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ARTE supports film projects from established directors and cutting-edge new talent. This collection brings together interviews by Olivier Père, director of ARTE France Cinema, with filmmakers of international stature.

François Ozon navigates diverse genres, from tragedies to popular comedies and enigmatic tales. With curiosity and a playful approach, he deciphers the unknowns of life through his films, crafting stories that reveal his unique cinematic voice.

Filmmaker François Ozon explores life’s mysteries through comedies, dramas and strange tales.

In Conversation with François Ozon

For Rebecca Zlotowski, being a filmmaker today is all about taking an intimate look at the world. As a screenwriter and director, she makes films by infusing her personal obsessions with major social movements. Zlotowski’s work is imbued with poetry, charm and a paradoxical mystery between a pragmatic and mysterious view of life.

Being a filmmaker today means bearing witness to the world, as director and screenwriter Rebecca Zlotowski explains.

A Conversation with Rebecca Zlotowski

Before becoming a filmmaker, Robert Guédiguian always thought he would be an activist who lived intensely. His cinema is like him: From Marseille, expansive and joyful, poetic and above all, human.

Robert Guédiguian talks through his forty year career as a filmmaker.

In Conversation with Robert Guédiguian

Michael Haneke retraces his career and talks about the first films he made for television, but also how they differ from his later films intended for a cinema audience.

Speaking to Michael Haneke about his films for cinema and television.

In Conversation with Michael Haneke

At the Locarno Film Festival in 2012, the great French actor Alain Delon, who sadly passed away in August 2024, took questions from the audience. Delon talks about his long and varied career in Italy, France, and the United States.

At the Locarno Film Festival in 2012, the great French actor Alain Delon, who sadly passed away in August 2024, took questions from the audience. 

In Conversation with Alain Delon

Louis Garrel, actor and filmmaker, discusses "The Innocent", where he merges his love for introspective drama and playful humor. From starring in his father Philippe Garrel’s art films to embodying the King of France in "The Three Musketeers", Garrel has navigated diverse genres. In this interview, he reveals how "The Innocent" became the ultimate synthesis of his cinematic dreams.

Louis Garrel reflects on “The Innocent”, blending his cinematic passions as actor and director.

In Conversation with Louis Garrel

The 2023 Palme d'Or winner "Anatomy of a Fall" directed by Justine Triet is now showing in theatres. We revisit the filmmaker's distinctive and lively style. Triet is known for her remarkable feminist portraits. Her films "Age of Panic", "Victoria" and "Sibyl" form a turbulent body of work depicting contemporaryand urban France.

Justine Triet's films form a turbulent body of work depicting urban and contemporary France.