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.

 
Ali Cherri  • Director of The Dam

"The first thing that every system does is to occupy our imaginary"

Ali Cherri • Director of The Dam

CANNES 2022: The Lebanese-born, Paris-based filmmaker and artist discusses his film, which depicts how man's action and opression causes nature to respond  

03/06/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Directors' Fortnight

Laurent Dutoit • Distributor and exhibitor, Agora Films

“It will be difficult for films such as Another Round, Nomadland or The Father to have enough theatres to be screened in”

Laurent Dutoit • Distributor and exhibitor, Agora Films

CANNES 2022: We caught up with the Swiss distributor and exhibitor to discuss why exhibitors are struggling to attract viewers back to theatres  

02/06/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Marché du Film

Agnieszka Smoczynska  • Director of The Silent Twins

"The most fascinating element in the book was the clash between the colorful imagination of the twins and the harsh reality"

Agnieszka Smoczynska • Director of The Silent Twins

CANNES 2022: After two successful films, the Polish filmmaker chose to adapt a book by British journalist Marjorie Wallace for her first English-language...  

01/06/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard

Patricio Guzmán  • Director of My Imaginary Country

“The future is not written; the protestors are working towards a society that they would like and hope to see”

Patricio Guzmán • Director of My Imaginary Country

CANNES 2022: The Chilean helmer picks apart his documentary on the revolutionary events that took place in his home country in October 2019  

01/06/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Special Screenings

Véréna Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor  • Directors of De Humani Corporis Fabrica

"We were mainly interested in the perversity of our relationship with our bodies"

Véréna Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor • Directors of De Humani Corporis Fabrica

CANNES 2022: The new documentary by French-British directors and anthropologists opens the human body to the cinema  

01/06/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Directors' Fortnight

Shaunak Sen  • Director of All That Breathes

"The most important thing was to build a relationship of trust to be able to shoot with the whole family"

Shaunak Sen • Director of All That Breathes

CANNES 2022: New Delhi’s notoriously polluted air is in the centre of the acclaimed documentary by the Indian filmmaker, which has received the festival's...  

01/06/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Special Screenings

Mykko Myllylahti  • Director of The Woodcutter Story

"My character is the incarnation of optimism and hope despite having lost everything"

Mykko Myllylahti • Director of The Woodcutter Story

CANNES 2022: The Finnish filmmaker discusses the details of his story of snow, violence and happiness, which received the Gan Foundation Award for Distribution  

01/06/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Critics' Week

Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah  • Directors of Rebel

“Music and dance can really touch you on an emotional level more than any words can”

Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah • Directors of Rebel

CANNES 2022: The duo of Belgian directors talk about trying to put the viewer in the shoes of two brothers who go to Syria to fight for ISIS  

01/06/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Midnight Screenings

Lola Quivoron and Julie Ledru  • Director and actress of Rodéo

"I love to observe a closed, codified masculine community, and to find out how to break that order"

Lola Quivoron and Julie Ledru • Director and actress of Rodéo

CANNES 2022: The French director decyphers with the help of her main actress her female-driven feature debut, which puts masculinity on a target and...  

31/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard

Emin Alper • Director of Burning Days

"This film is completely about a society which is dominated by men and their inner conflict"

Emin Alper • Director of Burning Days

CANNES 2022: The Turkish filmmaker discusses gender and social status (and the disadvantages that come from them) to give us the lowdown on his latest film  

31/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard

Marie Kreutzer  • Director of Corsage

“Even in my serious films, I like to create some laughter”

Marie Kreutzer • Director of Corsage

CANNES 2022: The Austrian director talks about blending drama and humour, Empress Elisabeth’s journey to freedom – and dogs  

31/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard

Erige Sehiri  • Director of Under the Fig Trees

“There is no sign of modernity in nature; it’s in these women, and especially the young girls”

Erige Sehiri • Director of Under the Fig Trees

CANNES 2022: The French-Tunisian director and producer breaks down several aspects of her beautiful and timeless narrative feature debut  

31/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Directors’ Fortnight

Anette Novak  • CEO, Swedish Film Institute

“Cinema carries all the other art forms, which makes it the most special art form of them all”

Anette Novak • CEO, Swedish Film Institute

CANNES 2022: The new CEO of the institute embarked on her first edition of the French festival, with open eyes, a keen mind and some specific questions in...  

31/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Marché du Film

Jasmine Trinca  • Director of Marcel!

"I wanted to talk about a woman who doesn’t have her limits imposed by the society... but has others"

Jasmine Trinca • Director of Marcel!

CANNES 2022: The Italian actress talks about her first steps as a feature film director with a tale of a special mother-daughter relationship  

31/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Special Screenings

Pános H Koútras  • Director of Dodo

“The dodo shows what man is capable of: he’s capable of exterminating anything and everything”

Pános H Koútras • Director of Dodo

CANNES 2022: The Greek director discusses the significance of the titular bird and using family as one of his sources of inspiration  

30/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Cannes Première

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