Interviews

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

9046 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 28/09/2026. 605 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Andrey Zvyagintsev • Director of Minotaur

“It was very important to highlight that moment when one cannot escape ethical responsibility”

Andrey Zvyagintsev • Director of Minotaur

CANNES 2026: The exiled Russian filmmaker talks to us about his free adaptation of a Claude Chabrol film, set against the backdrop of the war launched by...  

21/05/2026 | Cannes 2026 | Competition

Bruno Dumont • Director of Red Rocks

“I wanted to return to something primary, where everything begins"

Bruno Dumont • Director of Red Rocks

CANNES 2026: One of France’s most unusual filmmakers surprises once again by confronting the limitations of the modern world while striving towards a bright...  

21/05/2026 | Cannes 2026 | Directors’ Fortnight

Olivier Clert • Director of Lucy Lost

“Animation is a great tool to find the mystery in reality”

Olivier Clert • Director of Lucy Lost

CANNES 2026: The French director behind Xilam’s new animated feature discusses its visual style and approach to adaptation in his debut featur  

21/05/2026 | Cannes 2026 | Séances spéciales

Hélène Rosselet-Ruiz • Director of Madame

“This film is a reflection on my own experiences of class-based violence"

Hélène Rosselet-Ruiz • Director of Madame

CANNES 2026: The French filmmaker explains how her first feature film, a story set within the insular world of extreme wealth, came about  

21/05/2026 | Cannes 2026 | Special Screenings

Nicolas Winding Refn • Director of Her Private Hell

“The film is an algorithm that is everything I like; think of it like an app called ‘byNWR’, and then just scroll away”

Nicolas Winding Refn • Director of Her Private Hell

CANNES 2026: The Danish director unpicks his personal blend of the darker sides of life and death, involving some distinctly dysfunctional protagonists and...  

21/05/2026 | Cannes 2026 | Out of Competition

Volker Schlöndorff • Director of Visitation

“I often became aware during the shoot that maybe I had done this scene before, in some other movie”

Volker Schlöndorff • Director of Visitation

CANNES 2026: The German helmer breaks down his latest film, which touches on many themes reoccurring in his vast body of work as well as in his personal history  

21/05/2026 | Cannes 2026 | Cannes Premiere

Alexander Murphy • Director of Tin Castle

"I felt like the camera was becoming an extension of the family, an 11th child almost"

Alexander Murphy • Director of Tin Castle

CANNES 2026: The French-Irish documentary-maker explains how he won the trust and captured the private world of a Traveller family living on the outermost...  

20/05/2026 | Cannes 2026 | Critics’ Week

Judith Godrèche • Director of A Girl’s Story

“How do we depict shame and the absence of consent?”

Judith Godrèche • Director of A Girl’s Story

CANNES 2026: The director talks to us about her adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s novel of the same name, in which she vividly captures both the young girl’s...  

20/05/2026 | Cannes 2026 | Un Certain Regard

Gessica Généus • Director of Mary Magdalene

"I wanted to say that freedom is something difficult - and that it is a choice"

Gessica Généus • Director of Mary Magdalene

CANNES 2026: The director and actress discusses the experience of inhabiting both sides of the camera in her latest feature, a vivid and richly textured...  

20/05/2026 | Cannes 2026 | Cannes Première

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi • Director of All of a Sudden

“In the dark, the boundary between the self and others becomes more ambiguous”

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi • Director of All of a Sudden

CANNES 2026: The Oscar-winning director talks about his first international project and working across languages  

20/05/2026 | Cannes 2026 | Competition

Arthur Harari • Director of The Unknown

“When we go through an experience, it’s not about analysing it step by step, but about feeling it”

Arthur Harari • Director of The Unknown

CANNES 2026: The French filmmaker discusses his new film, a unique exploration of body swapping, the physical and the metaphysical, and the genres of...  

19/05/2026 | Cannes 2026 | Competition

Laïla Marrakchi • Director of Strawberries

“To speak out, you need a certain privilege, a certain security”

Laïla Marrakchi • Director of Strawberries

CANNES 2026: The Moroccan filmmaker offers insight into the origins of her socially charged drama set in the strawberry fields of southern Spain  

19/05/2026 | Cannes 2026 | Un Certain Regard

Jeanne Herry • Director of Another Day

"My character is someone who self-destructs, but who also loves life deeply"

Jeanne Herry • Director of Another Day

CANNES 2026: The filmmaker explains why she chose to follow in the frenetic wake of a young woman who’s full of life but addicted to alcohol in her new movie  

19/05/2026 | Cannes 2026 | Competition

Sarah Arnold • Director of Too Many Beasts

"It’s a film about everything that overflows and overwhelms us"

Sarah Arnold • Director of Too Many Beasts

CANNES 2026: The director shares the adventure of making her highly unique and funny first feature film, involving wild boars, hunters, farmers, a police...  

19/05/2026 | Cannes 2026 | Directors’ Fortnight

Rafiki Fariala • Director of Congo Boy

"This is the story of young refugee who didn't deserve this life, but I want it to be a story of hope"

Rafiki Fariala • Director of Congo Boy

CANNES 2026: The young Congolese filmmaker discusses his first fiction feature, an incredible tale of hardship and resilience based on real events from his...  

19/05/2026 | Cannes 2026 | Un Certain Regard

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