Interviews

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

8469 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 06/10/2025. 651 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Niclas Larsson  • Director of Mother, Couch!

"I miss old masters like Billy Wilder or Jonathan Demme, I miss when genres were mixed"

Niclas Larsson • Director of Mother, Couch!

The first film by the young Swedish director tells the story of the complicated relationship between a son and his mother, and explores both dark and bright...  

02/10/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | New Directors

Yolande Moreau  • Director of  The Jolly Forgers

"I like to explore serious or deep things, but through laughter"

Yolande Moreau • Director of The Jolly Forgers

We met with the Belgian actress and filmmaker to discuss her poetic and melancholy tale which is an ode to the little lies we tell to make existence tolerable  

02/10/2023 | Namur 2023

Bárbara Sarasola-Day and Federico Eibuszyc  • Director and producer of Little War

"I want to explore the contradiction of having origins from the enemy's village"

Bárbara Sarasola-Day and Federico Eibuszyc • Director and producer of Little War

The director and producer of the project, set in the year of the Falklands War, tell us about her origins and goals  

02/10/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | San Sebastián Industry

Thomas Lilti  • Director of A Real Job

"Collectives, groups, are the solution"

Thomas Lilti • Director of A Real Job

The French filmmaker explains why he chose to explore the everyday lives of teachers through fiction, with his usual style blending realism, comedy and drama  

30/09/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | Special Screenings

Xavier Legrand  • Director of The Successor

“I want to send the audience into a hellish spiral"

Xavier Legrand • Director of The Successor

The French actor and filmmaker talks about his second feature, a hard-hitting, tragic and murky thriller about toxic masculinities that leaves no one...  

29/09/2023 | San Sebastian 2023 | Competition

Jaione Camborda  • Director of The Rye Horn

“I think that sisterhood now exists in all domains, including film”

Jaione Camborda • Director of The Rye Horn

The Basque director presents her second feature, a journey to the edge that revolves around motherhood and solidarity among women  

29/09/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | Competition

Benjamín Naishtat and María Alché  • Directors of Puan

“Comedy is an excellent genre for tackling heavy subjects"

Benjamín Naishtat and María Alché • Directors of Puan

The Argentinean filmmakers have joined lives and forces to create the philosophical comedy starring Marcelo Subiotto and Leonardo Sbaraglia  

29/09/2023 | San Sebastian 2023 | Competition

Alberto Martín Menacho  • Director of Nights Gone By

"We get close to some people without knowing why"

Alberto Martín Menacho • Director of Nights Gone By

The Spanish filmmaker talks about his first feature-length documentary, in which he returns to the village in Badajoz where he spends part of the year  

29/09/2023 | San Sebastian 2023 | Zabaltegi-Tabakalera

Cristi Puiu  • Director of MMXX

“Preaching is the most disgraceful position for an artist to be put in”

Cristi Puiu • Director of MMXX

The Romanian filmmaker chatted to us about what made him tackle the year of the pandemic in his latest, hard-hitting, fairly well-observed film  

29/09/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | Competition

Hrönn Marinósdóttir  • Director, Reykjavik International Film Festival

"The festival’s primary focus has always been new talent"

Hrönn Marinósdóttir • Director, Reykjavik International Film Festival

We met with the co-founder and director of the Icelandic event, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary between 28 September and 8 October  

29/09/2023 | Reykjavik 2023

María Zanetti  • Director of Alemania

"I find the great metamorphosis of adolescence very appealing"

María Zanetti • Director of Alemania

The Argentinean filmmaker premieres her debut feature, a heartfelt teenage chronicle that won an award two years ago at the Co-Production Forum of this...  

28/09/2023 | San Sebastian 2023 | Horizontes Latinos

Katharina Huber  • Director of A Good Place

“It was important to me that the film should not look too picturesque or too pretty”

Katharina Huber • Director of A Good Place

We talked with the German director about her inspiration for and her artistic approach to her dystopian feature debut  

28/09/2023 | /Germany

Farhad Delaram  • Director of Achilles

“My film is a call for artists to engage more profoundly with real-world challenges”

Farhad Delaram • Director of Achilles

The independent Iranian filmmaker talks us through his storytelling inspirations, Iran's sociopolitical backdrop, his love for road movies and his...  

27/09/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | New Directors

Dolores Fonzi  • Director of Blondi

“All I can think about is directing again soon”

Dolores Fonzi • Director of Blondi

The Argentinian actress makes her directing début in a bright comedy about unconventional maternity and special families, which she herself has co-written...  

27/09/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | Horizontes Latinos

Isabel Coixet  • Director of Un amor

“I have the ability to feel out of place in any setting”

Isabel Coixet • Director of Un amor

The filmmaker returns to the Basque gathering with her adaptation of Sara Mesa’s novel of the same name, which stars Laia Costa, who’s working with the...  

26/09/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | Competition

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