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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Emilie Boucheteil  • Director of Cinema Department Institut français

We work daily with the international sales agents because we buy film rights for public screenings so it’s non-commercial but it is still a deal

Emilie Boucheteil • Director of Cinema Department Institut français

Emilie Boucheteil describes the role of the cinema department at the Institut français  

23/02/2020 | Euro Film Fest

"Doing everything ourselves, taking risks and persuading"

Peter Bouckaert • Producer

MMG Film & TV Production look back at the financing phase and launch strategy for Ben X  

19/03/2008

"Doing everything ourselves, taking risks and persuading"

Peter Bouckaert • Producer

21/09/2007

Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma • Directors of Year of the Shark

"As soon as we started writing films, we realised that everything took us back to the places of our childhood"

Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma • Directors of Year of the Shark

The French directors took us behind the scenes of their third feature film and shared their passion for...  

12/07/2022 | NIFFF 2022

Antoine Boukobza • Producer, Yami 2

“Today’s world is, unfortunately, an inexhaustible source of stories that deserve to be told independently, without pressure”

Antoine Boukobza • Producer, Yami 2

With two projects on show at the La Rochelle market, the French producer discusses international...  

23/06/2026 | Sunny Side of the Doc 2026

Antoinette Boulat  • Director of My Night

“I never thought of casting as an endgame”

Antoinette Boulat • Director of My Night

VENICE 2021: The French casting director tells us about fulfilling a lifelong dream by calling the shots...  

16/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Orizzonti Extra

Fyzal Boulifa • Director of Lynn + Lucy

“Lynn's tragedy is that she finds self-esteem and an identity in the worst possible place”

Fyzal Boulifa • Director of Lynn + Lucy

British filmmaker Fyzal Boulifa impresses with his first feature, Lynn + Lucy, with which he is competing...  

25/09/2019 | San Sebastián 2019 | New Directors

Stijn Bouma • Director

“I was overwhelmed by the idea of involuntary memory”

Stijn Bouma • Director

We caught up with Stijn Bouma to find out more about his short film Regained Memory, selected for the...  

28/06/2018 | Future Frames 2018

Stijn Bouma • Director of The Hunt for Meral O.

“I realised that as a society, we hadn’t understood what had happened at all: the devastation of lives”

Stijn Bouma • Director of The Hunt for Meral O.

The Dutch filmmaker explains why he wanted to transpose into fiction the dramatic, Kafkaesque story that...  

19/11/2024 | Arras 2024

Nathalie Bourdon • Director, Distribution and Market Development, National Film Board of Canada

“Europe is a natural partner for us”

Nathalie Bourdon • Director, Distribution and Market Development, National Film Board of Canada

The executive talked to us about the National Film Board of Canada’s work on backing non-fiction and...  

18/04/2025 | /Canada

Pascale Bourgaux  • Director of Hawar, Our Banished Children

"In times of war, the female body is a battlefield"

Pascale Bourgaux • Director of Hawar, Our Banished Children

We met with the Belgian journalist and filmmaker to discuss her shock documentary, revolving around a...  

07/07/2023 | BRIFF 2023

Cédric Bourgeois • Director of Krump

"I’m happy to have been able to take risks with this film"

Cédric Bourgeois • Director of Krump

The young Belgian filmmaker chatted with us about his first feature film, a hopeless comedy following the...  

01/07/2022 | BRIFF 2022

Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet • Director of A Woman’s Life

“What interests me is the intensity, the depth, the human dimension, the very heart of intimacy”

Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet • Director of A Woman’s Life

CANNES 2026: The director explains why it was so important to her to make a film centred on a woman in her...  

16/05/2026 | Cannes 2026 | Competition

Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet  • Director of Anaïs in Love

"It’s first and foremost a film about the power of desire"

Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet • Director of Anaïs in Love

CANNES 2021: The French filmmaker speaks about her first feature film, a fast-paced, existentialist comedy...  

12/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Critics' Week

Heidi Elise Christensen, Cecilia Lidin, Karrar Al-Azzawi, Sam Groves, Lucile Bourliaud • Executive director and programmers, Nordisk Panorama

“We need to build audiences, not simply supply content”

Heidi Elise Christensen, Cecilia Lidin, Karrar Al-Azzawi, Sam Groves, Lucile Bourliaud • Executive director and programmers, Nordisk Panorama

The executive director and programmers of Nordisk Panorama discuss the process of curation, and the key...  

15/09/2026 | Nordisk Panorama 2026

Producers on the move 2012 - Greece

Alexandra Boussiou • Wrong Men

International acclaim for her company’s debut with Tsitos’ Unfair World has galvanized Boussiou’s belief...  

02/05/2012

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