Going off-plan Ben Wheatley on early inspirations, developing his craft and making Normal

The accidental revolutionary Dimitri Planchon and Jean-Paul Guigue discuss artistic evolution and Blaise

Embracing complexity Nigel Santos on the messiness of real life romance, and Open Endings

Alone together Park Joon-ho on loneliness, North Korean experience, gay life and 3670

The destroyer of worlds Daniel Everitt-Lock on experiences of atomic testing and Our Planet, The People, My Blood

Taking the temperature Jacqueline Zünd on exploring the climate crisis through companion films Heat and Don't Let The Sun

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It's a busy time for festivals and here's the latest:

Cannes Paul Laverty, Demi Moore, Park Chan-Wook and others speak out

Cannes Honorary Palme d'Or for Peter Jackson

Cannes Festival to host 25th anniversary screening of The Fast And The Furious, as Classics also announced

Fantasia First wave of titles announced

Cannes Monia Chokri heads Caméra d’Or jury

Cannes Announces full jury