Interviews

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

8660 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 18/02/2026. 633 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Carlo d’Ursi • Producer of Sad Girlz

“The main work is building continuity”

Carlo d’Ursi • Producer of Sad Girlz

BERLINALE 2026: The producer discusses his Generation entry and the transnational production identity of his company Potenza Producciones  

18/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Generation

Sebastian Brameshuber • Director of London

“Now that divisions have come to the forefront, it was important to make a film that emphasises what we have in common”

Sebastian Brameshuber • Director of London

BERLINALE 2026: It’s all about the journey in this tender portrait of human encounters along an Austrian highway  

18/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Panorama

Pepa Lubojacki  • Director of If Pigeons Turned to Gold

“I still don’t know if this film is the best or the worst idea of my life”

Pepa Lubojacki • Director of If Pigeons Turned to Gold

BERLINALE 2026: The cycle of addiction is broken in the Prague-based director’s documentary on the lives of four family members, primarily their alcoholic...  

18/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Forum

Geneviève Dulude-de Celles • Director of Nina Roza

“I was less interested in the initial hardship of migration than in the aftermath”

Geneviève Dulude-de Celles • Director of Nina Roza

BERLINALE 2026: The Montreal-based filmmaker reveals the challenges of setting up her sophomore feature film in Bulgaria without being Bulgarian  

18/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Competition

Ralitza Petrova • Director of Lust

“We’re constantly stimulated, yet deeply disconnected”

Ralitza Petrova • Director of Lust

BERLINALE 2026: The Bulgarian filmmaker touches upon the philosophical layers of her sophomore feature, opening up paths of interpretation beyond the...  

18/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Forum

Dominik Locher and Honeylyn Joy Alipio • Director and screenwriter of Enjoy Your Stay

“From Filipino cinema I learned the importance of an ensemble, in which everyone matters - my European background tends to follow one protagonist"

Dominik Locher and Honeylyn Joy Alipio • Director and screenwriter of Enjoy Your Stay

BERLINALE 2026: The Swiss director and the Filipino screenwriter talk about their research process and their inter-cultural collaboration  

18/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Panorama

Elle Sofe Sara • Director of Árru

"With the climate crisis and everything currently affecting societies around the world, Indigenous peoples also have a voice to be heard in finding solutions"

Elle Sofe Sara • Director of Árru

BERLINALE 2026: The filmmaker recounts the journey of her debut feature, an unprecedented fictional cinematic immersion at the heart of Sami culture  

17/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Panorama

Anke Blondé • Director of Dust

"Luc and Geert are falling, the question is how they will fall"

Anke Blondé • Director of Dust

BERLINALE 2026: The Flemish filmmaker talks about her second feature film, written by Angelo Tijssens, starring Jan Hammenecker and Arieh Worthalter  

17/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Competition

Rafael Manuel • Director of Filipiñana

“When you look at what’s happening in the world today, so much has to do with inaction - a lack of political action, a lack of personal action”

Rafael Manuel • Director of Filipiñana

BERLINALE 2026: The Filipino director speaks about his first feature… and the parallels between a golf club and the power dynamics in our society  

17/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Perspectives

Emin Alper  • Director of Salvation

“If a country enters a murderous phase, external pressures, like global public opinion and the actions of other states, can set limits”

Emin Alper • Director of Salvation

BERLINALE 2026: The Turkish helmer gives us the low-down on his powerful parable about human fear and hatred, set in remote areas of his home country  

17/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Competition

Fernanda Tovar  • Director of Sad Girlz

“My main goal was to make this film as light, bright, happy, loving and tender as possible”

Fernanda Tovar • Director of Sad Girlz

BERLINALE 2026: The Mexican director discusses how she ensured that her sad girls would still be full of joy  

17/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Generation

Sophie Heldman • Director of The Education of Jane Cumming

“The tensions and problems we face today were already present in this society”

Sophie Heldman • Director of The Education of Jane Cumming

BERLINALE 2026: The filmmaker explains why she brought back into the spotlight the story that led to the first defamation lawsuit brought by women against...  

16/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Panorama

Kai Stänicke • Director of Trial of Hein

“What matters more: my truth or what others see on the outside?”

Kai Stänicke • Director of Trial of Hein

BERLINALE 2026: Memory is a fickle thing in the German director’s film about a man who returns to his village on a remote island after 14 years away  

16/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Perspectives

Tawfik Sabouni • Director of The Other Side of the Sun

“Filming in the prison brought back things, triggered my memory"

Tawfik Sabouni • Director of The Other Side of the Sun

BERLINALE 2026: The Belgian-Syrian filmmaker discusses his film about his experiences shared with other former inmates of the notorious Saidnaya prison  

16/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Panorama

Hanna Bergholm  • Director of Nightborn

“It’s important for art to venture out of its comfort zone because that’s how we experience and discover something new”

Hanna Bergholm • Director of Nightborn

BERLINALE 2026: The director breaks down the central themes of her peculiar horror flick, and discusses the governmental cuts for art and culture in her...  

16/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Competition

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