Interviews

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

8313 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 12/07/2025. 654 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Emmanuel Mouret • Director of Love Affairs(s)

"This film is an ode to our inconstancy"

Emmanuel Mouret • Director of Love Affairs(s)

French filmmaker Emmanuel Mouret decodes Love Affairs(s) , a work awarded the Cannes 2020 Official Selection Label which is soon to hit French cinemas  

15/09/2020 | /France

Alessandro Rossellini • Director of The Rossellinis

"I genuinely believe this film has opened my eyes"

Alessandro Rossellini • Director of The Rossellinis

VENICE 2020: We chatted with Alessandro Rossellini, the director of The Rossellinis, an Italian-Latvian co-production presented in competition at Venice’s...  

14/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | International Film Critics' Week

Simone Marcelli • Director of Occident Express

"The challenge was to successfully talk the language of the moving image, rather than that of the theatre"

Simone Marcelli • Director of Occident Express

VENICE 2020: Simone Marcelli talks to us about his film Occident Express, which features footage of the stage play of the same name written by Stefano Massini  

14/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | Giornate degli Autori

Flavia Mastrella, Antonio Rezza • Director of Samp

"The task was to totally rip up the script and obliterate the set"

Flavia Mastrella, Antonio Rezza • Director of Samp

VENICE 2020: Artists and stage performers Flavia Mastrella and Antonio Rezza present their new cinematic work, Samp, in the Giornate degli Autori  

14/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | Giornate degli Autori

Enrico Chiesa • Clap ACP coordinator, International Organisation of La Francophonie

“The goal is to encourage South-South co-productions by giving them the means to be more solid”

Enrico Chiesa • Clap ACP coordinator, International Organisation of La Francophonie

Enrico Chiesa tells us about Clap ACP, a project financed by the European Union to support South-South co-productions  

14/09/2020 | /France

Luca Ciriello  • Director of Quaranta cavalli

"I wanted to depict a whole world that revolves around water"

Luca Ciriello • Director of Quaranta cavalli

VENICE 2020: Quaranta cavalli is the short film that scooped the Laguna Sud Award of the residency organised by Za-Lab and the Giornate degli Autori. We...  

14/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | Giornate degli Autori

Serena Vittorini  • Director of En ce moment

"In the static nature of the moment, I felt the need to depict the relationship dynamics that were arising between us"

Serena Vittorini • Director of En ce moment

VENICE 2020: Visual artist Serena Vittorini talks about her short film En ce moment, shot during the lockdown, and presented in the Giornate degli Autori's...  

14/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | Giornate degli Autori

Carlo S Hintermann • Director of The Book of Vision

“I wanted to blend auteur cinema with the craftsmanship of genre film”

Carlo S Hintermann • Director of The Book of Vision

VENICE 2020: We chatted with Carlo S Hintermann about his first fiction feature, The Book of Vision, produced by Terrence Malick  

12/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | International Film Critics’ Week

Elisabetta Sgarbi • Director of Extraliscio - Punk da balera

"A sign of rupture and freedom within a pre-existing model"

Elisabetta Sgarbi • Director of Extraliscio - Punk da balera

VENICE 2020: Director and publisher Elisabetta Sgarbi talkes about her documentary, Extraliscio - Punk da balera, dedicated to the legendary Italian band  

12/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | Giornate degli Autori

Rodrigo Sepúlveda • Director of My Tender Matador

"From the very first moment, you realise that this love story will end up as a tragedy"

Rodrigo Sepúlveda • Director of My Tender Matador

VENICE 2020: Rodrigo Sepúlveda talks to us about My Tender Matador, which tells a gay love story set in Pinochet-era Chile  

12/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | Giornate degli Autori

Li Dongmei • Director of Mama

"My intention was to make a film in a documentary style so that the emotions would be true"

Li Dongmei • Director of Mama

VENICE 2020: Chinese director Li Dongmei talks about her feature debut, Mama, in which she travels back in time, telling a painful family story  

12/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | Giornate degli Autori

Julia von Heinz • Director of And Tomorrow the Entire World

“I am my own research – I experienced so much of this myself”

Julia von Heinz • Director of And Tomorrow the Entire World

VENICE 2020: We sat down with Julia von Heinz to get the low-down on her competition entry And Tomorrow the Entire World  

12/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | Competition

Ameen Nayfeh • Director of 200 Meters

"I wanted to create a film that reflects the political situation, but also one that's entertaining"

Ameen Nayfeh • Director of 200 Meters

VENICE 2020: Ameen Nayfeh talks about his feature debut, 200 Meters, a film that tells of the harsh lives of Palestinians divided by a wall  

12/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | Giornate degli Autori

Artur Liebhart • Director, Millennium Docs Against Gravity

“Since day one, we didn’t want to be just one more dot on the industry map; we wanted to invest mainly in audience development”

Artur Liebhart • Director, Millennium Docs Against Gravity

We talked to Artur Liebhart about this year’s edition of Millennium Docs Against Gravity, taking place across several cities in Poland  

11/09/2020 | Millennium Docs Against Gravity 2020

Uberto Pasolini • Director of Nowhere Special

“Death is what makes life important”

Uberto Pasolini • Director of Nowhere Special

VENICE 2020: We chatted to acclaimed producer-turned-director Uberto Pasolini about his Venice comeback title, Nowhere Special  

11/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | Orizzonti

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