Interviews

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

8507 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 10/11/2025. 645 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Ari Folman  • Director of Where Is Anne Frank

“I would never do an animation film for adults again”

Ari Folman • Director of Where Is Anne Frank

CANNES 2021: The Israeli director reveals how his mother helped him decide to make an animated adventure based on The Diary of Anne Frank  

17/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Out of Competition

CB Yi • Director of Moneyboys

“You have to love and accept yourself in the first place in order to be able to give love and respect to others in return”

CB Yi • Director of Moneyboys

CANNES 2021: The Taiwanese-Austrian director presents a drama about male prostitution in the Un Certain Regard section in Cannes  

17/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Un Certain Regard

Ildikó Enyedi  • Director of The Story of My Wife

“We have to accept and embrace the fact that we won’t find an answer”

Ildikó Enyedi • Director of The Story of My Wife

CANNES 2021: The Hungarian helmer talks to Cineuropa about her adaptation of Milán Füst’s novel, which is playing in competition  

17/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Competition

Samuel Benchetrit • Director of Love Songs for Tough Guys

“I think when we are in love, we go back to being children, we are vulnerable and insecure”

Samuel Benchetrit • Director of Love Songs for Tough Guys

CANNES 2021: The French filmmaker has presented his new tragicomedy starring a series of notable actors from France and Belgium  

17/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Cannes Premiere

Rachel Lang  • Director of Our Men

"It’s a film about relationships, and the frustration involved in waiting"

Rachel Lang • Director of Our Men

CANNES 2021: The French director living in Brussels tell us more about her motivations for exploring the fragile state of Foreign Legion relationships with...  

17/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Directors’ Fortnight

Simon Coulibaly Gillard  • Director of Aya

"I can leave a trace of what was there, before everything disappears"

Simon Coulibaly Gillard • Director of Aya

CANNES 2021: The young director discusses his unusual fiction film about a young girl hailing from an island off the Ivory Coast who is forced to abandon...  

17/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | ACID

Joachim Lafosse  • Director of The Restless

“The illness takes so much space in their relationship that they forget themselves in it”

Joachim Lafosse • Director of The Restless

CANNES 2021: The Belgian director tells us about his universal and heartbreaking reflection on the question of breakdown within the relationship  

17/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Competition

Julia Ducournau, Vincent Lindon  • Director of and actor in Titane

“For the first 25 minutes, you go: ‘Wait a minute, where am I?!’ And then, you just know – inside a love story”

Julia Ducournau, Vincent Lindon • Director of and actor in Titane

CANNES 2021: In her competition entry, the French director introduces the oddest pairing since The Shape of Water  

16/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Competition

Valdimar Jóhannsson  • Director of Lamb

“You can call Lamb a ‘genre film’, but for me, it’s a visual poem”

Valdimar Jóhannsson • Director of Lamb

CANNES 2021: The Icelandic director proves that, despite what we might think, we can never really control Mother Nature  

15/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Un Certain Regard

Maureen Fazendeiro and Miguel Gomes  • Directors of The Tsugua Diaries

“The film was influenced by this feeling of having an alteration in the perception of time”

Maureen Fazendeiro and Miguel Gomes • Directors of The Tsugua Diaries

CANNES 2021: The Portuguese filmmaking team discuss love and partnerships, the lack of joy in contemporary cinema, and the dilemmas of the COVID-19 era  

15/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Directors’ Fortnight

Jonas Carpignano  • Director of A Chiara

"This is a detailed, distinct study of the community I’ve been always part of"

Jonas Carpignano • Director of A Chiara

CANNES 2021: The Italian filmmaker discusses his latest film, which can be called a spin-off of his previous one, both set in the Calabrian commune of Gioia...  

15/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Directors' Fortnight

Kornél Mundruczó and Kata Wéber  • Director and writer of Evolution

"We wanted to talk about how trauma and memory work"

Kornél Mundruczó and Kata Wéber • Director and writer of Evolution

CANNES 2021: The Hungarian director and screenwriter discuss their prodigious, experimental and impactful film in fragments, unveiled in the Cannes Premiere...  

14/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Cannes Premiere

Asghar Farhadi  • Director of A Hero

“When people say, ‘You’re on TV,’ it means you’re on the side of the government”

Asghar Farhadi • Director of A Hero

CANNES 2021: The Iranian director, quite the hero himself, is back in his home country after his Spanish sojourn Everybody Knows  

14/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Competition

Mia Hansen-Løve  • Director of Bergman Island

“You’d think his almighty presence would feel very intimidating, but to me it was the opposite”

Mia Hansen-Løve • Director of Bergman Island

CANNES 2021: Not just an homage to the mega-auteur of cinema and his mythical home, the French director’s film is also a homecoming of sorts for her  

14/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Competition

Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis  • Directors of The Tale of King Crab

“The role of Luciano grew with our lead actor; he really became the character”

Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis • Directors of The Tale of King Crab

CANNES 2021: The Italian duo have presented their first feature film, set in a fictional 19th century, in the Directors’ Fortnight  

13/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Directors’ Fortnight

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