Interviews

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

8596 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 21/01/2026. 642 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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

Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk • Director of Pamfir

“Even if we’re talking about absolute good, it always has a side effect”

Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk • Director of Pamfir

CANNES 2022: We chatted to the Ukrainian director about the origins of his feature debut, the intriguing dialect its characters use, and its possible roots...  

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

Serge Bozon • Director of Don Juan

“This film lent itself to the idea of a Don Juan who would not be this figure of swaggering manhood, getting everything he wants”

Serge Bozon • Director of Don Juan

CANNES 2022: After presenting his new musical, the French filmmaker explains why he likes to venture into places that we wouldn’t expect of him  

23/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Cannes Première

Emmanuel Mouret • Director of Diary of a Fleeting Affair

"What interested me most was making this little affair look like a big affair"

Emmanuel Mouret • Director of Diary of a Fleeting Affair

CANNES 2022: The French filmmaker discussed love, affairs, desire and emotions, as well as the question of gender, while explaining his latest movie  

23/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Cannes Première

Davy Chou • Director of Return to Seoul

“I take great pleasure in helping filmmakers accomplish their vision, when I really admire their talent”

Davy Chou • Director of Return to Seoul

CANNES 2022: We met up with the French-Cambodian director, who has crafted an impressive and intimate feature around the topics of adoption and identity  

22/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard

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