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Interviews

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

8210 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 21/05/2025. 652 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Julia Kowalski • Director of Her Will Be Done

“This is a witch film”

Julia Kowalski • Director of Her Will Be Done

CANNES 2025: The French director talks to us about the dark magic in her film, religion and her Polish roots  

16/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Directors’ Fortnight

Kristele Pudane • Producer, Sunday Rebel Films

“A successful co-production begins with shared values”

Kristele Pudane • Producer, Sunday Rebel Films

We sat down with Latvia’s Producer on the Move, who spoke about her country’s film scene, her new projects and her work on co-productions  

16/05/2025 | Producers on the Move 2025

Diego Céspedes • Director of The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo

“Everyone left out of the binary system gets heavily attacked”

Diego Céspedes • Director of The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo

CANNES 2025: The young Chilean filmmaker broaches issues such as dissident parenting, the upheaval caused by AIDS and LGBTI+ discrimination  

15/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Louise Hémon • Director of The Girl in the Snow

"The experiment was to take a rational character, plunge her into irrational phenomena and see how far her mind would resist"

Louise Hémon • Director of The Girl in the Snow

CANNES 2025: The French filmmaker talks about her first feature, the challenges of shooting a period film in winter and the unconscious forces of desire  

15/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Directors’ Fortnight

Ismael Curbelo • Director, Lanzarote International Film Festival

“We are committed to cinema as a means to stimulate intelligence, emotions and collective reflection”

Ismael Curbelo • Director, Lanzarote International Film Festival

The Canarian event celebrates a quarter of a century, and to mark the occasion we spoke to its director, who shared details on some of its activities  

15/05/2025 | Lanzarote 2025

Erige Sehiri • Director of Promised Sky

"In everyday life, we hide things, we don’t tell people everything, we don’t show everything"

Erige Sehiri • Director of Promised Sky

CANNES 2025: The French-Tunisian filmmaker explains the intentions which fed into her second fiction feature film which revolves around three migrant women...  

15/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Robin Campillo • Director of Enzo

"We wanted to show what was inside this teenager's heart, an explosion of colour, light and sensuality"

Robin Campillo • Director of Enzo

CANNES 2025: The French filmmaker talks about the genesis of Laurent Cantet's last project, a film about the enigma of adolescence  

14/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Directors’ Fortnight

Asif Kapadia • Director of 2073

“I'm an optimist – but I also see what's going on, so I’d say I’m very much a realist, too”

Asif Kapadia • Director of 2073

The British filmmaker discusses his latest, dystopian hybrid movie that mixes the fictionalised diary of a ghost with real-life footage from Gaza, India,...  

14/05/2025 | Millennium Docs Against Gravity 2025

Deirdre Levins • Producer, Fantastic Films

“Any film you develop as a producer is a creative risk”

Deirdre Levins • Producer, Fantastic Films

Ireland’s Producer on the Move unpacks her career and her slate of projects, also sharing some advice for newcomers to the job  

14/05/2025 | Producers on the Move 2025

Karolina Sienkiewicz • Distributor, So FILMS

“When it comes to this industry, I really believe in independence, spontaneity and, sometimes, uncertainty”

Karolina Sienkiewicz • Distributor, So FILMS

The founder of the distribution and production company based in Poland tells us about her career and the firm’s success with the national campaign for Flow  

14/05/2025 | Distributor of the Month

Francesca Andreoli • Producer, Cinedora

“We choose men and women directors on their first or second films, who have a really personal vision but. most importantly, who also have an urgency to their storytelling”

Francesca Andreoli • Producer, Cinedora

The Italian producer behind Vermiglio chatted with us about the importance of co-production and the project she’s bringing to Cannes  

13/05/2025 | Producers on the Move 2025

Magdelena Ilieva • Producer, Little Wing Productions

“The question that wouldn’t leave us alone was: can we afford to stay angry?”

Magdelena Ilieva • Producer, Little Wing Productions

The Bulgarian producer and filmmaker shares some insights into how she manages to juggle producing and directing  

13/05/2025 | Producers on the Move 2025

Andi G Hess • Producer, Schubert

“You should never forget who you are crafting stories for: a multi-layered audience with diverse life experiences”

Andi G Hess • Producer, Schubert

We spoke to the Austrian producer about her background, her commitment to contributing to a diverse film landscape and the advantages of being based in her...  

13/05/2025 | Producers on the Move 2025

Vincent Quénault • Producer, Red Lion

“The flexibility, experience and language skills of Luxembourg's actors and technicians facilitate smoother co-productions”

Vincent Quénault • Producer, Red Lion

The French-born producer talked to Cineuropa about his company’s philosophy, working on the Berlinale title The Safe House and his new debut-feature projects  

13/05/2025 | Producers on the Move 2025

Claudia Sümeghy • Producer, JUNO11

"International co-production is a key part of both my personal vision and JUNO11’s long-term strategy"

Claudia Sümeghy • Producer, JUNO11

The Hungarian producer tells us about her journey and details the editorial line and projects of her company  

13/05/2025 | Producers on the Move 2025

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