Interviews

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

9027 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 18/09/2026. 606 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Asif Kapadia  • Director of Diego Maradona

“Most people know the latter Maradona, when he was a beast”

Asif Kapadia • Director of Diego Maradona

CANNES 2019: We caught up with British director Asif Kapadia to discuss his insightful documentary Diego Maradona, screening out of competition  

21/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Out of Competition

Christophe Honoré • Director of On A Magical Night

"She finds herself in a room overrun with men who want to speak on her behalf"

Christophe Honoré • Director of On A Magical Night

CANNES 2019: French filmmaker Christophe Honoré chatted with us about his funny and sophisticated movie On A Magical Night, screened within the Un Certain...  

21/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Un Certain Regard

Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne • Directors of Young Ahmed

"The child is more radical than the radicals"

Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne • Directors of Young Ahmed

CANNES 2019: We met with the Dardenne brothers on the occasion of their 8th visit to the Cannes competition with yet another film, this time in the form of...  

21/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Competition

Nicolas Winding Refn  • Director of Too Old to Die Young

“We all have perversion within us”

Nicolas Winding Refn • Director of Too Old to Die Young

CANNES 2019: We chatted to Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn about his violent Amazon series Too Old to Die Young, starring Miles Teller, shown at Cannes...  

20/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Out of Competition

Peter Sallade | • Project director, European Union Film Festival in China

“The Chinese audience is very interested, intellectually engaged and thankful for seeing movies they would normally never see”

Peter Sallade | • Project director, European Union Film Festival in China

Peter Sallade, the project director of the European Union Film Festival in China, talks about the organisation of a film festival, the programming process  

20/05/2019 | Euro Film Fest

Maria Tanjala, Irina Albita • Co-founders, FilmChain

"It's important to keep this bridge between all of the stakeholders and the technology giants"

Maria Tanjala, Irina Albita • Co-founders, FilmChain

CANNES 2019: We chatted to Maria Tanjala and Irina Albita, co-founders of FilmChain, a blockchain platform that works with film, TV & digital revenues, at...  

20/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Marché du Film

Linda Petrikova • Manager, Decent Media Group

"Education is a big thing for blockchain technology"

Linda Petrikova • Manager, Decent Media Group

CANNES 2019: Linda Petrikova, manager of Decent Media Group, discusses advantages and challenges of the blockchain technology at the Marché du Film  

20/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Marché du Film

Alan R Milligan • Co-founder and CEO, Motion

"People in Europe have pirated at least once last year and they are willing to pay"

Alan R Milligan • Co-founder and CEO, Motion

CANNES 2019: Motion co-founder and CEO Alan R Milligan discusses the latest devices that the peer-to-peer solution is currently offering to the market  

20/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Marché du Film

Nicolas Pariser • Director of Alice and the Mayor

“In cinema, it’s better when a film has two legs”

Nicolas Pariser • Director of Alice and the Mayor

CANNES 2019: French filmmaker Nicolas Parisier discusses Alice and the Mayor, unveiled at the Directors’ Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival  

20/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

Jérémy Clapin • Director of I Lost My Body

"In this film we have two genres, romance and action"

Jérémy Clapin • Director of I Lost My Body

CANNES 2019: French director Jérémy Clapin talks about his animation film I Lost My Body, world-premiered in the Critics' Week  

20/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Critics' Week

Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobbe-Mevellec • Directors of The Swallows Of Kabul

"I don't believe men would have the same gaze on the same subject"

Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobbe-Mevellec • Directors of The Swallows Of Kabul

CANNES 2019: Directing duo Zabou Breitman and Eléa Gobbe-Mevellec talk about their animation film, The Swallows Of Kabul, presented in Un Certain Regard  

20/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Un Certain Regard

Antonio Banderas  • Actor in Pain & Glory

Pain & Glory is about reconciliation”

Antonio Banderas • Actor in Pain & Glory

CANNES 2019: Cineuropa met Spanish thesp Antonio Banderas to discuss Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain & Glory, in which he gives one of the best performances of his...  

20/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Competition

Juris Kursietis • Director of Oleg

"There has to be a proper reason to make a film"

Juris Kursietis • Director of Oleg

CANNES 2019: Latvian director Juris Kursietis is presenting his second film, Oleg, in the Directors' Fortnight, and he talked to us about it  

20/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

Omar De La Cruz  • Executive director, Dominican Global Film Festival

“The festival is a service to the people; it’s a long-term improvement for the film industry here”

Omar De La Cruz • Executive director, Dominican Global Film Festival

The executive director of the Dominican Global Film Festival, Omar De La Cruz, talks about the main idea behind the festival and its purpose  

20/05/2019 | Euro Film Fest

Nauval Yazid and Meninaputri Wismurti  • Co-curators, Europe on Screen Indonesia

“European film is rich in diversity and many issues we don’t talk about in Indonesia, so this is a good cultural policy to reach the public and other people here”

Nauval Yazid and Meninaputri Wismurti • Co-curators, Europe on Screen Indonesia

We chatted to Nauval Yazid and Meninaputri Wismurti , the co-curators of Europe on Screen in Indonesia  

20/05/2019 | Euro Film Fest

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