Interviews

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

8520 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 18/11/2025. 642 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Eamonn Murphy • Director of Solitary

"Brendan’s character is the opposite of what all screenwriting theories advocate"

Eamonn Murphy • Director of Solitary

The Irish filmmaker recounts the journey taken by his debut feature film, which won the Golden Atlas - Grand Jury Prize in Arras  

18/11/2025 | Arras 2025

Kirk Jones • Director of I Swear

"I was looking at a really powerful mix of humour, emotion and tragedy"

Kirk Jones • Director of I Swear

The English director reveals the genesis of his rousing film, inspired by the complex life of Scot John Davidson, an emblematic figure for Tourette syndrome  

18/11/2025 | Arras 2025

Piotr Domalewski • Director of The Altar Boys

"They had to be children, because they’re not yet at a stage where they put things into perspective; things are either good or bad in their eyes"

Piotr Domalewski • Director of The Altar Boys

The Polish filmmaker chatted about the genesis of his new film, revolving around a small group of altar-boy friends who decide to restore justice  

18/11/2025 | Arras 2025

Marc Ortiz Prades • Director of Els mals noms

“When I was researching intersexuality, I came upon silence and a lack of points of reference”

Marc Ortiz Prades • Director of Els mals noms

The Catalonian director talks about his feature debut, a historical film that brings an intersex figure back to the limelight, and about how best to tell...  

18/11/2025 | Seville 2025

Ulises Porra • Director of Under the Same Sun

“We are all weak; we need something in order to be the best version of ourselves”

Ulises Porra • Director of Under the Same Sun

The Catalonian filmmaker talks about his first solo feature, a colonial drama that saw him grapple with a wild jungle shoot and some very complex characters  

18/11/2025 | Seville 2025

Loris Lai • Director of How Kids Roll

“Children are the real victims of war, because they don’t make any decisions”

Loris Lai • Director of How Kids Roll

The director chatted to us about his movie set in Gaza during the second uprising in 2003, which is toplined by a Palestinian and an Israeli boy who are...  

17/11/2025 | /Italy/Belgium

Loris G Nese • Director of A Near Thing

“I looked for alternative forms to express the impossibility of depicting the feelings and paths I’d experienced”

Loris G Nese • Director of A Near Thing

The Italian director discusses his documentary, in which he looks to reconstruct the memories he doesn’t have of his father, who was killed in a feud when...  

17/11/2025 | /Italy

Jean-Benoît Ugeux • Director of Maturity

"Family is the common thread running through all my work"

Jean-Benoît Ugeux • Director of Maturity

The Belgian actor and filmmaker talks to us about his debut fiction feature, which paints a sensitive portrait of a man whose neatly ordered life is called...  

14/11/2025 | Arras 2025

Tova Mozard • Director of ILOVERUSS

“Someone has to love Russ; I’m the one doing it, and it’s worth shouting about”

Tova Mozard • Director of ILOVERUSS

The director and visual artist shares some thoughts about art, film and her main subject, a Hollywood extra and extraordinary friend of hers  

14/11/2025 | Stockholm 2025

Koldo Almandoz • Director of Mouths of Sky

“Misfits tend to be more awkward, but more genuine”

Koldo Almandoz • Director of Mouths of Sky

The Basque filmmaker champions series imbued with a cinematic spirit, characters that go against the grain and, as throughout his filmography, landscapes...  

14/11/2025 | /Spain

Jens Jonsson • Director of We Come in Peace

“We tried to play by Swedish rules as much as possible”

Jens Jonsson • Director of We Come in Peace

The well-travelled Swedish director checks something major off his bucket list with a grand piece of domestic science-fiction  

14/11/2025 | Stockholm 2025

Andrei Epure • Director of Don’t Let Me Die

“I wanted to make a visual testimony to somehow archive a life that passed by in anonymity and indifference”

Andrei Epure • Director of Don’t Let Me Die

The Romanian director talks about his first feature, which, by blending reality, dreams, comedy and horror, reflects on the traces that people leave behind...  

12/11/2025 | /Romania/Bulgaria/France

Marie-Elsa Sgualdo • Director of Silent Rebellion

"We went back in time to explore just how complicated it was for women to assert their autonomy"

Marie-Elsa Sgualdo • Director of Silent Rebellion

The Swiss filmmaker looks back on the making of her first feature, a period drama charting the courageous path to emancipation walked by a very young woman...  

12/11/2025 | Arras 2025

Manuel Cristóbal • Director, Seville European Film Festival

“We try to pass on the pleasure of enjoying cinema in a theatre to new generations”

Manuel Cristóbal • Director, Seville European Film Festival

The director of the event talks to us about this, his third iteration at the helm, as well as its new activities and partnerships, and even offers a few...  

07/11/2025 | Seville 2025

Nadia Paschetto • Director, Arras Film Festival

"It’s now or never if we want to win over this new audience"

Nadia Paschetto • Director, Arras Film Festival

The festival director chats high-quality European cinema, winning over young audiences and project pitching sessions as she sheds light on the event’s 26th...  

07/11/2025 | Arras 2025

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