Interviews

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

8334 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 01/08/2025. 666 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Kei Ishikawa • Director of A Pale View of Hills

“Right when we’re about to approach Mr Ishiguro, he goes and wins the Nobel Prize in Literature!”

Kei Ishikawa • Director of A Pale View of Hills

CANNES 2025: The Japanese director discusses the process of adapting the debut novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, the fruits of which have met with the author’s warm...  

18/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Alexe Poukine • Director of Kika

"In life, you can think you’re in a romantic comedy but then suddenly find yourself in a social drama, which you didn’t see coming"

Alexe Poukine • Director of Kika

CANNES 2025: The filmmaker chatted with us about her first fiction feature film, a comic drama inspiring laughs and tears about a woman in love and grieving  

17/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Critics’ Week

Laura Wandel • Director of Adam’s Sake

"The question of empathy, care and treatment is at the heart of the film"

Laura Wandel • Director of Adam’s Sake

CANNES 2025: The Belgian filmmaker talks to us about her breathless, immersive portrait of a paediatric nurse who reaches the limits of her practice  

17/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Critics’ Week

Yannick Bossenmeyer • Co-CEO, Blockframes

“AI Magic Import is a small revolution and will save producers a huge amount of time in film revenue management”

Yannick Bossenmeyer • Co-CEO, Blockframes

CANNES 2025: The co-CEO delves into the intricacies of AI Magic Import, a groundbreaking tool automating film revenue waterfalls  

17/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Marché du Film

Julia Kowalski • Director of Her Will Be Done

“This is a witch film”

Julia Kowalski • Director of Her Will Be Done

CANNES 2025: The French director talks to us about the dark magic in her film, religion and her Polish roots  

16/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Directors’ Fortnight

Kristele Pudane • Producer, Sunday Rebel Films

“A successful co-production begins with shared values”

Kristele Pudane • Producer, Sunday Rebel Films

We sat down with Latvia’s Producer on the Move, who spoke about her country’s film scene, her new projects and her work on co-productions  

16/05/2025 | Producers on the Move 2025

Diego Céspedes • Director of The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo

“Everyone left out of the binary system gets heavily attacked”

Diego Céspedes • Director of The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo

CANNES 2025: The young Chilean filmmaker broaches issues such as dissident parenting, the upheaval caused by AIDS and LGBTI+ discrimination  

15/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Louise Hémon • Director of The Girl in the Snow

"The experiment was to take a rational character, plunge her into irrational phenomena and see how far her mind would resist"

Louise Hémon • Director of The Girl in the Snow

CANNES 2025: The French filmmaker talks about her first feature, the challenges of shooting a period film in winter and the unconscious forces of desire  

15/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Directors’ Fortnight

Ismael Curbelo • Director, Lanzarote International Film Festival

“We are committed to cinema as a means to stimulate intelligence, emotions and collective reflection”

Ismael Curbelo • Director, Lanzarote International Film Festival

The Canarian event celebrates a quarter of a century, and to mark the occasion we spoke to its director, who shared details on some of its activities  

15/05/2025 | Lanzarote 2025

Erige Sehiri • Director of Promised Sky

"In everyday life, we hide things, we don’t tell people everything, we don’t show everything"

Erige Sehiri • Director of Promised Sky

CANNES 2025: The French-Tunisian filmmaker explains the intentions which fed into her second fiction feature film which revolves around three migrant women...  

15/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Robin Campillo • Director of Enzo

"We wanted to show what was inside this teenager's heart, an explosion of colour, light and sensuality"

Robin Campillo • Director of Enzo

CANNES 2025: The French filmmaker talks about the genesis of Laurent Cantet's last project, a film about the enigma of adolescence  

14/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Directors’ Fortnight

Asif Kapadia • Director of 2073

“I'm an optimist – but I also see what's going on, so I’d say I’m very much a realist, too”

Asif Kapadia • Director of 2073

The British filmmaker discusses his latest, dystopian hybrid movie that mixes the fictionalised diary of a ghost with real-life footage from Gaza, India,...  

14/05/2025 | Millennium Docs Against Gravity 2025

Deirdre Levins • Producer, Fantastic Films

“Any film you develop as a producer is a creative risk”

Deirdre Levins • Producer, Fantastic Films

Ireland’s Producer on the Move unpacks her career and her slate of projects, also sharing some advice for newcomers to the job  

14/05/2025 | Producers on the Move 2025

Karolina Sienkiewicz • Distributor, So FILMS

“When it comes to this industry, I really believe in independence, spontaneity and, sometimes, uncertainty”

Karolina Sienkiewicz • Distributor, So FILMS

The founder of the distribution and production company based in Poland tells us about her career and the firm’s success with the national campaign for Flow  

14/05/2025 | Distributor of the Month

Francesca Andreoli • Producer, Cinedora

“We choose men and women directors on their first or second films, who have a really personal vision but. most importantly, who also have an urgency to their storytelling”

Francesca Andreoli • Producer, Cinedora

The Italian producer behind Vermiglio chatted with us about the importance of co-production and the project she’s bringing to Cannes  

13/05/2025 | Producers on the Move 2025

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