Interviews

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

9046 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 28/09/2026. 605 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Alexandre Smia • Director of Jupiter

“It’s important to vote for someone responsible”

Alexandre Smia • Director of Jupiter

VENICE 2026: The French director exorcises his fears – and ours – in this political thriller, which toys with reality and fiction  

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

Halkawt Mustafa • Director of No Paradise If You Are Killed by a Woman

“The film’s originality very much lies in the fact that it was shot where it was shot”

Halkawt Mustafa • Director of No Paradise If You Are Killed by a Woman

VENICE 2026: The Norwegian-Kurdish director breaks down the origins of his hard-hitting story about a young Peshmerga fighter in search of her sister,...  

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

Edoardo Gabbriellini • Director of The City of the Living

“The film was conceived around a subtle approach; I don’t like voyeuristic approaches which turn morbid"

Edoardo Gabbriellini • Director of The City of the Living

VENICE 2026: The Italian director talks us through his film adaptation of an investigative novel about a heinous murder case  

08/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | Orizzonti

María Aparicio • Director of Sometimes Sadness, Sometimes Rebellion

"Cinema is everywhere for me: you just have to look with a little bit of attention"

María Aparicio • Director of Sometimes Sadness, Sometimes Rebellion

VENICE 2026: The Argentinian director discusses her fourth feature, poised between cinema and real life, and a profound reflection on work, migration and memory  

08/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | Giornate degli Autori

Kuba Dorabialski • Director of Agata the Writer

"As artists, we have to confront with the world we live in, but how far can we go in using someone else’s trauma?"

Kuba Dorabialski • Director of Agata the Writer

VENICE 2026: The director and video artist talks to us about his debut feature, starring Mia Wasikowska as a writer grappling with the difficulty of telling...  

08/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | Giornate degli Autori

Nicola Sorcinelli • Director of Balcanica

"It was important for me to depict a human connection that would be recognisable in order to elicit empathy"

Nicola Sorcinelli • Director of Balcanica

VENICE 2026: The Italian director chats to us about his debut feature, the story of an Afghan father and son fleeing their homeland with their musical...  

08/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | Giornate degli Autori

Tommaso Usberti • Director of Before the War

"I wanted to talk about violence and toxic masculinity from the point of view of someone who is immersed in those flaws"

Tommaso Usberti • Director of Before the War

VENICE 2026: The Italian filmmaker talks to us about his debut feature, in which he explores a disoriented and impressionable youth, amid a cult of the...  

08/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | International Film Critics’ Week

May el-Toukhy • Director of Woman Unknown

“We've reached a point where we're able to tell stories about World War II and show the complexities of the period”

May el-Toukhy • Director of Woman Unknown

VENICE 2026: The Danish-Egyptian helmer discusses what drew her to such a dark chapter of the era immediately following World War II  

08/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | Competition

Pauline Julier, Nicolas Chapoulier • Directors of Les Indes

"We felt like the 17th century was a great choice to tell the story of our era - it's like a sort of mirror"

Pauline Julier, Nicolas Chapoulier • Directors of Les Indes

VENICE 2026: The Swiss duo talks about their debut, which draws inspiration from the journey undertaken by the portrait of Maria Theresa of Austria, the...  

08/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | Giornate degli Autori

Manuel Wetscher • Director of Eklipse

“It’s about engaging with my own material and exploring how it can be used artistically”

Manuel Wetscher • Director of Eklipse

VENICE 2026: The Austrian director delves into the symbolism and the historical relevance of his feature debut, based loosely on his personal life  

07/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | Orizzonti

Miha Černec • Producer, Staragara

“I feel completely at home with Italy”

Miha Černec • Producer, Staragara

The producer breaks down the mechanisms available for international productions in Slovenia and his long-standing experience of working with neighbouring...  

07/09/2026 | /Slovenia/Italy

Olivier Pairoux • Director of Vigilante

"Genre films allow you to explore new environments in a dynamic way"

Olivier Pairoux • Director of Vigilante

After trying his hand at a family adventure with a vintage touch, the Belgian filmmaker taps into a completely different, much darker genre and presents a...  

07/09/2026 | BRIFF 2026

Ann Sirot, Raphaël Balboni • Directors of Diane in the Loop

"The western cannot be reserved for male wounds"

Ann Sirot, Raphaël Balboni • Directors of Diane in the Loop

VENICE 2026: The whimsical directorial duo tell us more about their new film, in which they playfully borrow from the western genre to explore how sexual...  

06/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | Orizzonti

Shalini Adnani • Director of Our Share of Sand

"I tried to look at the microcosm of a family and how it reflects society"

Shalini Adnani • Director of Our Share of Sand

VENICE 2026: The filmmaker recounts the unique journey of her debut feature, which teeters between the world of sand mining in India and the grey areas of...  

06/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | International Film Critics’ Week

Boris Hadžija, Hoda Taheri • Directors of I Plant My Hand in the Garden

“Our films are always somehow in a continuous conversation with one other”

Boris Hadžija, Hoda Taheri • Directors of I Plant My Hand in the Garden

VENICE 2026: The directing duo blur autobiography and fiction to explore what it means to be a family, amid migration, identity and parenthood  

05/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | Giornate degli Autori

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