Interviews

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

7498 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 03/05/2024. 577 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 

“The alienation of people living far from their roots”

Ulrich Kohler • Director

The German director explains why in Sleeping Sickness he decided to focus on the subject of European expatriates working in development aid in Africa.  

08/06/2011

“Imitate the real”

Alain Cavalier • Director

The French director discusses the well thought-out and intuitive method which guided his directing on experimental film Pater.  

08/06/2011

"A major challenge awaits us!"

Philippe Reynaert • President of Cine-Regio

Philippe Reynaert tells about Cine-Regio's new strategy and the importance of regional funds in Europe  

06/06/2011

"Maybe this is a Turkish western"

Nuri Bilge Ceylan • Director

Ceylan’s acclaimed film Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is a sort of Turkish western based on memories of true events  

31/05/2011

A European filmmaker in China

David Verbeek • Director

After Shanghai Trance (in competition at Rotterdam) and R U There (Un Certain Regard section at Cannes 2010), the Dutch director has returned to China for...  

25/05/2011

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

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