Interviews

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

7501 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 07/05/2024. 576 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Philippe Lacôte  • Director

"There are a lot of young talents in Africa today"

Philippe Lacôte • Director

CANNES 2017: Cineuropa met up with French-Ivorian filmmaker Philippe Lacôte after the workshop on French-speaking countries organised by the CNC  

31/05/2017

Elise Girard • Director

"I don’t film with a camera on my shoulder running around"

Elise Girard • Director

Unveiled at Berlin, Strange Birds, the second feature film by Elise Girard, is being released today in French theatres  

31/05/2017

Stephan Komandarev  • Director

“The main reason for making this film was to spark a debate in Bulgaria”

Stephan Komandarev • Director

CANNES 2017: We chatted to Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev about his fourth feature, Directions, shown in this year’s Un Certain Regard  

30/05/2017

Lynne Ramsay • Director

“I wanted to approach the kind of story you find in genre cinema in a different way”

Lynne Ramsay • Director

CANNES 2017: Scottish director Lynne Ramsay describes her film You Were Never Really Here, which has been warmly received by audiences at Cannes  

27/05/2017

Fatih Akin  • Director

“As a producer, I protect myself as a director”

Fatih Akin • Director

CANNES 2017: We spoke to German director Fatih Akin about his new thriller, In the Fade  

26/05/2017

Pedro Pinho • Director

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Pedro Pinho • Director

CANNES 2017: We met up with Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Pinho to discuss his first full-length fiction effort, The Nothing Factory, presented in the...  

26/05/2017

Annarita Zambrano  • Director

“A generation held hostage by violence”

Annarita Zambrano • Director

CANNES 2017: We met up with Annarita Zambrano, the only female Italian director at Cannes, whose film, After the War, is screening in the Un Certain Regard...  

25/05/2017

Emmanuel Gras • Director

"The enormous effort these people make to live "

Emmanuel Gras • Director

CANNES 2017: We chatted to French filmmaker Emmanuel Gras, who unveiled his documentary Makala, Grand Prize in the Cannes Critics’ Week  

25/05/2017

Roberto De Paolis • Director

“Losing my virginity”

Roberto De Paolis • Director

CANNES 2017: At the age of 37, Rome native Roberto De Paolis has revealed his first film, Pure Hearts, at Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes  

25/05/2017

Santiago Mitre  • Director

“Politics swallows up everything”

Santiago Mitre • Director

CANNES 2017: Argentinian director Santiago Mitre talks to us about The Summit, a production with Europe that is taking part in Un Certain Regard and delves...  

24/05/2017

Bruno Dumont  • Director

"Real arthouse film is a kind of film that brings you face to face with the other"

Bruno Dumont • Director

Bruno Dumont talks about different cultures, evil, and his new film Jeannette, the Childhood of Joan of Arc, a musical comedy about the childhood of Joan of Arc  

24/05/2017

Sharunas Bartas • Director

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Sharunas Bartas • Director

CANNES 2017: We met up with Lithuanian auteur Sharunas Bartas to discuss his latest film Frost, presented in the Directors' Fortnight  

24/05/2017

Léonor Serraille  • Director

"An open door to a great narrative freedom"

Léonor Serraille • Director

CANNES 2017: We sat down with French director Léonor Serraille, who has just unveiled her feature debut, Montparnasse Bienvenüe, in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard  

23/05/2017

Yorgos Lanthimos  • Director

"We don’t ever really know the meaning of what we’re watching"

Yorgos Lanthimos • Director

CANNES 2017: Yorgos Lanthimos gives the international press a few pointers to help analyse The Killing of a Sacred Deer, which was revealed in competition...  

23/05/2017

Robin Campillo • Director

"A community that grew up around the idea of surpassing your limits"

Robin Campillo • Director

CANNES 2017: Robin Campillo talks about the origins of BPM (Beats Per Minute), which was very well-received in competition at the 70th Cannes Film Festival  

23/05/2017

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