Interviews

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

8439 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 12/09/2025. 654 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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

Thomas Salvador  • Director of The Mountain

"My main character leaves a lot behind him in order to find something deep inside of himself, in order to be reborn"

Thomas Salvador • Director of The Mountain

CANNES 2022: The French filmmaker discusses the making of his latest film, which unfolds almost entirely in the high mountains and boasts a sci-fi dimension  

30/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Directors’ Fortnight

Chie Hayakawa  • Director of Plan 75

"There is a feeling of hatred among young people towards elderly in Japanese society, because they think they have to pay for them and won’t get anything back"

Chie Hayakawa • Director of Plan 75

CANNES 2022: The Japanese director discusses her first feature, a film of great acuity about the topic of euthanasia which received a Special Mention from...  

30/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard

Karin Rywkind Segal  • Artistic director, Docaviv

“Programming a festival such as ours is about a delicate balance”

Karin Rywkind Segal • Artistic director, Docaviv

The Tel Aviv-based festival has had three hybrid editions, each in a new set of extraordinary circumstances: its artistic director tells us about what the...  

30/05/2022 | Docaviv 2022

Nicolas Bedos  • Director of Mascarade

“There’s no effort from my side – ever – to try to make something popular”

Nicolas Bedos • Director of Mascarade

CANNES 2022: The French director shares some thoughts on his ongoing love for great actresses and his presence at Cannes as a filmmaker, rather than a celebrity  

30/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Out of Competition

Mark Jenkin  • Director of Enys Men

“My feeling is that the past, present and future all exist at the same time”

Mark Jenkin • Director of Enys Men

CANNES 2022: Cineuropa met up with the Cornish director to talk about the influences and superstitions that fed into his new film – plus red jackets  

30/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Directors’ Fortnight

Fabián Hernández  • Director of A Male

“Compared to other Colombian films, I think my approach is deeper and more respectful of the people and the neighbourhood”

Fabián Hernández • Director of A Male

CANNES 2022: The Colombian director’s coming-of-age drama shows that what makes a real man are his core values  

30/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Directors’ Fortnight

Léonor Serraille  • Director of Mother and Son

“What’s political in the film is that you have to impose these model characters, but that doesn’t mean they’re perfect”

Léonor Serraille • Director of Mother and Son

CANNES 2022: The French filmmaker unpicks her second feature, a film about the life of a family from Ivory Coast in France  

28/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Competition

Mario Martone  • Director of Nostalgia

“Our past is a labyrinth”

Mario Martone • Director of Nostalgia

CANNES 2022: The Neapolitan director takes on his hometown in his new film, through another man who is trying to face his past, only to realise it never...  

28/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Competition

Albert Serra  • Director of Pacifiction

“The character of De Roller reminded me most of Donald Trump!”

Albert Serra • Director of Pacifiction

CANNES 2022: We spoke with the Catalan director, flying high off the fine reception for his woozy, hypnotic Cannes competition debut  

28/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Competition

Felix van Groeningen & Charlotte Vandermeersch  • Directors of The Eight Mountains

"It’s not just about friendship, it’s also about finding your path, accepting death, forgiving your father for what you didn’t get from him"

Felix van Groeningen & Charlotte Vandermeersch • Directors of The Eight Mountains

CANNES 2022: The Belgian duo discuss the making, the topics and all of the details of the first film they have directed together, an adaptation of the novel...  

28/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Competition

Marie Perennès and Simon Depardon  • Directors of Riposte féministe

“In our movie, witches don’t exist”

Marie Perennès and Simon Depardon • Directors of Riposte féministe

CANNES 2022: We talked to the directors behind the documentary, who accompany a feminist collective fighting the battle of words all over France  

27/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Special screenings

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