Interviews

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

8340 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 11/08/2025. 669 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Amat Escalante  • Director of Lost in the Night

“The idea of this film is that we’re really all part of the problem”

Amat Escalante • Director of Lost in the Night

CANNES 2023: The acclaimed Mexican auteur returns with a dark story of hidden secrets  

22/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Cannes Première

Rima Abdul-Malak  • French Minister of Culture

"Culture is becoming a political subject"

Rima Abdul-Malak • French Minister of Culture

CANNES 2023: The French Minister of Culture discussed the film industry and the challenges it is currently facing  

21/05/2023 | Cannes 2023

Stéphan Castang  • Director of Vincent Must Die

"Little by little, we advance towards the nightmare"

Stéphan Castang • Director of Vincent Must Die

CANNES 2023: The French filmmaker sheds light on his highly original first feature film revolving around a man who suddenly falls victim to incomprehensible...  

20/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Critics’ Week

Paloma Sermon-Daï • Director of It’s Raining in the House

"The film was written as it was made"

Paloma Sermon-Daï • Director of It’s Raining in the House

CANNES 2023: The young Belgian filmmaker talks about her sensitive portrait of a brother and a sister who live their last adolescent summer in a Wallonian...  

20/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Critics’ Week

Catherine Corsini  • Director of Homecoming

"I wanted to make a film with new faces of the kind we see too little in French cinema, despite the fact that they are very present in our society"

Catherine Corsini • Director of Homecoming

CANNES 2023: Sun, Corsica, summer flings, family secrets: the French director tells us about her new film, which competes for the Palme d’or  

19/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Competition

Víctor Herreruela  • Coordinator, Ibermedia

"Ibermedia Next is a historic opportunity to use innovative technologies in digital content”

Víctor Herreruela • Coordinator, Ibermedia

The Ibermedia Programme has launched its new initiative to support innovation and collaboration in the animation industry in Ibero-America  

19/05/2023 | /Europe/Latin America

Pierre Creton • Director of A Prince

"Meetings are the film’s guiding thread"

Pierre Creton • Director of A Prince

CANNES 2023: The French director explains his highly singular approach, encompassing fiction and real life and inspired by his experience as a gardener  

19/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Directors’ Fortnight

Cédric Kahn  • Director of The Goldman Case

"The viewer needed to be placed in the position of a jury member"

Cédric Kahn • Director of The Goldman Case

CANNES 2023: The French director discusses his fascinating courtroom drama about Pierre Goldman  

19/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Directors’ Fortnight

Thomas Cailley  • Director of The Animal Kingdom

"I like to have the pleasure of mixing genres in a story at the level of its characters"

Thomas Cailley • Director of The Animal Kingdom

CANNES 2023: The French filmmaker talks about his second feature, a daring, accomplished, gripping and smart movie that sees humans mutating into animals  

19/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Un Certain Regard

Amanda Nell Eu • Director of Tiger Stripes

“As women, we should be proud of our bodies”

Amanda Nell Eu • Director of Tiger Stripes

CANNES 2023: The debuting director proves that every girl should show off her tiger stripes and strive to find joy again  

17/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Critics’ Week

Marie Amachoukeli • Director of Àma Gloria

"That’s how a child sees the world"

Marie Amachoukeli • Director of Àma Gloria

CANNES 2023: The French director speaks about her first solo effort, an incredibly moving and highly sensitive work about the deep ties between a young...  

17/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Critics’ Week

Chris Marcich • CEO, HAVC

"HAVC was created by filmmakers for filmmakers"

Chris Marcich • CEO, HAVC

The CEO of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre is starting his second term in a year when the institution is celebrating its 15 years of existence  

16/05/2023 | /Croatia

Léo Teste • Sales agent, Film Constellation

“Our goal is to be a green-light partner for producers, allowing projects to materialise from script to film and reach the widest audience internationally”

Léo Teste • Sales agent, Film Constellation

The London- and Paris-based firm has developed an editorial policy based on promoting strong directorial voices along with fostering new talent  

15/05/2023 | /UK/France

Valon Bajgora • Producer, Ikonë Studio

"We will not stop making films"

Valon Bajgora • Producer, Ikonë Studio

The Kosovar producer who brought us Sundance hits Hive and Exile tells us about his new project and the developing film industry in his country  

12/05/2023 | Producers on the Move 2023

Miljenka Čogelja • Producer, Pipser

"It's a privilege to work on different genres and to bring auteur voices to audiences"

Miljenka Čogelja • Producer, Pipser

The Croatian producer reflects on her successes, which include Locarno prizewinner Safe Place, and tells us about her upcoming projects and her view of the...  

12/05/2023 | Producers on the Move 2023

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