigenous people, you think of raw materials – but there is also the beauty itself that is stolen”
Lucrecia Martel • Director of LandmarksVENICE 2025: The Argentinian director discusses her first documentary film, which was 15 years in the making  
04/09/2025 | Venice 2025 | Out of Competition
“Both Chile and Germany have a very clear moment in their history when they started to regain their democracy”
Manuela Martelli • Director of The MeltdownCANNES 2026: The director of 1976 discusses the political and interpersonal stakes in her sophomore feature  
16/05/2026 | Cannes 2026 | Un Certain Regard
Interview - 10 European Directors To Watch
Magnus Martens • DirectorThe Scandinavian director dives into dark comedy in his new film Jackpot  
“We thought: ‘Let’s make a fucked-up tourist guide to Norway’”
Magnus Martens  • Director of There’s Something in the BarnGet ready for a different kind of Christmas movie as the Norwegian director puts his own spin on awkward...  
05/12/2023 | /Norway
“My goal was not to paint another portrait of how things can not work, but how, despite everything, they possibly can”
Renzo Martens • Director of White CubeWe talked to Dutch artist and director Renzo Martens about his film White Cube, which premiered at IDFA  
01/12/2020 | IDFA 2020
“The queer perspective on war has not often been told in cinema”
Jerry Carlsson, Frida Mårtensson • Director and producer of SelamlikThe Swedish director frames a queer Syrian love story spanning Damascus and Córdoba, exploring exile,...  
14/07/2026 | Karlovy Vary 2026 | KVIFF Industry Days
Producer On The Move 2006 - Norway
Christian Fredrik Martin • Producer27/04/2006
“Thanks to Netflix, more people will be able to enjoy my film”
Manuel Martín Cuenca • DirectorSAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: Spain's Manuel Martín Cuenca makes a fresh bid for the Golden Shell with The Motive,...  
25/09/2017
“Local and authentic stories are the most universal”
Manuel Martín Cuenca • DirectorCannibal Manuel Martín Cuenca’s new film, with Antonio de la Torre, is competing in San Sebastian  
27/09/2013
“All families are constantly being built and rebuilt”
Manuel Martín Cuenca  • Director of Andrea’s LoveThe Spanish director unpicks his latest work, which features young first-timers in the lead roles  
09/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Competition
"It’s important to make films based upon truths"
David Martín de los Santos • Director of That Was LifeWe chatted with David Martín de los Santos who is competing in Seville’s European Film Festival with his...  
10/11/2020 | Seville 2020

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