Interviews

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

7095 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 14/08/2023. 616 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Zoljargal Purevdash  • Director of If Only I Could Hibernate

“All the pain is being caused by men, but with education, we can fight against that”

Zoljargal Purevdash • Director of If Only I Could Hibernate

CANNES 2023: The first feature by the Mongolian director focuses on the difficult living conditions in the yurt district of Ulaanbaatar  

26/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Un Certain Regard

Anna Novion  • Director of Marguerite’s Theorem

“I didn’t want to fall into a cliché or a caricature of the autistic maths genius”

Anna Novion • Director of Marguerite’s Theorem

CANNES 2023: The director proves that the very special world of elite-level mathematics can be a laughing matter, and even a romantic comedy  

26/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Special Screenings

Elias Belkeddar  • Director of The King of Algiers

“The idea was to bring Kitano into the world of Italian neorealism”

Elias Belkeddar • Director of The King of Algiers

CANNES 2023: The Franco-Algerian director proves that he loves his melancholic psychopaths, in this case played by Reda Kateb and Benoît Magimel  

26/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Midnight Screenings

Vladimir Perišić  • Director of Lost Country

“I am trying to dissect and diagnose the violence in Serbian society”

Vladimir Perišić • Director of Lost Country

CANNES 2023: The Serbian director returns to the Croisette with a film that has a strong personal dimension for him and an uncanny echo in the present...  

26/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Critics’ Week

Baloji  • Director of Omen

“Everything you can find in a family is a reflection of society”

Baloji • Director of Omen

CANNES 2023: The Belgian-Congolese director takes us on a unique trip through the traditions and beliefs of the Democratic Republic of Congo  

26/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Un Certain Regard

Filipa Reis, João Miller Guerra  • Directors of Légua

"We worked on the film through the idea of cycle: the cycle of seasons, the cycle of life, the cycle of nature..."

Filipa Reis, João Miller Guerra • Directors of Légua

CANNES 2023: The Portuguese directing duo discuss the concept, the making and the social background of their new film, centred on a woman working in a...  

25/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Directors' Fortnight

Felipe Gálvez  • Director of The Settlers

"What happens when a country decides to erase a page of its history?"

Felipe Gálvez • Director of The Settlers

CANNES 2023: The Chilean director tells us more about his first feature, which lifts the veil on the genocide of native people at the beginning of the 20th...  

25/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Un Certain Regard

Valérie Donzelli  • Director of Just the Two of Us

"I thought it would be fascinating to explore how this woman who’s also an idealist could allow herself to be trapped"

Valérie Donzelli • Director of Just the Two of Us

CANNES 2023: The French filmmaker discusses her new film, which unpicks the dynamics of control through the story of a couple  

25/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Cannes Première

Jessica Hausner  • Director of Club Zero

“Every young generation has to change the world”

Jessica Hausner • Director of Club Zero

CANNES 2023: The Austrian director returns to the competition with a bleak but very colourful film about a wellness guru and her teenage followers  

25/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Competition

Rodrigo Moreno  • Director of The Delinquents

"I had a totally free spirit in making this film"

Rodrigo Moreno • Director of The Delinquents

CANNES 2023: The Argentinian director Rodrigo Moreno unpicks his new film, which follows two bank employees that question the routine life they carry out...  

25/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Un Certain Regard

Lillah Halla  • Director of Power Alley

"This film is not only a portrait of intolerance"

Lillah Halla • Director of Power Alley

CANNES 2023: The Brazilian filmmaker discusses her first feature, centred on a promising volleyball player who is faced with an unwanted pregnancy  

25/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Critics' Week

Lisandro Alonso  • Director of Eureka

“I hope the film stays with the audience for a long time”

Lisandro Alonso • Director of Eureka

CANNES 2023: The Argentinian director talks about his film, one that you should enjoy without trying to understand too much about it  

24/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Cannes Première

João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora  • Directors of The Buriti Flower

"We spent years together with this indigenous community in Brazil"

João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora • Directors of The Buriti Flower

CANNES 2023: The directing duo once again follows the indigineous Krahô people in the heart of the Brazilian forest, this time over three time periods of...  

24/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Un Certain Regard

Elene Naveriani  • Director of Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry

“I hope her character is empowering for others”

Elene Naveriani • Director of Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry

CANNES 2023: The Swiss-based director with Georgian origins speaks about their portrait of a mature woman that knows what she wants  

24/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Directors' Fortnight

Claude Schmitz  • Director of The Other Laurens

"I wanted to make a film that was both a tribute and also critical and ironic"

Claude Schmitz • Director of The Other Laurens

CANNES 2023: The Belgian filmmaker talks about his meta and mischievous film noir that probes the end of patriarchy, and plays with gender codes and genres  

24/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Directors' Fortnight

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