Interviews

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

9064 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 21/10/2026. 597 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Àngels Masclans • Producer of This Land Between Us

“This beautiful project is a queer dramatic western set in the Catalan Pyrenees”

Àngels Masclans • Producer of This Land Between Us

The Catalan producer breaks down Arnau Vilaró’s project, which she is working on via her company, Dos Soles Media  

21/10/2026 | Cinemed 2026 | Cinemed Meetings

Iza Strehar • Producer and screenwriter of Purgatory

“This is also a project that will appeal to body-horror fans”

Iza Strehar • Producer and screenwriter of Purgatory

The Slovenian producer talks to us about Žiga Virc’s project, which she is staging through her company, Lilit  

21/10/2026 | Cinemed 2026 | Cinemed Meetings

Jérôme Blesson • Producer of I Will Drink With the Bees

“What drives us is connecting the local with the international and taking stories beyond their borders”

Jérôme Blesson • Producer of I Will Drink With the Bees

The French producer from La Belle Affaire Productions breaks down the details of Léa Triboulet’s project  

20/10/2026 | Cinemed 2026 | Cinemed Meetings

Mario Bova • Founder and artistic director, Euro Balkan Film Festival

“Cinema has the ability to dig into the roots of the memory and European culture of each Balkan country”

Mario Bova • Founder and artistic director, Euro Balkan Film Festival

The festival's director discusses the maturity of the Balkan film industries, the 60 young filmmakers taking part in the pitching competition and European...  

20/10/2026 | Euro Balkan Film Festival 2026

Christophe Leparc • Director, Cinemed

"Our cultural independence and freedom are at stake"

Christophe Leparc • Director, Cinemed

The director of the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival lays bare the threats hanging over creativity and unpacks common trends in this 48th edition  

16/10/2026 | Cinemed 2026

Yordan Petkov • Director of Resonance

“When the only possible direction is inward, you have to make decisions and confront yourself”

Yordan Petkov • Director of Resonance

The Bulgarian first-time filmmaker breaks down his atmospheric Eastern European western, which explores corruption, complicity, and individual conscience  

16/10/2026 | Warsaw 2026 | 1-2 Competition

Samuel Castro, Juan Alía • Co-directors, Iberseries & Platino Industria

“Today, presenting a good idea is not enough; it needs to be accompanied by a viable financial structure”

Samuel Castro, Juan Alía • Co-directors, Iberseries & Platino Industria

The organisers of the professional event take stock, and review new trends and challenges in the audiovisual industry on both sides of the Atlantic  

16/10/2026 | Iberseries & Platino Industria 2026

Niki Nikitin • Head programmer, Critics’ Picks, Tallinn Black Nights

“We want Critics’ Picks to become an internationally recognised quality label”

Niki Nikitin • Head programmer, Critics’ Picks, Tallinn Black Nights

The curator discusses the evolution of the section, the themes and filmmakers shaping this year’s selection, and his ambitions for the future  

15/10/2026 | Black Nights 2026 | Critics’ Picks

Kristijonas Vildžiūnas • Director of Dice-Ching-O-Mat

“Perhaps presence is the most difficult art to master”

Kristijonas Vildžiūnas • Director of Dice-Ching-O-Mat

The Lithuanian helmer decodes his sixth feature, assembled around a mysterious Asian cipher, and elaborates on the existential layer behind its sci-fi premise  

15/10/2026 | Warsaw 2026 | Competition

Andrew Mohsen • Artistic director, El Gouna International Film Festival

“This year, we made sure that we did not have more films from a certain festival or a particular period of time”

Andrew Mohsen • Artistic director, El Gouna International Film Festival

The newly appointed artistic director of the Egypt-based film festival breaks down this year’s programme  

14/10/2026 | El Gouna 2026

Maciej Sobieszczański • Director of Through the Wall

“What makes the greatest impression on young people is that I’m not afraid of intimacy and share it with them, despite my introversion”

Maciej Sobieszczański • Director of Through the Wall

The Polish helmer discusses his approach to portraying an awareness of evil – and love as a redemptive force against it  

14/10/2026 | Warsaw 2026

Rémi Burah, Erik Hemmendorff, Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir, Baltasar Kormákur • Panellists, "Film as a Weapon" @ Reykjavík International Film Festival 2026

"If you make a film and everybody likes it, it’s probably not a masterpiece"

Rémi Burah, Erik Hemmendorff, Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir, Baltasar Kormákur • Panellists, "Film as a Weapon" @ Reykjavík International Film Festival 2026

We caught up with four prominent film-industry figures to hear their views on the relationship between cinema and politics  

13/10/2026 | Reykjavík 2026

Alberto Alonso • CEO, Feria de Valladolid

“Our goals are to strengthen the audiovisual ecosystem and boost the territory’s visibility”

Alberto Alonso • CEO, Feria de Valladolid

One of the organisers of Shooting Locations Marketplace tells us about what’s new at the event, the feedback they’ve received from previous editions and...  

12/10/2026 | Shooting Locations Marketplace 2026

Camille Bildsøe • Director of If Luck Will Come

“I really hope people get fucking angry and start talking about what is happening”

Camille Bildsøe • Director of If Luck Will Come

The Danish director unpicks her observation of two Afghan children navigating the space between childhood freedom and adult responsibility under Taliban rule  

08/10/2026 | Reykjavík 2026

Andrina Mračnikar • Director of Mila/Marija

“Deciding on the story I wanted, out of all of those I read, became one of the most important things for me”

Andrina Mračnikar • Director of Mila/Marija

The Austrian director of Carinthian Slovenian descent discusses her latest film, about a young Slovenian partisan woman immersed in her anti-fascist fight...  

02/10/2026 | Zurich 2026

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