Interviews

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

8330 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 24/07/2025. 665 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Véronique Jadin • Director of Employee of the Month

"There aren’t many references when it comes to women directors making comedy"

Véronique Jadin • Director of Employee of the Month

The Belgian filmmaker spoke to us about her feminist comedy following in the footsteps of a model employee who turns serial killer  

14/09/2022 | BIFFF 2022

Carmen Jaquier • Director of Thunder

"I needed to rewrite history, to create a powerful ancestor capable of inspiring me today"

Carmen Jaquier • Director of Thunder

The director spoke to us about her compelling portrayal of a character who fights for freedom to love, which society would rather censor forever  

13/09/2022 | Toronto 2022 | Platform

Steve Buscemi • Director of The Listener

"Just the act of listening can be huge, to make a connection with someone and let them feel they can be supported"

Steve Buscemi • Director of The Listener

VENICE 2022: The US actor-director talked to us about his fifth feature behind the camera, starring Tessa Thompson  

13/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Giornate degli Autori

Rudy Buttignol • Moderator of Main Pitch and Work in Progress sections, AJD Industry Days

“AJD Industry Days brings a whole spectrum of stories from countries we have not heard from before”

Rudy Buttignol • Moderator of Main Pitch and Work in Progress sections, AJD Industry Days

The independent broadcasting executive with over five decades of experience talks to us about his work at the first edition of the Al Jazeera Documentary...  

13/09/2022 | AJB DOC 2022

Lav Diaz • Director of When the Waves Are Gone

“I consider my kind of filmmaking like writing a novel: I create real characters, the characters are fleshed out, and we see them living in the film”

Lav Diaz • Director of When the Waves Are Gone

VENICE 2022: We spoke to the Filipino auteur – famous for his epic-length works – about his long-awaited new feature, a revenge story set amidst the...  

13/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Out of Competition

Robert Tomić Zuber & Vladan Petković  • Festival Director and Festival Programmer of RAFF

"Rab Film Festival is focusing on investigative cinema in broader sense and our VIP is the audience"

Robert Tomić Zuber & Vladan Petković • Festival Director and Festival Programmer of RAFF

12/09/2022 | Euro Film Fest

Jasmin Basic  • Head of fiction International Film Festival and Human Rights Forum Geneva

"As a human rights festival it took us a lot of time and effort to get the full support of the cinema"

Jasmin Basic • Head of fiction International Film Festival and Human Rights Forum Geneva

Jasmin Basic explains how to deal with partners and discusses the importance of the films’ quality  

12/09/2022 | Euro Film Fest

Stefano Collizzolli  • Director of The Dream and the Violence

"We wanted to salvage the cheerfulness and the topics that were crushed underfoot by the tales of violence"

Stefano Collizzolli • Director of The Dream and the Violence

VENICE 2022: One of the two directors of the film looks back at the events of the G8 Summit in Genoa, as recounted by the very people who were there that...  

12/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Giornate degli Autori

Valentina Bertani • Director of The Crown Shyness

"The most interesting thing was the subjective story of how two kids with intellectual disabilities filter reality"

Valentina Bertani • Director of The Crown Shyness

VENICE 2022: The director talks about her documentary, which follows the eccentric and charismatic Israel twins on their path from finishing school to the...  

12/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Giornate degli Autori

Sergei Loznitsa • Director of The Kiev Trial

“After some stories, you cannot listen to others any more”

Sergei Loznitsa • Director of The Kiev Trial

VENICE 2022: Diving back into the footage first presented in Babi Yar. Context, the director showcases another moving documentary about Nazi atrocities in...  

12/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Out of Competition

Riccardo Campagna, Federico Savonitto • Directors of An Invisible Enemy

"Above all, the film follows the Rasman family's day-to-day fight for justice and their feelings in the present day"

Riccardo Campagna, Federico Savonitto • Directors of An Invisible Enemy

VENICE 2022: We chatted to the directorial duo to discuss the documentary they've made about the case of Riccardo Rasman, a boy with intellectual...  

12/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Giornate degli Autori

Corrado Ceron • Director of Olimpia's Way

"Like Anisette mixed with water, Olimpia's life permeates Maria's nonlife and 'sullies' it"

Corrado Ceron • Director of Olimpia's Way

VENICE 2022: The director talks about his feature debut, a road movie starring Stefania Sandrelli as a ballroom singer who, at the age of 70, reunites with...  

12/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Giornate degli Autori

Rebecca Zlotowski • Director of Other People’s Children

“I felt that Rachel was the person I needed to be at a certain point and could not be”

Rebecca Zlotowski • Director of Other People’s Children

VENICE 2022: We chatted with the French director, who has crafted her new feature as a cinematic confrontation with female infertility  

10/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Competition

Andrea Pallaoro • Director of Monica

“This is a story about a woman who returns home”

Andrea Pallaoro • Director of Monica

VENICE 2022: With the help of thesps Trace Lysette and Patricia Clarkson, the Italian director delves deep into the theme of forgiveness  

10/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Competition

Susanna Nicchiarelli • Director of Chiara

“There was something about this medieval tale, with its fears, illnesses and isolation, that seemed to speak to the modern-day”

Susanna Nicchiarelli • Director of Chiara

VENICE 2022: The Italian director chatted with us about her casting choices, her work on the vernacular within the film and her sources of inspiration  

10/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Competition

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