518: Cannes Film Festival Dispatch 4. Gustaf Skarsgård & Peter Birro ('The Cannibal')

About this episode

Christina interviews screenwriter Peter Birro and director Gustaf Skarsgård about their upcoming film 'The Cannibal' at the Cannes Film Festival.

On a special episode from Cannes 2026, Christina interviews (her husband:), screenwriter Peter Birro, and director Gustaf Skarsgård about their upcoming film. They are at the festival to introduce The Cannibal , a psychological horror film about a screenwriter who goes to the island of Fårö to write a movie about Bergman, but soon encounters a demonic presence. Production starts in 2026. Audio & Video Video by Anton Isiukov https://www.antonisiukov.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Christina

Guests: Peter Birro, Gustaf Skarsgård

Topics covered

• Cannes Film Festival
• psychological horror
• film production
• interview
• screenwriting

Keywords

• Cannes Film Festival
• The Cannibal
• Peter Birro
• Gustaf Skarsgård
• psychological horror
• screenwriter
• film production

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Cannibal

Places: Fårö

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