Interviews

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8142 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 10/04/2025. 655 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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“It’s painful to see such a young girl experiencing something which isn’t suited to her age”
Pilar Palomero • Director of La maternalThe Spanish director presents her second film after the award-winning work Schoolgirls, this time...  
20/09/2022 | San Sebastian 2022 | Competition
“Throughout the shooting, with my actresses, I felt like a little kid again”
Pilar Palomero  • Director of SchoolgirlsPilar Palomero premiered her first film, Schoolgirls , at the Berlin Film Festival, and is now the clear...  
27/08/2020 | Málaga 2020
"This young woman spoke out and reported things, but she wasn’t listened to"
Jessica Palud • Director of Being MariaCANNES 2024: The French filmmaker spoke to us about her movie charting the tragic fate of actress Maria...  
23/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Cannes Premiere
“We love using films as inspiration for creative and innovative marketing campaigns”
Ioanna Panagiotidou • Distributor, Rosebud.21The distributor spoke about her outfit’s business model, two recent successful campaigns and the...  
24/10/2024 | Distributor of the Month
"It is easier to convince people to go to an open space so Greece has fewer problems"
Ioanna Panagiotidou  • Distributor, Rosebud.21We caught up with Ioanna Panagiotidou, head of distribution at Greek outfit Rosebud.21, to discuss the...  
13/08/2020 | /Greece
Producer on the Move 2010 – Slovakia
Silvia Panáková05/05/2010
“Each film is different and needs to be approached individually”
Silvia Panáková  • Producer, ARINA Film ProductionThe 2022 Emerging Producer from Slovakia talks about how she selects the documentaries to produce and the...  
15/03/2022 | Emerging Producers 2022
“My proudest achievement this year is that out of the 16 films in the competition, we've got six made by women”
Shivani Pandya Malhotra • Managing director, Red Sea Film FoundationDuring our chat, we zoomed in on the collaboration between Europe and the Arab region, and how the Red Sea...  
10/12/2024 | Red Sea 2024 | Red Sea Souk
“Horror has always been part of our culture, but now it’s on a different scale”
Adrian Panek  • Director of WerewolfWe chatted to Polish director Adrian Panek about the making of his movie Werewolf, which won two awards at...  
05/12/2018 | Black Nights 2018 | Competition
"A film is a journey to the unknown"
Rithy Panh • DirectorVENICE 2018: We talked to Cambodian director Rithy Panh, who opened the Giornate degli Autori with his new...  
30/08/2018 | Venice 2018 | Giornate degli Autori
"I’m not here to guide the audience with a super interesting story, but to inspire reflection on image and sound"
Rithy Panh • Director of Everything Will Be OKBERLINALE 2022: The Cambodian director tells us more about his latest diorama-driven film essay, which has...  
18/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition
“The truth has died because everything is going so fast; all that remains is lies”
Rithy Panh  • Director of IrradiatedBERLINALE 2020: Cambodia’s Rithy Panh chatted with us to break down his Berlin competition film Irradiated  
29/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Competition
"I wanted to portrait a personal experience of growing up in the world of petty crimes as I remember it"
Rene Pannevis • Director of LootedDutch-born, London-based filmmaker Rene Pannevis world-premiered Looted in the First Feature Competition...  
03/12/2019 | Black Nights 2019 | First Feature Competition
"It tells the story of the first non-Sicilian boss of the Cosa nostra"
Julien Paolini  • Director of The Raïs of PalermoWe talked to the filmmaker, who is also co-director of production company La Réserve, to discuss his new...  
22/10/2021 | Cinemed 2021 | Cinemed Meetings
Gregorio Paonessa • Produttore, Vivofilm, RomaThe self-production of an independent documentary  
16/07/2009
“We strongly believe in the value of co-productions, which are a great way to grow projects”
Marta Donzelli, Gregorio Paonessa • Producers, Vivo FilmThe pair of Italian producers have been presented with one of Bolzano Film Festival Bozen’s Lifetime...  
23/04/2024 | /Italy

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