Interviews

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

8615 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 02/02/2026. 642 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Václav Marhoul • Director of The Painted Bird

“During these 11 years, I’ve had the best producer in the world: Václav Marhoul”

Václav Marhoul • Director of The Painted Bird

VENICE 2019: We chatted to Czech director Václav Marhoul about his gutsy and divisive competition entry, The Painted Bird  

06/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

Andrea Segre  • Director of Il pianeta in mare

"I did what us documentary filmmakers do: we ask to enter the premises and to stay for an unusually long period of time"

Andrea Segre • Director of Il pianeta in mare

VENICE 2019: We chat with Venetian director Andrea Segre, whose Il pianeta in mare is screened out of competition in Venice  

06/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Out of Competition

Alessandro Rossetto  • Director of Effetto Domino

“In my world, the actors can’t go wrong”

Alessandro Rossetto • Director of Effetto Domino

VENICE 2019: Cineuropa chatted to Padua-born filmmaker Alessandro Rossetto about his second feature, Effetto Domino, screening in the Sconfini section  

05/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Sconfini

Roy Andersson  • Director of About Endlessness

“My agenda is having the audience wishing the film would never end – I feel I’ve almost succeeded”

Roy Andersson • Director of About Endlessness

VENICE 2019: We sat down with Sweden’s Roy Andersson to discuss his latest musing on existence, About Endlessness, screening in competition  

05/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

Dag Johan Haugerud  • Director of Beware of Children

"The spectator is an observer and a participant"

Dag Johan Haugerud • Director of Beware of Children

VENICE 2019: Norwegian novelist and director Dag Johan Haugerud talks to us about his new film, Beware of Children, selected in competition in the Giornate...  

05/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Giornate degli Autori

Mario Sesti  • Director of Mondo sexy

"A nonconformist and more sensual idea of feminine beauty"

Mario Sesti • Director of Mondo sexy

VENICE 2019: Critic, journalist and film director Mario Sesti explores the world of 1960s erotic documentaries in Mondo sexy, presented in the Giornate...  

05/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Giornate degli Autori

Federico Olivetti  • Director of Il prigioniero

"A reflection that originates from totalitarian regimes and the catastrophes they create"

Federico Olivetti • Director of Il prigioniero

VENICE 2019: Italian director Federico Olivetti reflects on the limitations of obeying the law in Il prigioniero, his short film selected in the Giornate...  

05/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Giornate degli Autori

Katrin Gebbe • Director of Pelican Blood

“I am interested in people on the fringes of society, and I like to dig deeper into why they ended up like this”

Katrin Gebbe • Director of Pelican Blood

VENICE 2019: We chatted to German writer-director Katrin Gebbe about her second feature, Pelican Blood, which opened the Orizzonti competition  

04/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Orizzonti

Francesca Archibugi  • Director of Vivere

“Where there’s family conflict, there’s a story”

Francesca Archibugi • Director of Vivere

VENICE 2019: We sat with Italian director Francesca Archibugi to ask her a few questions about her film Vivere, screened out of competition in Venice  

04/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Out of Competition

Ascanio Petrini  • Director of Tony Driver

“When I met Pasquale, it was as if I was caught in a stream”

Ascanio Petrini • Director of Tony Driver

VENICE 2019: Cineuropa chatted with Ascanio Petrini, director of Tony Driver, the only Italian title to be presented in International Critics’ Week  

04/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | International Critics’ Week

Federico Ferrone, Michele Manzolini  • Directors of Once More Unto the Breach

“We want to continue this journey of reworking and mixing together documentary, archive and fiction”

Federico Ferrone, Michele Manzolini • Directors of Once More Unto the Breach

VENICE 2019: We asked a few questions to Federico Ferrone and Michele Manzolini, the two directors of Once More Unto the Breach, an Italian documentary...  

04/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Sconfini

Stefano Cipani  • Director of My Brother Chases Dinosaurs

"A book and a family that are worth watching on the big screen"

Stefano Cipani • Director of My Brother Chases Dinosaurs

VENICE 2019: Italian director Stefano Cipani talks to us about his feature debut, My Brother Chases Dinosaurs, presented as a special event in the Giornate...  

04/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Giornate degli Autori

Lynne Ramsay • Director of Brigitte

"I'm fascinated by photography, I studied as a photographer before I was a filmmaker"

Lynne Ramsay • Director of Brigitte

VENICE 2019: Lynne Ramsay presents a short documentary on French photographer Brigitte Lacombe in the Giornate degli Autori, as part of the Miu Miu Women's...  

04/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Giornate degli Autori

Phillip Youmans • Director of Burning Cane

"My intention was to create a sort of documentary-like style"

Phillip Youmans • Director of Burning Cane

VENICE 2019: We spoke to US director Phillip Youmans, whose astonishing debut film, Burning Cane, had its international premiere in the Giornate degli Autori  

04/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Giornate degli Autori

Pietro Marcello  • Director of Martin Eden

“I tried to create fiction by drawing from all available resources, while maintaining a part of unpredictability”

Pietro Marcello • Director of Martin Eden

VENICE 2019: Italian director Pietro Marcello is in competition with Martin Eden, inspired by Jack London’s famous 1908 novel  

03/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

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