Interviews

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

9047 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 29/09/2026. 604 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Evelyn Regner • Vice-President, European Parliament

"We have to see external powers as partners and include them in the legal frameworks in order to avoid dangers for European film"

Evelyn Regner • Vice-President, European Parliament

CANNES 2023: The Vice-President of the European Parliament discusses their current approach to the film industry, as well as this year's LUX Audience Award,...  

01/06/2023 | Cannes 2023

Massimo Benvegnù and Chiara Liberti  • Artistic directors, Biografilm

“Documentaries are increasingly able to talk about complex themes with empathy”

Massimo Benvegnù and Chiara Liberti • Artistic directors, Biografilm

The new artistic directors of the Bologna-based festival share their insights into the documentary film market and their production priorities  

01/06/2023 | Biografilm 2023

Michel Gondry • Director of The Book of Solutions

“Once I have an idea in my mind, I need to execute it”

Michel Gondry • Director of The Book of Solutions

CANNES 2023: The French director unpicks his auto-fictional dramedy about a filmmaker who drives everyone around him crazy  

31/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Directors’ Fortnight

Ruben Östlund • Cannes Competition jury president

“Now that I’ve been to the other side, I know better than ever how hard it is to speculate on someone else’s taste”

Ruben Östlund • Cannes Competition jury president

CANNES 2023: After fulfilling his duties as Cannes Competition jury president, the 2022 Palme d’Or winner shared some thoughts on this once-in-a-lifetime...  

30/05/2023 | Cannes 2023

Kanu Behl • Director of Agra

“It was important to use the body and the act of sex as a vessel to lay bare some larger truths about the human condition”

Kanu Behl • Director of Agra

CANNES 2023: The Indian director presents a family drama and an unusual love story in a film that homes in on sexuality and sexual repression  

30/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Directors’ Fortnight

Catherine Breillat • Director of Last Summer

"Political correctness means not thinking things through"

Catherine Breillat • Director of Last Summer

CANNES 2023: As intense as ever, the French filmmaker offers some food for thought about her new film, which explores the love between a stepmother and her...  

27/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Competition

Mona Achache • Director of Little Girl Blue

“Seeing this deeply personal journey projected up on the big screen felt soothing”

Mona Achache • Director of Little Girl Blue

CANNES 2023: Thanks to this film, some very private parts of the director’s family story are now exposed for the world to see  

27/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Special Screenings

Monia Chokri • Director of The Nature of Love

“I didn't think I had to make the ultimate movie about love”

Monia Chokri • Director of The Nature of Love

CANNES 2023: The Canadian helmer homes in on topics such as the process of making a film about love, becoming more confident as a filmmaker, and her...  

27/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Un Certain Regard

Delphine Deloget • Director of All To Play For

"What happens when society comes to judge our intimacy?”

Delphine Deloget • Director of All To Play For

CANNES 2023: The French filmmaker recounts the genesis of her first feature film, which follows a mother who is suddenly deprived of her youngest child  

26/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Un Certain Regard

Erwan Le Duc  • Director of No Love Lost

"Navigating between emotion and humour is to allow yourself to be enveloped, it’s something akin to enchantment"

Erwan Le Duc • Director of No Love Lost

CANNES 2023: The filmmaker spoke about his second film, which tackles "serious" and "grave" subjects by totally dedramatizing them  

26/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Critics’ Week

Zoljargal Purevdash  • Director of If Only I Could Hibernate

“All the pain is being caused by men, but with education, we can fight against that”

Zoljargal Purevdash • Director of If Only I Could Hibernate

CANNES 2023: The first feature by the Mongolian director focuses on the difficult living conditions in the yurt district of Ulaanbaatar  

26/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Un Certain Regard

Anna Novion  • Director of Marguerite’s Theorem

“I didn’t want to fall into a cliché or a caricature of the autistic maths genius”

Anna Novion • Director of Marguerite’s Theorem

CANNES 2023: The director proves that the very special world of elite-level mathematics can be a laughing matter, and even a romantic comedy  

26/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Special Screenings

Elias Belkeddar  • Director of The King of Algiers

“The idea was to bring Kitano into the world of Italian neorealism”

Elias Belkeddar • Director of The King of Algiers

CANNES 2023: The Franco-Algerian director proves that he loves his melancholic psychopaths, in this case played by Reda Kateb and Benoît Magimel  

26/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Midnight Screenings

Vladimir Perišić  • Director of Lost Country

“I am trying to dissect and diagnose the violence in Serbian society”

Vladimir Perišić • Director of Lost Country

CANNES 2023: The Serbian director returns to the Croisette with a film that has a strong personal dimension for him and an uncanny echo in the present...  

26/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Critics’ Week

Baloji  • Director of Omen

“Everything you can find in a family is a reflection of society”

Baloji • Director of Omen

CANNES 2023: The Belgian-Congolese director takes us on a unique trip through the traditions and beliefs of the Democratic Republic of Congo  

26/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Un Certain Regard

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