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.

 
Jagoda Szelc  • Director

“Watching a film is a form of ritual”

Jagoda Szelc • Director

BERLIN 2018: We talked to Jagoda Szelc, whose debut film, Tower. A Bright Day, has had its world premiere in the Berlinale’s Forum  

17/02/2018 | Berlinale 2018 | Forum

Maike Mia Höhne  • Curator, Berlinale Shorts

“The future is here. The short form has a lot more to offer!”

Maike Mia Höhne • Curator, Berlinale Shorts

BERLIN 2018: Maike Mia Höhne, curator of Berlinale Shorts, gave us an insight into what we can look forward to in this year’s programme  

16/02/2018 | Berlinale 2018 | Shorts

Martina Bleis and Kathi Bildhauer  • Co-directors, Berlinale Co-Production Market

“The projects benefit from having a stamp of approval from a big festival”

Martina Bleis and Kathi Bildhauer • Co-directors, Berlinale Co-Production Market

BERLIN 2018: We spoke to Martina Bleis and Kathi Bildhauer, co-directors of the Berlinale Co-Production Market, about the new focal points of the...  

16/02/2018 | Berlinale 2018 | Market

Matthijs Wouter Knol  • Director, European Film Market

"We've made the EFM one of the most important business events in the film industry"

Matthijs Wouter Knol • Director, European Film Market

BERLIN 2018: As the EFM kicks off, its director, Matthijs Wouter Knol, lifts the lid on new trends and changes in the industry  

15/02/2018 | Berlinale 2018 | Market

Domenico Dinoia • President, FICE – Italian Federation of Arts Cinema

"The content is there, but the distribution system isn’t growing the market"

Domenico Dinoia • President, FICE – Italian Federation of Arts Cinema

FICE president Domenico Dinoia talks about the excellent results obtained by auteur films at the beginning of the year, and compares Italy to other European...  

14/02/2018

David Verbeek  • Director

“It took me a few days to get to know myself”

David Verbeek • Director

We chatted to Dutch director David Verbeek about his seventh feature, An Impossibly Small Object, which screened at Rotterdam and has spawned an exhibition...  

14/02/2018 | IFFR 2018

Dieter Kosslick  • Director, Berlin Film Festival

“We arouse a lust for cinema”

Dieter Kosslick • Director, Berlin Film Festival

BERLIN 2018: Berlin Film Festival director Dieter Kosslick talked to us about civil courage, the fates of artists and the huge success of the Berlinale on...  

14/02/2018 | Berlinale 2018

Yohann Comte  • Exporter

“We didn’t opt to be independent in order to be enslaved”

Yohann Comte • Exporter

We talked to Yohann Comte, of young international sales agent Charades, about the firm’s line-up and development strategy, as well as market trends  

13/02/2018 | Berlinale 2018 | Market/France

Xavier Giannoli • Director

"An elusive enigma"

Xavier Giannoli • Director

Xavier Giannoli decrypts The Apparition, an immersion into a canonical investigation starring Vincent Lindon and Galatea Bellugi  

12/02/2018

Paul Pauwels • Director, European Documentary Network

"A good story is a good story, whether it's told in a factual form or as a fiction story"

Paul Pauwels • Director, European Documentary Network

European Documentary Network director Paul Pauwels talks to us about the organisation and its new Media & Society initiative  

07/02/2018

Coralie Fargeat • Director

"I was aiming for something so excessive that it became almost surreal"

Coralie Fargeat • Director

French director Coralie Fargeat talks to us about her explosive debut feature film Revenge, sold around the globe since its premiere at Toronto  

06/02/2018

Kaweh Modiri and Frank Hoeve  • Director and producer

“It is a story about a mother and her process of letting go”

Kaweh Modiri and Frank Hoeve • Director and producer

We spoke to the team behind Mitra, winner of the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award at the recent CineMart, director Kaweh Modiri and producer Frank...  

06/02/2018 | IFFR 2018

Savina Neirotti • Executive director, TorinoFilmLab

"There’s high demand for training on serial projects"

Savina Neirotti • Executive director, TorinoFilmLab

Savina Neirotti talks about TFL Extended, a new program that organises tailor-made workshops. The first workshop is due to be held in April in Turin and...  

05/02/2018

Lorenz Suter  • Director

“The movie was like a work in progress; nobody knew where the story was going”

Lorenz Suter • Director

Cineuropa talked to Swiss director Lorenz Suter at Solothurn about his mysterious and aesthetically intriguing movie Strangers  

02/02/2018 | Solothurn 2018

Fernand Melgar  • Director

"I’ve never done a shoot before that’s given me so much back"

Fernand Melgar • Director

Cineuropa met up with Fernand Melgar at the Solothurn Film Festival, where his film At the Philosophers' School is in competition for the Prix de Soleure  

01/02/2018 | Solothurn 2018

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