Interviews

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

8706 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 06/03/2026. 633 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Tecla Insolia • Actress

"What I love most about my work is making people feel represented"

Tecla Insolia • Actress

BERLINALE 2026: The actress spoke to us about what it means to be seen as a Gen Z voice in Italy and, of course, the director she hopes will one day make...  

20/02/2026 | European Shooting Stars 2026

Joes Brauers • Actor

"I hope to get a grip on the abstract things in life like love, grief, history"

Joes Brauers • Actor

BERLINALE 2026: We spoke with the Dutch actor about craft, the strange privilege of being an actor, and the surprisingly tricky task of naming a dream director  

20/02/2026 | European Shooting Stars 2026

Violet Braeckman • Actress

"Between 'action' and 'cut' everything is possible"

Violet Braeckman • Actress

BERLINALE 2026: We caught up with the Belgian actress to talk about craft, the challenge of playing in Heysel 85, and what drives her as an actress  

20/02/2026 | European Shooting Stars 2026

Enno Trebs  • Actor

"The movies I want to act in have to feel very true, like a good observation of humanity"

Enno Trebs • Actor

BERLINALE 2026: We caught up with the German actor to talk about starting young, growing up in the countryside outside Berlin, and shaping his craft through...  

20/02/2026 | European Shooting Stars 2026

Fatlume Bunjaku  • Actress

"I love film more than theatre"

Fatlume Bunjaku • Actress

BERLINALE 2026: We caught up with the Kosovo-Albanian actress to talk about discovering acting, carving her own path, and where that journey has taken her  

20/02/2026 | European Shooting Stars 2026

Kosara Mitić • Director of 17

"That’s how violence exists in the lives of young women: without consequences, without language"

Kosara Mitić • Director of 17

BERLINALE 2026: The emerging filmmaker talks about creating a film that directly interrogates the frightening casual nature of sexual violence by drawing...  

20/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Perspectives

Lance Hammer • Director of Queen at Sea

"I wanted to make a film that reflects the uncertainty I feel myself"

Lance Hammer • Director of Queen at Sea

BERLINALE 2026: We spoke with the director about his film centered on aging and dementia, exploring the fragile architecture of consent and agency  

20/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Competition

Faraz Shariat • Director of Prosecution

“The austerity and inhumanity of these spaces needed to be reflected in the film’s imagery”

Faraz Shariat • Director of Prosecution

BERLINALE 2026: The German director talks about his research into the German legal system and its blind spots, and his film's aesthetical approach and main...  

20/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Panorama

Mohammed Hammad • Director of Safe Exit

“The film explores the paradoxes in human relationships – people being together despite differences”

Mohammed Hammad • Director of Safe Exit

BERLINALE 2026: The Egyptian director breaks down how he intertwined a highly traumatic event with the social status of his character  

20/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Panorama

Frederike Migom • Director of Everyone’s Sorry Nowadays

“Being a kid isn’t so different from being an adult”

Frederike Migom • Director of Everyone’s Sorry Nowadays

BERLINALE 2026: The Belgian director discusses her latest film, in which temperatures and tensions run high  

20/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Generation

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun • Director of Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars

"When everything’s standardised, what matters are voices, music that’s different and dissonant"

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun • Director of Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars

BERLINALE 2026: The French-Chadian director discusses the genesis of his new film which interweaves legends and realism in the syncretic spirit typical of...  

19/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Competition

Mahnaz Mohammadi • Director of Roya

“The film's structure imitates unconsciousness: the images and sounds don’t always match up”

Mahnaz Mohammadi • Director of Roya

BERLINALE 2026: The Iranian helmer discusses her approach to depicting her main character, a teacher imprisoned in Tehran for her political beliefs  

19/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Panorama

Manon Coubia • Director of Forest High

“It all began with a place I felt compelled to tell the story of”

Manon Coubia • Director of Forest High

BERLINALE 2026: The Brussels-based filmmaker discusses her first fiction feature, shot across the seasons with a small crew in a mountain refuge  

19/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Perspectives

Anna Roller • Director of Allegro Pastell

“It always starts with female characters that make decisions which are initially hard to understand”

Anna Roller • Director of Allegro Pastell

BERLINALE 2026: The German director, who is also taking part in German Films’ Face to Face campaign, details the aesthetic vision and casting process...  

19/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Panorama

Grace Passô • Director of Our Secret

"When a living human body arrives in a living, physical space, the script becomes something to refer to, not to follow”

Grace Passô • Director of Our Secret

BERLINALE 2026: The Brazilian artist chatted with us about the surreal realism, family intimacy, and personal histories which shape her feature film  

19/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Perspectives

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