Interviews

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

7493 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 24/04/2024. 581 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 

Europe and the US united in talent

Paolo Sorrentino & Sean Penn • Director/Actor

The Italian director and the US star joined their talents to make This Must Be The Place  

20/05/2011

Von Trier’s train wreck

Lars von Trier • Director

The enfant terrible of European cinema tells all about Melancholia, his "beautiful film about the end of the world"  

19/05/2011

"I’m incapable of respecting genre rules"

Pedro Almodóvar • Director

Almodóvar blends thriller, sci-fi and melodrama in his highly anticipated adaptation of a novel by Thierry Jonquet.  

19/05/2011

Nostalgia as a narrative driving force"

Bouli Lanners • Director

A coming-of-age tale, family rootlessness, the importance of nature: the Belgian director talks about his favourite themes at the heart of his third...  

16/05/2011

"Responsibility and guilt"

Lynne Ramsay • Director

Family, maternal instinct, education, guilt and the roots of violence. The Scottish director offers a few clues to We Need to Talk About Kevin  

15/05/2011

“The element of surprise”

Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon • Directors

Lovers in real life as on screen, the extravagant creators of The Fairy continue their burlesque exploration after Iceberg and Rumba.  

15/05/2011

“The film is a journey”

Paolo Sorrentino • Director

After Il Divo, Italian director Paolo Sorrentino returned to Cannes with This Must Be The Place. Starring Sean Pen, the film was partially shot in the US.  

14/05/2011

“I’m obsessed with making it seem real”

Maïwenn • Director

Crusade for the protection of children and cinema-verite. The fiery director of Poliss, which won the Jury Prize at Cannes in 2011, reveals her creative...  

13/05/2011

Interview

Luc Besson • Director

“Our most optimistic film”

Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne • Directors

Interview in Brussels with Belgium’s most famous brothers a few days after The Kid With a Bike was officially selected in competition at the 2011 Cannes...  

11/05/2011

Doc & Film International’s clear-sighted ambitions

Daniela Elstner • Exporter

On the eve of the 2011 Cannes Film Market, the head of international sales at French company Doc & Film gives her analysis of a business undergoing major...  

09/05/2011

Film Market back on form

Jérôme Paillard • Cannes Film Market

This year's Cannes Film Market includes for the first time an accelerated training programme for producers without experience in international co-productions  

09/05/2011

Producers on the Move 2011 - Germany

Gian-Piero Ringel • Neue Road Movies

Gian-Piero Ringel has been working for Wim Wenders' Neue Road Movies for four years, as producer on his projects, including the new 3D documentary Pina  

04/05/2011

Producers on the Move 2011 - Sweden

Mimmi Spång • Garagefilm International

Rebecka Lafrenz and Mimmi Spång are the producers behind Babak Najafi’s Sebbe, screening at this year’s Cannes Junior selection  

04/05/2011

Producers on the Move 2011 – United Kingdom

Samm Haillay • Third Films

Producer and part time teacher Samm Haillay parlayed his company Third Film into a major player on the global independent cinema scene  

02/05/2011

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