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 23/07/2025. 665 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne • Directors of Tori and Lokita

“The fate of migrants, of exiles, that we reserve, is the big question our society faces"

Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne • Directors of Tori and Lokita

CANNES 2022: The Belgian brothers talk to us about their new film that shows the inexorability of the mechanisms of domination that govern human relations  

26/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Competition

Alice Winocour • Director of Paris Memories

"People stopped again and again and asked if something had happened, so we had to put up signs saying ‘This is a film shoot’"

Alice Winocour • Director of Paris Memories

CANNES 2022: Inspired by the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks, the French filmmaker showcases a very personal take on events  

26/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Directors’ Fortnight

Alexandru Belc • Director of Metronom

“I am a firm believer in cinema’s power of change”

Alexandru Belc • Director of Metronom

CANNES 2022: The Romanian director talks about freedom, music and the hardships of making a period film in his country  

26/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard

Hlynur Pálmason • Director of Godland

“My main actor lost twelve kilos, I think, and really took it seriously - I was so happy to see his physical decay”

Hlynur Pálmason • Director of Godland

CANNES 2022: The Icelandic director, who lived in Denmark, brings together some conflicting energies of both countries, through a Danish vicar setting up a...  

26/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard

Annie Ernaux and David Ernaux-Briot • Directors of The Super-8 Years

“When I wrote the text for the film, I wrote it with the image”

Annie Ernaux and David Ernaux-Briot • Directors of The Super-8 Years

CANNES 2022: We met up with the famous French author and her son to discuss their documentary and its different levels of reading  

26/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Directors’ Fortnight

Tarik Saleh • Director of Boy from Heaven

"As an immigrant child, I’m standing of the shoulders of my grandparents"

Tarik Saleh • Director of Boy from Heaven

CANNES 2022: The Swedish filmmaker of Egyptian origins discusses the topics he tackles on his latest film, and how they relate to his personal and...  

26/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Competition

Elena López Riera • Director of El agua

“In every society, people need some kind of magic”

Elena López Riera • Director of El agua

CANNES 2022: We sat down with the Spanish director to chat about her feature debut, with childhood tales still ringing in her ears  

26/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Directors’ Fortnight

Pietro Marcello • Director of Scarlet

"For me cinema is a family"

Pietro Marcello • Director of Scarlet

CANNES 2022: The Italian director discusses the cast and the challenges of making his first French-language film, as well as the topics it tackles, such as...  

25/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Directors' Fortnight

Romane Gueret and Lise Akoka • Directors of The Worst Ones

"We mostly wanted to talk about the meeting of these two very different worlds"

Romane Gueret and Lise Akoka • Directors of The Worst Ones

CANNES 2022: The filmmaking duo explain their intentions for their first feature film which homes in on children, and their work with young people  

25/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard

Maksym Nakonechnyi • Director of Butterfly Vision

“We realised that the butterfly would be our entry point into the metaphysical and the subconscious”

Maksym Nakonechnyi • Director of Butterfly Vision

CANNES 2022: The Ukrainian director gives us the low-down on his harsh and timely testimony to the women fighting for their integrity, their freedom and...  

25/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard

Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre • Directors of Little Nicholas - Happy As Can Be

"This is an ode to the joys of childhood, to the ability to play and to grow, to the wonders of storytelling and the ease of the child’s gaze"

Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre • Directors of Little Nicholas - Happy As Can Be

CANNES 2022: The universe of the classic French children’s book gets a tender love letter with this film  

25/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Special Screenings

Marco Bellocchio • Director of Exterior Night

“I wouldn’t know how to make a good TikTok video”

Marco Bellocchio • Director of Exterior Night

CANNES 2022: The 82-year-old Italian helmer breaks down his multi-perspective take on the kidnapping of politician Aldo Moro in 1978  

25/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Cannes Première

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi • Director of Forever Young

"Even at the most tragic of times, we still manage to laugh"

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi • Director of Forever Young

CANNES 2022: The Italian-French filmmaker unveiled her mature work diving back into the universe of young student-actors at Patrice Chéreau’s Théâtre des...  

24/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Competition

Lionel Baier • Director of Continental Drift (South)

“Europe can only function if there is desire between peoples”

Lionel Baier • Director of Continental Drift (South)

CANNES 2022: The Swiss filmmaker talks about the third part of his tetralogy on the construction of Europe  

24/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Directors' Fortnight

Simon Rieth • Director of Summer Scars

“Power and fantasy are metaphors for the very strong relationship between love and hate”

Simon Rieth • Director of Summer Scars

CANNES 2022: The young French filmmaker talks to us about his first feature film, which skillfully blends realism and fantasy  

24/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Critics’ Week

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