Interviews

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

8153 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 25/04/2025. 659 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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"French audiences have a real passion for Italian film"
Jean  Labadie • DistributorThe long-standing distributor of Nanni Moretti’s work backed Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah and offers an...  
31/07/2008
"A major filmmaker for the years to come"
Jean Labadie • DistributorJean Labadie from Bac Films told Cineuropa why he fell in love with Battle In Heaven and why he is so...  
14/10/2005
“Maybe this crisis won’t be so bad for European and independent distributors”
Jean Labadie  • Distributor, Le PacteWe talked to the CEO of the French company about what makes his country’s market “the healthiest in...  
11/03/2021 | /France
"Cinema is a non-violent weapon to change things"
Nadine Labaki • DirectorWhere do we go now? by Lebanon’s Nadine Labaki won several awards, including the Toronto Film Festival’s...  
18/01/2012
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Wilma Labate • DirectorVENICE 2017: In Raccontare Venezia, a Special Screening in the Giornate degli Autori, Italy's Wilma Labate...  
31/08/2017
"Unconditional love in the family can be a safe place, but at the same time it can become manipulation"
Ariane Labed • Director of September SaysCANNES 2024: The Greek-French actress has talked to us about her first feature as a director, a mysterious...  
25/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Un Certain Regard
"A way to treat the way the Tunisian Revolution had an impact on people’s minds"
Manele Labidi • Director of Arab BluesVENICE 2019: French-Tunisian director Manele Labidi has presented her feature debut, Arab Blues, starring...  
06/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Giornate degli Autori
“Producing stories helps us escape from socially assigned roles”
Manele Labidi • Director of Queen MomWe met with the filmmaker as she presented her new film in Cinemamed’s closing slot, and chatted with her...  
11/12/2024 | Cinemamed 2024
“I wanted to focus on people who try hard to fulfil their dreams”
Nikos Labôt • Director of Her JobTORONTO 2018: Greece’s Nikos Labôt talked to us about his debut feature, Her Job, which brings the...  
10/09/2018 | Toronto 2018 | Discovery 
Venice Days 2013
Bruce LaBruce • DirectorAn 18-year-old and an old man, an unmentionable love affair. The audacious Canadian director Bruce LaBruce...  
29/08/2013
"I wanted to point out how ridiculous and extreme narcissism has become now"
Bruce LaBruce • Director of Saint-NarcisseVENICE 2020: Bruce LaBruce returns to the Giornate degli Autori with Saint-Narcisse, in which the sacred...  
15/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | Giornate degli Autori
“My films allow people to see that there's nothing inherently evil or shameful about sex or porn”
Bruce LaBruce • Director of The VisitorBERLINALE 2024: The Canadian director adapts Pasolini’s Theorem as a modern piece on immigration, the...  
20/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Panorama
“I hope that the people I film are an inspiration”
Joris Lachaise • Director of TransfarianaBERLINALE 2023: We got the chance to talk to the documentarian, who went to Colombia to tell the story of...  
25/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Panorama
“I hope my film will inspire historians to keep excavating this strand of history”
Vera Lacková  • Director of How I Became a PartisanThe Slovak filmmaker discusses her resistance against oblivion and unearthing a hidden past from Roma history  
26/04/2021 | goEast 2021
"Run has been driving the renewal of the film industry in Ivory Coast"
Philippe Lacôte • DirectorCineuropa met up with Franco-Ivorian director Philippe Lacôte, who has just obtained an advance on...  
24/05/2018
"There are a lot of young talents in Africa today"
Philippe Lacôte  • DirectorCANNES 2017: Cineuropa met up with French-Ivorian filmmaker Philippe Lacôte after the workshop on...  
31/05/2017

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