Interviews

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

7795 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 22/09/2024. 603 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Ása Baldursdóttir, Hrönn Sveinsdóttir • Distributors, Bíó Paradís

“Our relationship with the audience is like a great love affair”

Ása Baldursdóttir, Hrönn Sveinsdóttir • Distributors, Bíó Paradís

The two distributors talk us through bringing international and Scandi hits to their audience and their own theatre, Iceland’s only arthouse venue  

22/08/2024 | Distributor of the Month

Daphne Idiz • Researcher, University of Amsterdam

“It’s not just Netflix establishing standards and production styles; local producers and creatives also have a part to play”

Daphne Idiz • Researcher, University of Amsterdam

The scholar unpacks her latest journal article, which examines how Netflix’s increased production of local content is affecting Europe’s wider TV production...  

21/08/2024 | /Netherlands/Europe

Bertrand Mandico • Director of Dragon Dilatation

“I questioned the role of the screen within the context of live performance”

Bertrand Mandico • Director of Dragon Dilatation

The French director discusses the fusion of cinematic art and live performance, and his exploration of the abuse of power in the fashion and film industries  

20/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Out of Competition

Denise Fernandes • Director of Hanami

“The location was like a canvas that allowed me to explore creativity unhindered”

Denise Fernandes • Director of Hanami

The Swiss-Cape Verdean director unpicks her coming-of-age story set on the shores of Cape Verde and explains how the landscape inspired her  

20/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del Presente

Lucie Prost • Director of Fario

“It took me a while to find the right level of wonder and fantasy that would fit this story organically”

Lucie Prost • Director of Fario

The French director breaks down the tonal shifts in her film, and the psychological work that goes into depicting masculinity and trauma  

20/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del Presente

Saulė Bliuvaitė • Director of Toxic

“When you're 13, you still haven't said goodbye to your toys: you play with Barbies, even though you also smoke cigarettes”

Saulė Bliuvaitė • Director of Toxic

The Golden Leopard-winning Lithuanian director tells us more about her story of two girls who try to make a better life for themselves by enrolling in a...  

20/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Jessica Sarah Rinland • Director of Collective Monologue

“A collective monologue can exist between humans and animals or between workers and institutions”

Jessica Sarah Rinland • Director of Collective Monologue

The Argentinean-British director talks about her interest in ecology and museum conservation, her relationship with her protagonists and her artistic references  

19/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del Presente

Edgar Pêra • Director of Telepathic Letters

“Lovecraft’s idea of alien gods that are indifferent to humanity mirrors the way AI can be seen”

Edgar Pêra • Director of Telepathic Letters

The pioneering Portuguese filmmaker discusses blending the worlds of Fernando Pessoa and HP Lovecraft, surreal imagery and the implications of AI in the...  

19/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Out of Competition

Ala Eddine Slim • Director of Agora

“I think the world is divided into two categories: the oppressors and the oppressed”

Ala Eddine Slim • Director of Agora

With his third feature, the Tunisian director expands on the political themes of liberation and resistance through animal dreams  

19/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Laurynas Bareiša • Director of Drowning Dry

“I’m not preaching, because I’m aware of my own limitations, but I want to show what the reality is”

Laurynas Bareiša • Director of Drowning Dry

We met up with the Lithuanian director, whose second feature tells the story of two sisters trying to rebuild their lives after a terrible accident  

19/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Gürcan Keltek • Director of New Dawn Fades

“There is an element of psychogeography in all of my films”

Gürcan Keltek • Director of New Dawn Fades

The Turkish director discusses the creative evolution of his new movie, addressing the shift from documentary to fiction and the interplay of esoteric...  

19/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Marco Tullio Giordana • Director of The Life Apart

"It's connected to the imagination of children - they do see things that grown-ups don't see"

Marco Tullio Giordana • Director of The Life Apart

The Italian director, also awarded a special Leopard at the Swiss festival, talks us through his fine new film, a family melodrama that spirals into magic...  

19/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Out of Competition

Adele Tulli • Director of Real

“What interests me is understanding what is happening in our lives”

Adele Tulli • Director of Real

The Italian director tells us about the genesis of her film, but also about the relationship, at once cathartic and perverse, that our society has with new...  

19/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del Presente

Maxime Jean-Baptiste • Director of Listen to the Voices

“Fiction allowed us to distance ourselves from tragedy, so that reality didn’t overwhelm us”

Maxime Jean-Baptiste • Director of Listen to the Voices

The young filmmaker from French Guiana tells us about his closeness with his characters, how to represent violence and elaborate his own traumas  

15/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del Presente

Mohammad Rasoulof • Director of The Seed of the Sacred Fig

“My collaborators are the victims of a slow form of torture”

Mohammad Rasoulof • Director of The Seed of the Sacred Fig

The Iranian director fills us in on the background to his Cannes-awarded film as well as on the current political situation in Iran  

15/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Piazza Grande

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