Interviews

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

9047 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 29/09/2026. 604 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Léa Domenach • Director of A Man's Skin

"The film deals with tough themes, but it's all wrapped in champagne bubbles"

Léa Domenach • Director of A Man's Skin

VENICE 2026: The French director talks about her queer and feminist musical comedy set in the 15th century, which questions identity, desire and social roles  

14/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | Giornate degli Autori

Tommaso Landucci • Director of Children of the Monkey

"It was very important to me that the audience would understand this father and the downward spiral he falls into”

Tommaso Landucci • Director of Children of the Monkey

VENICE 2026: The young Italian filmmaker talks to us about his approach to the challenges faced by a family with a disabled child  

14/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | Orizzonti

Walter Fasano • Director of Nino – A Film About Nino Rota

“‘Why Nino Rota?’ you ask. And I reply: ‘Why not?’”

Walter Fasano • Director of Nino – A Film About Nino Rota

VENICE 2026: The Italian helmer speaks about his main subject and about finding new possibilities within a sometimes-rigid documentary form  

14/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | Venice Open Out of Competition

Roan Johnson, Davide Pavanello • Directors of Rider

“Rider could be a movie you listen to and an album you watch”

Roan Johnson, Davide Pavanello • Directors of Rider

VENICE 2026: In the rap odyssey directed by Roan Johnson and Davide Pavanello, music becomes dialogue  

12/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | International Film Critics’ Week

Alina Şerban • Director of I Matter

“The world still needs to catch up with me”

Alina Şerban • Director of I Matter

VENICE 2026: The Romanian director discusses how she goes about bringing light into the world, even when it stems from pain  

12/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | Venezia Spotlight

Damilola Orimogunje • Director of Dear Ajayi

"These two sisters react at the society in their own ways, and for me it was very important not to judge them"

Damilola Orimogunje • Director of Dear Ajayi

VENICE 2026: The director talks about his second feature, set in 1990s Nigeria and centring on two sisters who are trying to find their place in the world  

12/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | Giornate degli Autori

Nicolas Pariser • Director of One Minute to Midnight

"I decided to explore a character carrying out an investigation that’s actually an investigation of himself"

Nicolas Pariser • Director of One Minute to Midnight

VENICE 2026: The French filmmaker explains why he went against prevailing narrative conventions to reflect on male-female relations  

11/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | Competition

Mykyta Gibalenko • Director of Camouflage

"The idea was to tell a story of migration before and after the beginning of the full scale invasion"

Mykyta Gibalenko • Director of Camouflage

VENICE 2026: The director talks to us about his debut feature, the story of a young Ukrainian in Germany during the Russian invasion of his country  

11/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | Giornate degli Autori

Júlia Olmo • Director, Santander Film Festival

“We hope that in the coming years, we will become an essential rendezvous for the Spanish and international industry”

Júlia Olmo • Director, Santander Film Festival

The festival director offers insights into both the programme of this year's edition and the event’s renewed ambitions  

11/09/2026 | Santander 2026

Edoardo De Angelis • Director of The Fire Within You

“I wanted to assert the primacy of the characters over the plot”

Edoardo De Angelis • Director of The Fire Within You

VENICE 2026: The Italian director chats to us about his film, which sees an emotional battlefield take shape on a lively Christmas Eve  

11/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | Competition

Paolo Strippoli • Director of The Spiral

“You can express yourself freely within the codes of horror”

Paolo Strippoli • Director of The Spiral

VENICE 2026: The young Italian director tells us how he turned a family drama into a horror flick in order to broach the theme of control  

11/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | Competition

Ali Asgari • Director of A Bit of Light

“Making films is a way of fighting against a system that is trying to control you”

Ali Asgari • Director of A Bit of Light

VENICE 2026: The rising Iranian director talks about the resilience that helped him complete his first Lido competition entry and continuing his career...  

10/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | Competition

Nathalia Acevedo • Director of Salón de belleza

"It's a space out of time, where present, past and future coexist at the same time"

Nathalia Acevedo • Director of Salón de belleza

VENICE 2026: The Mexican actress talks about her directorial debut, in which a beauty salon becomes a place to reflect on the fragility of existence  

10/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | Giornate degli Autori

Stéphane Brizé • Director of A Good Little Soldier

"The cynicism of the system has reached such staggering levels that comedy probably results in a better reflection of reality"

Stéphane Brizé • Director of A Good Little Soldier

VENICE 2026: The French filmmaker unpacks his new film, which examines the mechanics of oppression at work and willing servitude on a human scale  

10/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | Competition

Jérôme Pierrat • Director of Moolah

"I cast real gangsters so they could be themselves"

Jérôme Pierrat • Director of Moolah

VENICE 2026: The French director talks us through the adventure that was the making of his first fiction feature, inspired by his investigative documentary...  

10/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | Orizzonti

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