Interviews

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

8257 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 14/06/2025. 669 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Yelizaveta Smith, Alina Gorlova, Simon Mozgovyi • Directors of Militantropos

“There were strong signs of collective therapy while making this film”

Yelizaveta Smith, Alina Gorlova, Simon Mozgovyi • Directors of Militantropos

CANNES 2025: The directors from the Tabor collective discuss the existential stakes of their documentary and how they transform the filmmaking process in...  

27/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Directors’ Fortnight

Marion Guillard • Director of We Had Fun Yesterday

"While I wanted to talk about shaping fake wildlife images, I realised that I’ve been shaping myself according to the patriarchal gaze from the outside"

Marion Guillard • Director of We Had Fun Yesterday

CANNES 2025: The Belgian filmmaker discusses her autobiographical work, winner of the Doc Alliance Award for Best Short Film  

26/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Marché du Film

Masha Chernaya • Director of The Shards

"I wanted this film to work on the level of general human emotions, without explaining facts"

Masha Chernaya • Director of The Shards

CANNES 2025: The director discusses her film, a fragmentary portrait of life in Moscow during the spring of 2022, winner of the Doc Alliance Award for Best...  

26/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Marché du Film

Zuzana Kirchnerová • Director of Caravan

"I wanted to show a mother who is also a sexual being — someone who protests, who desires, and who loves freedom"

Zuzana Kirchnerová • Director of Caravan

CANNES 2025: The Czech director Zuzana Kirchnerová discusses her first feature, the return of Czech cinema to the festival's official selection after more...  

26/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret • Directors of Summer Beats

“We wanted to make a film about childhood”

Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret • Directors of Summer Beats

CANNES 2025: Get ready for summer camp – and a bit of soul-searching – in the directors’ light summer film that’s not entirely without darkness  

26/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Cannes Première

Christian Petzold • Director of Mirrors No. 3

“I want to feel, not to rely on words”

Christian Petzold • Director of Mirrors No. 3

CANNES 2025: In light of his first time on the Croisette, the German director discusses the merits of making simpler films with strong emotional resonance  

26/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Directors’ Fortnight

Sylvain Chomet • Director of A Magnificent Life

“I love films about how people become who they are, about the mistakes they make and the doubts they have”

Sylvain Chomet • Director of A Magnificent Life

CANNES 2025: The Belleville Rendez-vous creator discusses his animated biopic following Marcel Pagnol – also before he became Marcel Pagnol  

26/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Special Screenings

Tarzan Nasser • Director of Once Upon a Time in Gaza

"Is the hero the one who gets the credit — or the one who endures and adapts to inhuman conditions?"

Tarzan Nasser • Director of Once Upon a Time in Gaza

CANNES 2025: The Palestinian filmmaker, director of the film alongside with brother Arab, discusses their story of survival, politics and filmmaking set in...  

24/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Prïncia Car • Director of The Girls We Want

"When women are together, a kind of sisterhood emerges — one that offers more freedom than masculinity’s frameworks"

Prïncia Car • Director of The Girls We Want

CANNES 2025: The French filmmaker discusses her first feature, as well as directing an ensemble made of non-professional actors and the connection between...  

24/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Directors' Fortnight

Cédric Klapisch • Director of Colours of Time

"When we invent a story, we try to go where no one has gone before, which is the opposite of what AI does, which feeds on what has already been done"

Cédric Klapisch • Director of Colours of Time

CANNES 2025: The French director talks to us about his generous and accessible film, a family story that questions our relationship with progress and modernity  

24/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Out of Competition

Morad Mostafa • Director of Aisha Can't Fly Away

"I asked myself why, in Egyptian cinema, we don't have any films about non-Egyptians characters"

Morad Mostafa • Director of Aisha Can't Fly Away

CANNES 2025: The Egyptian filmmaker talked to us about the origins of his debut feature, centred on an African migrant in Cairo  

24/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Francesco Sossai • Director of The Last One for the Road

“I wanted to experience another adventurous night by making this film”

Francesco Sossai • Director of The Last One for the Road

CANNES 2025: The Italian director discusses his new movie, through which he raises a glass to the men who drink  

24/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Déni Oumar Pitsaev • Director of Imago

“The most Chechen aspect of the film is the sense of resilience – it’s about facing hardship without losing your humanity”

Déni Oumar Pitsaev • Director of Imago

CANNES 2025: The director discusses the long journey he embarked upon to make his documentary, exploring identity, family, resilience and Chechen culture  

24/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Critics’ Week

Simón Mesa Soto • Director of A Poet

“This film shows the worst version of myself in 20 years’ time”

Simón Mesa Soto • Director of A Poet

CANNES 2025: The Colombian director delves into the artistic vocation and its inherent misfortunes  

24/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne • Directors of Young Mothers

"Babies added a documentary element to the shots, a permanent unknown"

Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne • Directors of Young Mothers

CANNES 2025: The Belgian filmmakers talk about their new film, in which they change the narrative paradigm by daring to tell a choral story  

24/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

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