Interviews

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

8442 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 16/09/2025. 650 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Pawel Pawlikowski • Director

"I wanted the film to be visually striking"

Pawel Pawlikowski • Director

CANNES 2018: Oscar-winning Polish filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski talks about his new film, the splendid Cold War, which was unveiled in competition  

14/05/2018 | Cannes 2018 | Competition

Etienne Kallos  • Director of The Harvesters

"I wanted to explore the experience of living in fracture, of being displaced"

Etienne Kallos • Director of The Harvesters

CANNES 2018: Etienne Kallos talks about The Harvesters, a coming-of-age story about two stepbrothers set in modern-day South Africa  

14/05/2018 | Cannes 2018 | Un Certain Regard

Lukas Dhont • Director

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Lukas Dhont • Director

CANNES 2018: Young Belgian filmmaker Lukas Dhont talked to us about his first feature, Girl  

14/05/2018 | Cannes 2018 | Un Certain Regard

A.B. Shawky, Dina Emam • Director, producer

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A.B. Shawky, Dina Emam • Director, producer

CANNES 2018: We met up with A.B. Shawky, whose first feature film, Yomeddine, has been awarded a place in this year’s Competition, and with the film's...  

14/05/2018 | Cannes 2018 | Competition

Åshild Ramborg • Producer

"We are effective and creative, being used to smaller budgets without compromising quality"

Åshild Ramborg • Producer

We chatted to Åshild Ramborg, of Norway’s Maipo Film, one of this year’s participants of the Producers on the Move initiative  

13/05/2018 | Producers on the Move 2018

Aija Berzina • Producer

“The production I am most proud of is the project nobody in my home country believed in”

Aija Berzina • Producer

Cineuropa met up with Latvian producer Aija Berzina, selected for the Producers on the Move initiative, to talk about her projects and her domestic...  

13/05/2018 | Producers on the Move 2018

Katrin Renz • Producer

"The biggest challenge in Switzerland is probably the language"

Katrin Renz • Producer

We have chatted with Katrin Renz, producer for Swiss outfit tellfilm, about her career and her selection for the EFP's 2018 Producers on the Move  

13/05/2018 | Producers on the Move 2018

Guillaume Senez • Director

"What happens if the balance is thrown out of kilter?"

Guillaume Senez • Director

CANNES 2018: We met up with Guillaume Senez, whose second feature, Our Struggles, toplined by Romain Duris, has been presented in this year’s Critics’ Week  

13/05/2018 | Cannes 2018 | Critics’ Week

Christophe Honoré • Director of Sorry Angel

"A form of photography which reflects the years of my youth"

Christophe Honoré • Director of Sorry Angel

CANNES 2018: French filmmaker Christophe Honoré talked to the press about his new film, Sorry Angel  

13/05/2018 | Cannes 2018 | Competition

Ognjen Glavonić  • Director of The Load

“Paths are made by walking”

Ognjen Glavonić • Director of The Load

CANNES 2018: Serbian filmmaker Ognjen Glavonić tells us about how his first fiction feature, The Load, came into being  

12/05/2018 | Cannes 2018 | Directors’ Fortnight

Ilya Stewart  • Producer

“Music is one of Summer’s main characters”

Ilya Stewart • Producer

CANNES 2018: Ilya Stewart, the producer of Kirill Serebrennikov’s competition entry Leto, talks to us about the challenges the movie faced on its way to...  

12/05/2018 | Cannes 2018 | Competition

Radovan Síbrt • Producer

“I am more concerned about topics than country of origin”

Radovan Síbrt • Producer

The Czech co-producer of the Golden Bear-winning Touch Me Not, Radovan Síbrt, has been picked for the Producers on the Move initiative  

12/05/2018 | Producers on the Move 2018

Peter Badač • Producer

“Nobody has a licence for success”

Peter Badač • Producer

Cineuropa met up with Slovak producer Peter Badač, selected for the Producers on the Move initiative, to talk about his projects and his domestic production...  

12/05/2018 | Producers on the Move 2018

Guillaume Nicloux • Director

"What I’m interested in is research and experience"

Guillaume Nicloux • Director

CANNES 2018: Guillaume Nicloux explains his film To The Ends Of The World, diving headlong into the jungle of deepest Indochina, as unveiled in the 50th...  

12/05/2018 | Cannes 2018 | Directors' Fortnight

David Herdies • Producer

“A lot of talented directors and producers are fighting to raise funds”

David Herdies • Producer

Swedish producer David Herdies, selected for the EFP’s 2018 Producers on the Move, talked to us about his work for Momento Film  

12/05/2018 | Producers on the Move 2018

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