Interviews

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

7539 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 17/05/2024. 586 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Rúnar Rúnarsson • Director of When the Light Breaks

"I wanted the audience to get a sense of reality, beauty, and emotions in the grey zone, between the dark and bright peaks of life"

Rúnar Rúnarsson • Director of When the Light Breaks

CANNES 2024: The Icelandic filmmaker talks about what's behind of his new film , an emotional and honest exploration of grief  

17/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Un Certain Regard

Hala Elkoussy • Director of East of Noon

“Art has to be pertinent”

Hala Elkoussy • Director of East of Noon

CANNES 2024: The visual artist-turned-director brings a satirical bite to the festival, as she shows generations that clash, hoping for a better life  

17/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Directors’ Fortnight

Giedrė Žickytė • Producer, Moonmakers

“When I watched The Birds, I had no idea that my life would be connected with cinema”

Giedrė Žickytė • Producer, Moonmakers

Lithuania’s Producer on the Move digs deep into her career and reveals the feature-length documentary projects she is currently working on  

17/05/2024 | Producers on the Move 2024

Lina Flint • Producer, Scanbox Productions

“Growing up in a theatre truly shaped me as a film producer”

Lina Flint • Producer, Scanbox Productions

The Danish Producer on the Move unpacks her career, her producing job and the ambitious new projects she’s got lined up  

17/05/2024 | Producers on the Move 2024

Yolande Zauberman • Director of The Belle from Gaza

"I want to find light in the night"

Yolande Zauberman • Director of The Belle from Gaza

CANNES 2024: The French filmmaker talks about her new documentary which, after Would You Have Sex with an Arab? and M, completes her trilogy on the Israeli...  

16/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Special Screenings

Josh Mond • Director of It Doesn’t Matter

“As my movies are so personal, it's important to be surrounded by people who are there for the right reasons”

Josh Mond • Director of It Doesn’t Matter

CANNES 2024: We sat down with the independent US helmer to discuss the collaborative filmmaking process, his central character and the European dream  

16/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | ACID

Andreas Hartmann, Arata Mori • Directors of Johatsu – Into Thin Air

“For many of the protagonists, it was a chance for them to speak out for the first time, as they’d had no one to talk to beforehand”

Andreas Hartmann, Arata Mori • Directors of Johatsu – Into Thin Air

The directorial duo explain where the inspiration for their work came from and delve into their production decisions  

16/05/2024 | DOK.fest Munich 2024

Konstantin Bojanov • Director of The Shameless

“I am not interested in myself; I am interested in other people’s stories”

Konstantin Bojanov • Director of The Shameless

CANNES 2024: The Bulgarian director takes on real-life traditions and ends up with a fable  

16/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Un Certain Regard

Jonathan Millet • Director of Ghost Trail

"My goal was to add tension using very simple things”

Jonathan Millet • Director of Ghost Trail

CANNES 2024: The French filmmaker talks about his first fiction feature, a fascinating piece combining the codes of the spy movie and psychological...  

15/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Critics’ Week

David Lambert • Director of Turtles

"I wanted to work with giants, it’s in the film’s DNA"

David Lambert • Director of Turtles

We met with the Belgian director to discuss his fourth feature film, which sees him continuing his exploration of the daily lives of queer men and which is...  

14/05/2024 | /Belgium/Canada

Carlos Fernández de Vigo and Lorena Ares • Filmmakers and animators

“New tools will take us to previously unexplored places"

Carlos Fernández de Vigo and Lorena Ares • Filmmakers and animators

The filmmakers were at Animayo Gran Canaria giving a workshop on Artificial Intelligence and talked about traditional and new animation techniques  

14/05/2024 | Animayo Gran Canaria 2024

Angela Nestorovska • Producer, Sektor Film

“Our narratives transcend mere national boundaries, embodying universal themes”

Angela Nestorovska • Producer, Sektor Film

The Macedonian producer details her expectations for the upcoming EFP rendezvous in Cannes and how she chooses her projects  

14/05/2024 | Producers on the Move 2024

Anita Rehoff Larsen • Producer, Sant & Usant

“Even though we are a small country, Norwegian films are in a very good place – especially documentaries”

Anita Rehoff Larsen • Producer, Sant & Usant

The Norwegian professional zooms in on her work as a producer and the new projects she is working on, including Viktor Kossakovsky’s latest effort  

14/05/2024 | Producers on the Move 2024

Nicolas Klotz and Élisabeth Perceval • Directors of New World! (The World Anew)

“We’re effectively on the verge of destroying all living things, and cinema’s responsibility is to take this into account”

Nicolas Klotz and Élisabeth Perceval • Directors of New World! (The World Anew)

We met with the French filmmaking duo to discuss their latest movie exploring the state of the world, and the effort they require from viewers  

14/05/2024 | /France

Alessandro Pugno • Director of Animal/Humano

“I wanted to capture the tragic side of these two characters, who are predestined to meet, who arrive in the arena and who become cogs in this theatre”

Alessandro Pugno • Director of Animal/Humano

We met with the director to chat about his movie which is shot in Italy and Spain, and which explores bullfighting and empathy between humans and animals  

14/05/2024 | /Spain/Italy/Mexico

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