Interviews

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

7804 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 26/09/2024. 609 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Muhammed Hamdy • Director of Perfumed with Mint

“The movie comes from anger or a sense of bitterness”

Muhammed Hamdy • Director of Perfumed with Mint

VENICE 2024: In his feature debut, the Egyptian director forces a group of men to confront the shadows of their past  

06/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | International Film Critics’ Week

Dea Kulumbegashvili • Director of April

“Suffering is living”

Dea Kulumbegashvili • Director of April

VENICE 2024: After a long winter, spring always comes in the end, but in the Georgian director’s film, this particular April is cold and dark  

06/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Athina Rachel Tsangari  • Director of Harvest

“Every part of the process was informing the script, as a way to slowly keep ploughing this ground”

Athina Rachel Tsangari • Director of Harvest

VENICE 2024: The Greek director unpicks her long-awaited new feature, a period film that is deeply grounded in the present  

06/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Zhanna Ozirna • Director of Honeymoon

“The Western world got tired of the war way too early”

Zhanna Ozirna • Director of Honeymoon

VENICE 2024: The Ukrainian director shows a completely different kind of honeymoon, as a couple is confined to a flat and must make sure that no one knows...  

06/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Biennale College Cinema

Adrián Silvestre  • Director of May Your Will Be Done

“Almost everyone has conflicts with their families and disagreements with their parents”

Adrián Silvestre • Director of May Your Will Be Done

The Spanish filmmaker explains the origin of his commissioned film, his desire to avoid using realism purely to shock, and his intention for the movie to be...  

06/09/2024 | /Spain

Camille Lugan • Director of The Book of Joy

"A fable about hope in a world that is dark"

Camille Lugan • Director of The Book of Joy

VENICE 2024: The French director discusses her feature debut, in which a young orphan who lives and breathes her faith comes into contact with a forbidden,...  

06/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Xiaoxuan Jiang • Director of To Kill A Mongolian Horse

"When the external world is changing, the individual can be very vulnerable"

Xiaoxuan Jiang • Director of To Kill A Mongolian Horse

VENICE 2024: The feature debut by the Mongolian-born director revolves around a herdsman who looks after his ranch by day and performs on horseback by night  

06/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Giovanni C Lorusso • Director of A Man Fell

"A situation involving many people, where the inputs and the information come in from all over the place"

Giovanni C Lorusso • Director of A Man Fell

VENICE 2024: The Italian director returns to Lebanon and, accompanied by a boy, enters the Gaza Building in Sabra, a symbol of Palestinian survival after...  

06/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Delphine and Muriel Coulin • Directors of The Quiet Son

"The film is a game of three-cushioned billiards between love and hate"

Delphine and Muriel Coulin • Directors of The Quiet Son

VENICE 2024: The French filmmakers explain their new film, a family- and politics-focused drama about paternal and fraternal love, betrayal, and the...  

05/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Marie Losier • Director of Peaches Goes Bananas

"I wanted to see what was behind the mask"

Marie Losier • Director of Peaches Goes Bananas

VENICE 2024: The French director talks to us about her new cinematic portrait dedicated to singer, punk-electro queen and queer and feminist icon Peaches  

05/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Shahab Fotouhi • Director of Boomerang

"The confrontation between two generations helps us to understand each of them more"

Shahab Fotouhi • Director of Boomerang

VENICE 2024: The Iranian artist talks about his vibrant portrait of modern-day Tehran that compares and contrasts two generations, amidst political turmoil...  

05/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Antonietta De Lillo  • Director of The Eye of the Hen

"This story had to be told because it concerns everyone"

Antonietta De Lillo • Director of The Eye of the Hen

VENICE 2024: The Italian helmer tells her own story, that of a highly respected director who is relegated to the sidelines of the film industry following a...  

05/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Giovanni Dota  • Director of High Stakes - A Night in the Ward

"A bet that's born of boredom and also a little bit out of spite"

Giovanni Dota • Director of High Stakes - A Night in the Ward

VENICE 2024: The Italian director talks to us about his second feature, set entirely in a Naples hospital where, one night, two nurses bet on whether a...  

05/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Monica Stambrini • Director of Hold on Miss! Isabella Ducrot Unlimited

"When success comes for an artist at that age, it's fascinating"

Monica Stambrini • Director of Hold on Miss! Isabella Ducrot Unlimited

VENICE 2024: The Italian director talks about the documentary she has dedicated to the ninety-something protagonist's extraordinary journey as a woman and...  

05/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Scandar Copti • Director of Happy Holidays

“I’m a big believer in the process of liberation, and I truly believe that nobody’s free until everybody’s free”

Scandar Copti • Director of Happy Holidays

VENICE 2024: The Palestinian director breaks down his methods of writing and shooting as well as interrogating concepts like morality and the normalisation...  

05/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti

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