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.

 
Marta Bergman • Director

"A woman who discovers she can find freedom all by herself"

Marta Bergman • Director

CANNES 2018: We met with Marta Bergman, whose first full-length fiction film, Alone at My Wedding, has been awarded a place in this year’s ACID line-up  

11/05/2018 | Cannes 2018 | ACID

Benedikt Erlingsson  • Director

“I wanted to make a feel-good film about climate change”

Benedikt Erlingsson • Director

CANNES 2018: We talk to Icelandic director Benedikt Erlingsson about Woman at War, presented in the Cannes Critics’ Week  

11/05/2018 | Cannes 2018 | Critics’ Week

Ali Abbasi  • Director

“We have taken liberties but have also been true to the core of the story”

Ali Abbasi • Director

CANNES 2018: We talked to Tehran-born director Ali Abbasi about his sophomore effort, Border, based on a short story by John Ajvide Lindqvist  

11/05/2018 | Cannes 2018 | Un Certain Regard

Antoine Desrosières • Director

"A film about consent and the different ways to interpret it"

Antoine Desrosières • Director

CANNES 2018: Antoine Desrosières talks to Cineuropa about Sextape, a radical comedy about youth and sexuality, screened in the Un Certain Regard section  

10/05/2018 | Cannes 2018 | Un Certain Regard

Camille Vidal-Naquet • Director

"An outsider who’s a law unto himself, rejected, neglected and looking for love"

Camille Vidal-Naquet • Director

CANNES 2018 : French filmmaker Camille Vidal-Naquet chatted with us about his first full-length film, Sauvage, unveiled in competition during Critics’ Week...  

10/05/2018 | Cannes 2018 | Critics’ Week

Frank Hoeve • Producer

“We like to invest in long-term relationships”

Frank Hoeve • Producer

We chatted to Frank Hoeve, of the Netherlands’ BALDR Film, one of this year’s participants of the Producers on the Move initiative  

10/05/2018 | Producers on the Move 2018

Jaime Rosales  • Director

“It can end up being very difficult to make the viewer happy”

Jaime Rosales • Director

CANNES 2018: Spanish filmmaker Jaime Rosales is back in the Directors’ Fortnight with Petra, a striking tragedy that boasts a magnificent cast  

10/05/2018 | Cannes 2018 | Directors’ Fortnight

Marco Alessi • Producer

“I’ll be presenting a feature film starring Laetitia Casta in Cannes”

Marco Alessi • Producer

Marco Alessi of Dugong Films, who is here at the Cannes Film Festival and taking part in the Producers On the Move initiative, speaks with pride about his...  

09/05/2018 | Producers On the Move 2018

Luisa Romeo  • Producer

“We need to cut down the distance between the Spanish audience and its cinema”

Luisa Romeo • Producer

We chat to Luisa Romeo, a producer for Spanish outfit Frida Films, who has been selected to take part in Producers on the Move 2018  

09/05/2018 | Producers on the Move 2018

Mark Cousins  • Director

“Most of Orson Welles’ drawings are escapes from cinema”

Mark Cousins • Director

CANNES 2018: We spoke to Northern Irish director Mark Cousins, whose new documentary, The Eyes of Orson Welles, is premiering as part of Cannes Classics  

09/05/2018 | Cannes 2018 | Cannes Classics

Jury • Cannes Film Festival 2018

"It would be a bit dull if we all agreed all of the time"

Jury • Cannes Film Festival 2018

CANNES 2018: Cate Blanchett, the president of Cannes’ competition jury, and her jurors spoke about the roles of the jury and women at the festival  

08/05/2018 | Cannes 2018 | Jury

Veselka Kiryakova • Producer

”Limitations give us the right impulse to be more open as producers”

Veselka Kiryakova • Producer

Bulgarian producer Veselka Kiryakova, working for outfit Red Carpet, is one of the participants of EFP’s 2018 Producers on the Move  

08/05/2018 | Producers on the Move 2018

Lukas Trimonis • Producer

“Why would we make films the easy way?”

Lukas Trimonis • Producer

Lithuanian producer Lukas Trimonis, working for In Script, talks to us after being selected for the 2018 Producers on the Move  

08/05/2018 | Producers on the Move 2018

Paolo Del Brocco • Managing director, Rai Cinema

“The international success of a film lies in its visibility”

Paolo Del Brocco • Managing director, Rai Cinema

We spoke to Paolo Del Brocco, the managing director of Rai Cinema, which boasts seven films at the Cannes Film Festival: "There is a lot of talent in...  

08/05/2018 | Cannes 2018 | Market

Per Damgaard Hansen • Producer

"I’ve become aware of the importance of challenging myself as a producer"

Per Damgaard Hansen • Producer

Danish producer Per Damgaard Hansen, who co-founded Masterplan Pictures, is participating in EFP's 2018 Producers on the Move initiative - and we talked to...  

07/05/2018 | Producers on the Move 2018

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