Interviews

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

8235 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 24/05/2025. 667 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Sergei Loznitsa • Director of Two Prosecutors

"It would be great if people from that time could watch my film"

Sergei Loznitsa • Director of Two Prosecutors

CANNES 2025: The Ukranian-born director discusses the novella that inspired his film, as well as the universal and the particular, the consequences of the...  

20/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

Dominik Moll • Director of Case 137

“Can films change something, or do they only appeal to those who agree with what’s being shown?”

Dominik Moll • Director of Case 137

CANNES 2025: The French director takes on the Yellow Vest movement and the police brutality that ensued, and asks some uncomfortable questions  

20/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

Chie Hayakawa • Director of Renoir

“What I tried to bring from myself was the myriad emotions I was experiencing that I was not able to put into words”

Chie Hayakawa • Director of Renoir

CANNES 2025: The Japanese director shares her thoughts about art, life and death, and describes how her movie parallels her own life journey  

20/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

Hafsia Herzi • Director of The Little Sister

"What inspired me in the novel was the character of a young lesbian woman, a Muslim, at odds with her faith, who is searching for her identity"

Hafsia Herzi • Director of The Little Sister

CANNES 2025: The French filmmaker talks about why and how she adapted the novel by Fatima Daas, and what personal elements she brought to the film  

19/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

Valéry Carnoy • Director of Wild Foxes

"I wanted a lot of nervousness, with just the right mix of violence and tenderness"

Valéry Carnoy • Director of Wild Foxes

CANNES 2025: The Belgian filmmaker explores subjects such as the injunction to be virile and the relationship with violence in his first feature film  

18/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Directors’ Fortnight

Pauline Loquès • Director of Nino

”I was interested in seeing how the banality of everyday life continues in an exceptional moment of a life"

Pauline Loquès • Director of Nino

CANNES 2025: The French filmmaker talks about the genesis of her first feature film and explains her quest to strike the right balance between a dramatic...  

18/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Critics’ Week

Kei Ishikawa • Director of A Pale View of Hills

“Right when we’re about to approach Mr Ishiguro, he goes and wins the Nobel Prize in Literature!”

Kei Ishikawa • Director of A Pale View of Hills

CANNES 2025: The Japanese director discusses the process of adapting the debut novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, the fruits of which have met with the author’s warm...  

18/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Alexe Poukine • Director of Kika

"In life, you can think you’re in a romantic comedy but then suddenly find yourself in a social drama, which you didn’t see coming"

Alexe Poukine • Director of Kika

CANNES 2025: The filmmaker chatted with us about her first fiction feature film, a comic drama inspiring laughs and tears about a woman in love and grieving  

17/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Critics’ Week

Laura Wandel • Director of Adam’s Sake

"The question of empathy, care and treatment is at the heart of the film"

Laura Wandel • Director of Adam’s Sake

CANNES 2025: The Belgian filmmaker talks to us about her breathless, immersive portrait of a paediatric nurse who reaches the limits of her practice  

17/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Critics’ Week

Yannick Bossenmeyer • Co-CEO, Blockframes

“AI Magic Import is a small revolution and will save producers a huge amount of time in film revenue management”

Yannick Bossenmeyer • Co-CEO, Blockframes

CANNES 2025: The co-CEO delves into the intricacies of AI Magic Import, a groundbreaking tool automating film revenue waterfalls  

17/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Marché du Film

Julia Kowalski • Director of Her Will Be Done

“This is a witch film”

Julia Kowalski • Director of Her Will Be Done

CANNES 2025: The French director talks to us about the dark magic in her film, religion and her Polish roots  

16/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Directors’ Fortnight

Kristele Pudane • Producer, Sunday Rebel Films

“A successful co-production begins with shared values”

Kristele Pudane • Producer, Sunday Rebel Films

We sat down with Latvia’s Producer on the Move, who spoke about her country’s film scene, her new projects and her work on co-productions  

16/05/2025 | Producers on the Move 2025

Diego Céspedes • Director of The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo

“Everyone left out of the binary system gets heavily attacked”

Diego Céspedes • Director of The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo

CANNES 2025: The young Chilean filmmaker broaches issues such as dissident parenting, the upheaval caused by AIDS and LGBTI+ discrimination  

15/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Louise Hémon • Director of The Girl in the Snow

"The experiment was to take a rational character, plunge her into irrational phenomena and see how far her mind would resist"

Louise Hémon • Director of The Girl in the Snow

CANNES 2025: The French filmmaker talks about her first feature, the challenges of shooting a period film in winter and the unconscious forces of desire  

15/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Directors’ Fortnight

Ismael Curbelo • Director, Lanzarote International Film Festival

“We are committed to cinema as a means to stimulate intelligence, emotions and collective reflection”

Ismael Curbelo • Director, Lanzarote International Film Festival

The Canarian event celebrates a quarter of a century, and to mark the occasion we spoke to its director, who shared details on some of its activities  

15/05/2025 | Lanzarote 2025

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