Interviews

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

8337 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 08/08/2025. 666 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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Yorgos Lanthimos • Director of Poor Things

“I want to push things further with each film”

Yorgos Lanthimos • Director of Poor Things

VENICE 2023: Even if his feature is being praised for the uniqueness of its style and his filmmaking approach, the Greek director is wary of saying there’s...  

04/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Competition

Bertrand Bonello • Director of The Beast

“Cinema and hypnosis go well together”

Bertrand Bonello • Director of The Beast

VENICE 2023: The French filmmaker gives us a few clues to decipher his subjugating film of a very broad ambition  

03/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Competition

Saverio Costanzo • Director of Finally Dawn

“I drew inspiration for my main character from an idea of unpredictable, unconventional femininity”

Saverio Costanzo • Director of Finally Dawn

VENICE 2023: The Italian director talks about the initial idea for his film set in the Cinecittà studios in the 1950s, and the movies that inspired him  

03/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Competition

Timm Kröger • Director of The Universal Theory

“I dream in the way classic cinema has taught us to”

Timm Kröger • Director of The Universal Theory

VENICE 2023: Instead of actually delivering the titular theory of everything, the German director opts for mystery  

03/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Competition

Stefanie Kolk • Director of Milk

"What struck me about these ladies who donated their milk after their loss is the calm determination they had"

Stefanie Kolk • Director of Milk

VENICE 2023: The Dutch director's feature debut focuses on a young woman who, after having a stillbirth, decides to donate her breast milk to other mothers...  

02/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Giornate degli Autori

Tommaso Santambrogio • Director of Oceans Are the Real Continents

“Forced separation is something that characterises the entirety of Cuban society”

Tommaso Santambrogio • Director of Oceans Are the Real Continents

VENICE 2023: The Italian director's feature debut tells of the Cuban migrant crisis through three stories and three generations overshadowed by the threat...  

02/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Giornate degli Autori

Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík • Directors of Photophobia

“We didn’t want to elicit feelings of pathos; these children bring a different kind of emotion”

Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík • Directors of Photophobia

VENICE 2023: The Slovakian directors grab their video camera and head down to a Kharkiv Metro station in Ukraine in order to depict the war from the point...  

02/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Giornate degli Autori

Vittorio Moroni • Director of The Invention of Snow

“I wanted the viewer not to know from the start what was good and what was bad"

Vittorio Moroni • Director of The Invention of Snow

VENICE 2023: The Italian director talks about his fourth feature, which follows a woman caught up in her own mistakes, who is fighting to get her daughter back  

02/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Giornate degli Autori

Nehir Tuna • Director of Dormitory

“Coming-of-age stories are my favourite genre”

Nehir Tuna • Director of Dormitory

VENICE 2023: The Turkish director delves into the many nuances of his first feature, a film you’d be a fool to sleep through  

02/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Orizzonti

Andrés Peyrot • Director of God Is A Woman

"This combination of time periods and viewpoints would lead to a combination of different materials"

Andrés Peyrot • Director of God Is A Woman

VENICE 2023: The Swiss filmmaker of Panamanian origin spoke to us about the adventure involved in making his documentary about the Kuna community and...  

01/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | International Film Critics’ Week

Luna Carmoon • Director of Hoard

“The door is always ajar when it comes to memories and grief”

Luna Carmoon • Director of Hoard

VENICE 2023: The debuting director proves there is no escaping the past, so we might as well just learn to accept it  

01/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | International Film Critics’ Week

Gábor Reisz • Director of Explanation for Everything

"We had to show every single side of these characters"

Gábor Reisz • Director of Explanation for Everything

VENICE 2023: The Hungarian filmmaker unpicks his new movie and explains its many nuances, painting a composite picture of modern-day society in his country  

31/08/2023 | Venice 2023 | Orizzonti

Ayat Najafi • Director of The Sun Will Rise

“It was really tragic what was happening, but it also inspired me because I could see the bravery of these people”

Ayat Najafi • Director of The Sun Will Rise

VENICE 2023: The director talks about his Iranian-shot film, which documents the trials and tribulations of a theatre company, while outside, in the...  

31/08/2023 | Venice 2023 | Giornate degli Autori

Antonio Pisu • Director of Nina of the Wolves

“There are neither goodies nor baddies in this film; people do what they have to do in order to survive”

Antonio Pisu • Director of Nina of the Wolves

VENICE 2023: The director talks to us about his new film, a dystopian fantasy-thriller based on Alessandro Bertante's novel of the same name  

31/08/2023 | Venice 2023 | Giornate degli Autori

Julia Fuhr Mann • Director of Life Is Not a Competition, but I’m Winning

“I didn’t want to focus on someone’s win; I wanted to focus on people being together”

Julia Fuhr Mann • Director of Life Is Not a Competition, but I’m Winning

VENICE 2023: Queer athletes take over an Olympic stadium, ready to change the game, in the German director’s first feature-length documentary  

31/08/2023 | Venice 2023 | International Film Critics’ Week

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