Interviews

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

8323 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 17/07/2025. 660 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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Nadav Lapid • Director of Ahed’s Knee

“I’m not script-driven in the traditional way; the lead character is the existential melody of the film, the heart, the music”

Nadav Lapid • Director of Ahed’s Knee

CANNES 2021: The Israeli director discusses his formally bold new film, how a typical “Lapid” protagonist is born and the influence of rap music on his...  

13/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Competition

Sebastian Meise • Director of Great Freedom

"My film tells a story of tragic fate in an era where love is treated as crime"

Sebastian Meise • Director of Great Freedom

CANNES 2021: The Austrian director discusses homosexuality, post-war Germany and his film, one of the sensations in this year's Un Certain Regard  

13/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Un Certain Regard

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Achouackh Abakar • Director of and actress in Lingui, The Sacred Bonds

"The film is about a woman bravely taking her destiny into her own hands, but also about a country where women help each other"

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Achouackh Abakar • Director of and actress in Lingui, The Sacred Bonds

CANNES 2021: The Chadian director is back in the Palme d'Or competition with his new film, which follows a woman surmounting social and religious taboos  

13/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Competition

Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet • Director of Anaïs in Love

"It’s first and foremost a film about the power of desire"

Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet • Director of Anaïs in Love

CANNES 2021: The French filmmaker speaks about her first feature film, a fast-paced, existentialist comedy of manners unveiled in Critics’ Week  

12/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Critics' Week

Hafsia Herzi • Director of Good Mother

“In this place where I grew up, great poverty reigns”

Hafsia Herzi • Director of Good Mother

CANNES 2021: The French director discusses her second feature, a neorealist immersion into a Marseille family, unveiled in Un Certain Regard  

12/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Un Certain Regard

Vincent Maël Cardona • Director of Magnetic Beats

"What we learned was that something quite strange was going on"

Vincent Maël Cardona • Director of Magnetic Beats

CANNES 2021: The French filmmaker explains the genesis of his first feature film, unveiled in the Directors’ Fortnight  

12/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Directors’ Fortnight

Tomer Heymann • Director of I Am Not

“Oren's perspective provides a unique glimpse into his inner world”

Tomer Heymann • Director of I Am Not

The Israeli helmer talks us through his documentary, which scooped two awards at the recent Docaviv  

12/07/2021 | Docaviv 2021

Juho Kuosmanen • Director of Compartment No. 6

“I always like to remember a good rule that some wise film person said: try to lie as little as possible”

Juho Kuosmanen • Director of Compartment No. 6

CANNES 2021: The Finnish director talks us through his latest effort, which follows his 2016 Un Certain Regard-winning The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki  

12/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Competition

Luana Bajrami • Director of The Hill Where Lionesses Roar

"My film paints the unknown picture of Kosovo"

Luana Bajrami • Director of The Hill Where Lionesses Roar

CANNES 2021: The French-Kosovar actress discusses her first feature as a director, which follows a gang of likeable (and perfectly cast) girls  

12/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Directors' Fortnight

Laura Samani • Director of Small Body

“Now the film is not mine any more; it belongs to others, and I am curious to know what the viewer feels while watching it”

Laura Samani • Director of Small Body

CANNES 2021: The Italian director presents her first feature, a drama about a woman whose baby daughter is stillborn, in the Critics’ Week  

11/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Critics’ Week

Samuel Theis • Director of Softie

“This film is a child’s portrait, but most of all it is about the question of defecting from one’s class”

Samuel Theis • Director of Softie

CANNES 2021: The French filmmaker discusses his second feature, a very endearing, simple and subtle work presented in Critics’ Week  

11/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Critics' Week

Laura Wandel • Director of Playground

"I thought it would be interesting to take the viewpoint of the witness who feels torn"

Laura Wandel • Director of Playground

CANNES 2021: The Belgian filmmaker explains the immersive approach characterising her remarkable and incredibly intense first feature film, which was...  

11/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Un Certain Regard

Catherine Corsini • Director of The Divide

“To consider oneself, to consider others and have some hope in the fact that people can talk to each other”

Catherine Corsini • Director of The Divide

CANNES 2021: The French filmmaker discusses her at once funny and dramatic film unveiled in competition, which through fiction delves into a very agitated...  

11/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Competition

Nathalie Álvarez Mesén • Director of Clara Sola

“We have definitely raised the volume when it comes to addressing the patriarchal side of religion”

Nathalie Álvarez Mesén • Director of Clara Sola

CANNES 2021: The director shares some of her thoughts and memories from a journey that started years ago in both Costa Rica and Sweden  

11/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Directors’ Fortnight

Joachim Trier • Director of The Worst Person in the World

“At the end of the day, all three of them feel like the worst person in the world; that’s my conclusion”

Joachim Trier • Director of The Worst Person in the World

CANNES 2021: The Norwegian director unpicks his seemingly cute, seemingly romantic comedy-drama  

11/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Competition

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