Interviews

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

8721 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 13/03/2026. 631 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Laurynas Bareiša • Director of Liberations

Liberations is about a family trying to escape an unseen threat, it’s essentially a survival film”

Laurynas Bareiša • Director of Liberations

BERLINALE 2026: The Lithuanian filmmaker chats with us about his upcoming film, which has just won the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award at the...  

24/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | EFM

Ian de la Rosa • Director of Iván & Hadoum

"Almería is closely connected with trans representation in the sense that it has little representation in cinema"

Ian de la Rosa • Director of Iván & Hadoum

BERLINALE 2026: The Spanish director reflects on the transformative power of love, exploring trans representation in contemporary cinema  

24/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Panorama

Marcelo Martinessi • Director of Narciso

“Cinema today has enormous potential to act as a bridge: to recount what happened and help us reflect so that it does not happen again”

Marcelo Martinessi • Director of Narciso

BERLINALE 2026: The Paraguayan director reflects on blending historical fact and fiction in his new film, exploring society and authoritarianism in Paraguay...  

24/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Panorama

Martika Ramirez Escobar • Director of Daughters of the Sea

“I would like to imagine a place where people can learn to co-exist: somewhat like being in water, contained but not bounded”

Martika Ramirez Escobar • Director of Daughters of the Sea

The helmer, who won the Eurimages New Lab Innovation Award at this year’s IFFR, talks to Cineuropa about the future of her Filipino-Spanish coming-of-age...  

24/02/2026 | IFFR 2026 | IFFR Pro

Lucas Englander • Actor

"We don’t need to believe that we need immense amounts of money to tell the most incredible stories that bring us together"

Lucas Englander • Actor

BERLINALE 2026: We sat down with the Austrian actor to talk about responsibility, politics and the wider role an actor can play beyond the screen  

23/02/2026 | European Shooting Stars 2026

Salif Cissé • Actor

"My acting method is being willing to adapt to any situation I’m in"

Salif Cissé • Actor

BERLINALE 2026: The French actor explains how he approaches each space with the same appetite for work  

23/02/2026 | European Shooting Stars 2026

Sofia Tjelta Sydness • Actress

"What I aim to do with my work is engage people, but also provoke them"

Sofia Tjelta Sydness • Actress

BERLINALE 2026: The Norwegian actress speaks about physical transformation and working on a star-heavy set  

23/02/2026 | European Shooting Stars 2026

Danielle Galligan • Actress

"I’m interested in generations of women and seeing how they age, change through life and take up space"

Danielle Galligan • Actress

BERLINALE 2026: The Irish actress talks about speed dating with casting agents and reveals the director she dreams of working with  

23/02/2026 | European Shooting Stars 2026

Eva Trobisch • Director of Home Stories

"I wanted to ask whether who we are and what our identity is can really be so narrow and definite"

Eva Trobisch • Director of Home Stories

BERLINALE 2026: We sat down with the German director to talk about identity, visibility, and the fragile construction of what we call home  

21/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Competition

Jérémy Comte • Director of Paradise

“I see the concept of ‘paradise’ as escapism, with each character striving to reach a place where they can forget their pain”

Jérémy Comte • Director of Paradise

BERLINALE 2026: We spoke to the Canadian director, whose feature debut follows two teens in Canada and Ghana confronting post-colonial tensions  

21/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Panorama

Adrian Goiginger • Director of Four Minus Three

"There are many different ways to grieve"

Adrian Goiginger • Director of Four Minus Three

BERLINALE 2026: The Austrian director spoke about finding the difficult balance between sorrow and lightness and about respecting the experience of the...  

21/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Panorama

Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel • Directors of The Loneliest Man In Town

"It’s a movie about the blues, and the blues is always about losing"

Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel • Directors of The Loneliest Man In Town

BERLINALE 2026: The directing duo spoke about working with a long-time friend, shaping a fiction film rooted in real life and capturing loneliness  

21/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Competition

Grant Gee • Director of Everybody Digs Bill Evans

"His music is beautiful, precise, delicate… his life is a fucking disaster"

Grant Gee • Director of Everybody Digs Bill Evans

BERLINALE 2026: The British director, known for his music documentaries, brings jazz legend Bill Evans to the screen, capturing the fragile sensibility...  

21/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Competition

Kornél Mundruczó • Director of At the Sea

"At one point in your life, you lose your previous self and find a new one"

Kornél Mundruczó • Director of At the Sea

BERLINALE 2026: The Hungarian filmmaker reflects on why his new film moves beyond conventional drama into something more existential  

21/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Competition

Cleo Diára • Actress

"I see art as a seed that you plant in the world"

Cleo Diára • Actress

BERLINALE 2026: We spoke with last year's Cannes Un Certain Regard Best Performance prize winner about awards, career shifts and her bold visual presence  

20/02/2026 | European Shooting Stars 2026

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