Interviews

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7490 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 19/04/2024. 579 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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At Cannes to change the world
Fatih Akin • Director23/05/2007
"They say this film is against women, but it's people who haven't seen the film saying that"
Fatih Akin • Director of The Golden GloveBERLIN 2019: Fatih Akin talks to us about his new film The Golden Glove, one of the most heinous and gory...  
20/02/2019 | Berlinale 2019 | Competition
Video - Venice Film Festival 2009, Venice Days
Interview with Fatih Akin, director of Soul Kitchen
Ones for the heart
Klaus Maeck & Fatih Akin • Producers10/03/2008
“When it takes some four years to make a film, it needs to mean something”
Levan Akin  • Director of And Then We DancedCANNES 2019: With And Then We Danced, Swedish-Georgian director Levan Akin takes on his Eastern European...  
18/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight
"This film is my tribute to solidarity and my love letter to Istanbul"
Levan Akin  • Director of CrossingBERLINALE 2024: The Swedish filmmaker discusses his new film, which follows a Georgian teacher who travels...  
17/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Panorama
"We mostly wanted to talk about the meeting of these two very different worlds"
Romane Gueret and Lise Akoka • Directors of The Worst OnesCANNES 2022: The filmmaking duo explain their intentions for their first feature film which homes in on...  
25/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard
"It’s a film that’s more immersive than narrative"
Banu Akseki • Director of Sans soleilWe met with the Belgian director to talk about her atmospheric coming-of-age movie, which she devised in...  
14/06/2022 | Belgium/Netherlands/France
“I think the new generation will accept this film; the radicals will be upset”
Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji • Director of Hanging GardensVENICE 2022: Inspired by De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves, the Iraqi director takes a look at his “unbalanced”...  
14/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Orizzonti Extra
“Dialogue is the most effective way to deal with extreme violence”
Mohamed Al-Daradji  • DirectorTORONTO 2017: We chatted to Iraqi filmmaker Mohamed Al-Daradji, who presented his third film, The Journey,...  
21/09/2017
EuroDoc 2011
Hazem Al Hamawi • Director and producer
"What it means to be a female performer in a conservative place like Saudi Arabia"
Haifaa Al-Mansour • DirectorVENICE 2018: Saudi Arabian director Haifaa Al-Mansour is taking part in the Miu Miu Women's Tales project...  
04/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | Giornate degli Autori
“It will take time to see actual change on the streets of Saudi Arabia”
Haifaa al-Mansour • Director of The Perfect CandidateVENICE 2019: Saudi filmmaker Haifaa al-Mansour tells Cineuropa about her new work playing in competition...  
06/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition
“The process of making documentaries requires wearing various hats, but what stands out is its therapeutic quality”
Shaima Al-Tamimi  • ProducerThe producer from Qatar, a guest country of this year's edition, explains why producing documentaries is a...  
21/03/2024 | Emerging Producers 2024
Festival Le Printemps du Cinéma Arabe 2011
Hala Alabdalla • DirectorHala Alabdalla tells us about her debut directorial film, I Am the One Who Brings Flowers to Her Grave,...  
Interview
Feo Aladag • DirectorCompeting for the first time in Berlin, the Austrian director Feo Aladag talks about Inbetween Worlds.  
11/02/2014

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