Interviews

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

8288 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 01/07/2025. 664 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Bruno Dumont • Director of Joan of Arc

"Joan of Arc represents the human side of what we all are"

Bruno Dumont • Director of Joan of Arc

CANNES 2019: We met up with French director Bruno Dumont, who is presenting his latest film, Joan of Arc, in Un Certain Regard  

21/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Un Certain Regard

Pedro Almodóvar • Director of Pain & Glory

"I study each and every detail with a magnifying glass"

Pedro Almodóvar • Director of Pain & Glory

CANNES 2019: Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar spoke to the international press about his new film, Pain & Glory, in competition at Cannes  

21/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Competition

Mounia Meddour  • Director of Papicha

"It’s important to speak about fashion because there is a masculine and a feminine side to it"

Mounia Meddour • Director of Papicha

CANNES 2019: Algerian helmer Mounia Meddour gives us the low-down on her feature debut, Papicha, screening in Un Certain Regard  

21/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Un Certain Regard

Asif Kapadia  • Director of Diego Maradona

“Most people know the latter Maradona, when he was a beast”

Asif Kapadia • Director of Diego Maradona

CANNES 2019: We caught up with British director Asif Kapadia to discuss his insightful documentary Diego Maradona, screening out of competition  

21/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Out of Competition

Christophe Honoré • Director of On A Magical Night

"She finds herself in a room overrun with men who want to speak on her behalf"

Christophe Honoré • Director of On A Magical Night

CANNES 2019: French filmmaker Christophe Honoré chatted with us about his funny and sophisticated movie On A Magical Night, screened within the Un Certain...  

21/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Un Certain Regard

Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne • Directors of Young Ahmed

"The child is more radical than the radicals"

Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne • Directors of Young Ahmed

CANNES 2019: We met with the Dardenne brothers on the occasion of their 8th visit to the Cannes competition with yet another film, this time in the form of...  

21/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Competition

Nicolas Winding Refn  • Director of Too Old to Die Young

“We all have perversion within us”

Nicolas Winding Refn • Director of Too Old to Die Young

CANNES 2019: We chatted to Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn about his violent Amazon series Too Old to Die Young, starring Miles Teller, shown at Cannes...  

20/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Out of Competition

Peter Sallade | • Project director, European Union Film Festival in China

“The Chinese audience is very interested, intellectually engaged and thankful for seeing movies they would normally never see”

Peter Sallade | • Project director, European Union Film Festival in China

Peter Sallade, the project director of the European Union Film Festival in China, talks about the organisation of a film festival, the programming process  

20/05/2019 | Euro Film Fest

Maria Tanjala, Irina Albita • Co-founders, FilmChain

"It's important to keep this bridge between all of the stakeholders and the technology giants"

Maria Tanjala, Irina Albita • Co-founders, FilmChain

CANNES 2019: We chatted to Maria Tanjala and Irina Albita, co-founders of FilmChain, a blockchain platform that works with film, TV & digital revenues, at...  

20/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Marché du Film

Linda Petrikova • Manager, Decent Media Group

"Education is a big thing for blockchain technology"

Linda Petrikova • Manager, Decent Media Group

CANNES 2019: Linda Petrikova, manager of Decent Media Group, discusses advantages and challenges of the blockchain technology at the Marché du Film  

20/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Marché du Film

Alan R Milligan • Co-founder and CEO, Motion

"People in Europe have pirated at least once last year and they are willing to pay"

Alan R Milligan • Co-founder and CEO, Motion

CANNES 2019: Motion co-founder and CEO Alan R Milligan discusses the latest devices that the peer-to-peer solution is currently offering to the market  

20/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Marché du Film

Nicolas Pariser • Director of Alice and the Mayor

“In cinema, it’s better when a film has two legs”

Nicolas Pariser • Director of Alice and the Mayor

CANNES 2019: French filmmaker Nicolas Parisier discusses Alice and the Mayor, unveiled at the Directors’ Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival  

20/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

Jérémy Clapin • Director of I Lost My Body

"In this film we have two genres, romance and action"

Jérémy Clapin • Director of I Lost My Body

CANNES 2019: French director Jérémy Clapin talks about his animation film I Lost My Body, world-premiered in the Critics' Week  

20/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Critics' Week

Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobbe-Mevellec • Directors of The Swallows Of Kabul

"I don't believe men would have the same gaze on the same subject"

Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobbe-Mevellec • Directors of The Swallows Of Kabul

CANNES 2019: Directing duo Zabou Breitman and Eléa Gobbe-Mevellec talk about their animation film, The Swallows Of Kabul, presented in Un Certain Regard  

20/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Un Certain Regard

Antonio Banderas  • Actor in Pain & Glory

Pain & Glory is about reconciliation”

Antonio Banderas • Actor in Pain & Glory

CANNES 2019: Cineuropa met Spanish thesp Antonio Banderas to discuss Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain & Glory, in which he gives one of the best performances of his...  

20/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Competition

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