Interviews

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

7792 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 19/09/2024. 604 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Giovanni Dota  • Director of High Stakes - A Night in the Ward

"A bet that's born of boredom and also a little bit out of spite"

Giovanni Dota • Director of High Stakes - A Night in the Ward

VENICE 2024: The Italian director talks to us about his second feature, set entirely in a Naples hospital where, one night, two nurses bet on whether a...  

05/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Monica Stambrini • Director of Hold on Miss! Isabella Ducrot Unlimited

"When success comes for an artist at that age, it's fascinating"

Monica Stambrini • Director of Hold on Miss! Isabella Ducrot Unlimited

VENICE 2024: The Italian director talks about the documentary she has dedicated to the ninety-something protagonist's extraordinary journey as a woman and...  

05/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Scandar Copti • Director of Happy Holidays

“I’m a big believer in the process of liberation, and I truly believe that nobody’s free until everybody’s free”

Scandar Copti • Director of Happy Holidays

VENICE 2024: The Palestinian director breaks down his methods of writing and shooting as well as interrogating concepts like morality and the normalisation...  

05/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti

Jethro Massey • Director of Paul & Paulette Take a Bath

“It doesn't go where your typical romantic comedy goes; I trusted myself to take it somewhere else”

Jethro Massey • Director of Paul & Paulette Take a Bath

VENICE 2024: The debuting Franco-British director regales us with stories of on-the-streets filmmaking, Paris’s dark history and social-media inspiration  

05/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | International Film Critics’ Week

Maura Delpero • Director of Vermiglio, The Mountain Bride

“My protagonist becomes a free woman out of necessity”

Maura Delpero • Director of Vermiglio, The Mountain Bride

VENICE 2024: The Italian director chatted with us about motherhood, documentaries, fiction and the female outlook, and about Ermanno Olmi  

04/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Fabrice Du Welz • Director of Maldoror

"I wanted the film to be totally accessible because the subject matter is important, it goes beyond me"

Fabrice Du Welz • Director of Maldoror

VENICE 2024: We met with the Belgian filmmaker who’s presenting a family portrait morphing into an angst-ridden detective film, inspired by the criminal...  

04/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Carine Tardieu  • Director of The Ties That Bind Us

"Once we’ve gone beyond certain levels of attachment, there’s no going back"

Carine Tardieu • Director of The Ties That Bind Us

VENICE 2024: Carine Tardieu explains the intricate story in her film about family ties which go beyond blood and the effect of the passing of time  

04/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti

Martina Parenti and Massimo D’Anolfi • Directors of Bestiaries, Herbaria, Lapidaries

“It is so difficult to distribute documentaries that, at the end of the day, their length doesn’t make much difference”

Martina Parenti and Massimo D’Anolfi • Directors of Bestiaries, Herbaria, Lapidaries

VENICE 2024: Cineuropa talked with the duo of Italian directors who told us how their film came to be, what’s hidden behind its title, and what unites the...  

04/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Vojtěch Strakatý • Director of After Party

“I was inspired by the women around me and felt characters like them weren’t adequately represented on screen”

Vojtěch Strakatý • Director of After Party

VENICE 2024: The emerging Czech director discusses the interplay between personal inspiration and fictional storytelling, and his approach to blending genres  

04/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti Extra

Hind Meddeb  • Director of Sudan, Remember Us

"Sudanese people are very inspiring because they have a passion for freedom"

Hind Meddeb • Director of Sudan, Remember Us

VENICE 2024: The French director talks about her documentary about the oppression in the African country and the resistance of a group of politically and...  

03/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Rusudan Glurjidze  • Director of The Antique

"We have more power than politicians: with our voices, we can deliver many messages"

Rusudan Glurjidze • Director of The Antique

VENICE 2024: The Georgian director talks about her film inspired by the illegal deportation of thousands of Georgians that took place in Russia in 2006  

03/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Milad Tangshir • Director of Anywhere Anytime

“I wouldn’t just remake a timeless masterpiece – I’m not crazy”

Milad Tangshir • Director of Anywhere Anytime

VENICE 2024: The director explains how a regular bicycle can, for some people, mean the difference between survival or simply not making it  

03/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | International Film Critics’ Week

Carolina Pavone  • Director of Almost Home

"I wanted to convey the feeling of fear that can grip you when you make the first move"

Carolina Pavone • Director of Almost Home

VENICE 2024: The former assistant director to Nanni Moretti reveals a few details about her feature debut, the story of a young musician who befriends a...  

03/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Thomas Vinterberg • Director of Families Like Ours

“You could say that we inspired COVID, rather than the other way around”

Thomas Vinterberg • Director of Families Like Ours

VENICE 2024: The acclaimed director talks about his choice of subject, his creative process and whether there’s a Danish film wave still out there  

03/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Alexandra Simpson • Director of No Sleep Till

“This wait for something bigger than you was something that I wanted to be palpable from the very beginning”

Alexandra Simpson • Director of No Sleep Till

VENICE 2024: The half-French, half-US filmmaker chats to us about hurricanes, Florida and finding the beauty in disaster  

03/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | International Film Critics’ Week

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