Interviews

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

8261 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 17/06/2025. 673 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Félix Dufour-Laperrière • Director of Death Does Not Exist

“The qualities and flaws of the film have nothing to do with the budget we worked with – we gave our all”

Félix Dufour-Laperrière • Director of Death Does Not Exist

The rising Québécois director tells us about the complex process that brought his strange and beautiful ecological animation to life  

17/06/2025 | Annecy 2025

Giacomo Gatti • Director of Livio Garzanti, il Gran Viziato, La morale nascosta di un editore formidabile

“We have reconstructed the story of a narcissistic genius who concealed his boundless generosity”

Giacomo Gatti • Director of Livio Garzanti, il Gran Viziato, La morale nascosta di un editore formidabile

The Italian director, a student of Ermanno Olmi's, tells us how he collected the latest testimonies about the Milan editor who discovered Pier Paolo...  

17/06/2025 | Biografilm 2025

Dimitri Verhulst • Director of The Weeping Walk

“Modern cinema moves too fast, whereas I wanted to take the time to show an image and to let the actors truly perform”

Dimitri Verhulst • Director of The Weeping Walk

The Belgian poet, writer and first-time filmmaker explains his sudden shift to directing and his inclination to interpret life through dark humour  

17/06/2025 | Transilvania 2025

Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han • Directors of Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

“Things can be hard, but we find a way forward – we say it to children and to adults”

Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han • Directors of Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

The directorial duo discuss their adaptation of Amélie Nothomb’s novel recounting her childhood in Japan and describe their approach to dark topics that...  

16/06/2025 | Annecy 2025

Irene Iborra • Director of Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake

“We are never alone; there is always someone we can count on”

Irene Iborra • Director of Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake

The Spanish filmmaker makes her feature film debut with a stop-motion film that uses other techniques, with a personal message to children championing...  

13/06/2025 | Annecy 2025

Marcel Barelli • Director of Mary Anning

"Mary Anning exudes a positive energy"

Marcel Barelli • Director of Mary Anning

The Swiss director chatted with us about his love of animals, music and unusual characters, a category which definitely includes the protagonist of his film  

13/06/2025 | Annecy 2025

Agustina Macri • Director of Miss Carbón

“This film could not have been directed by a man”

Agustina Macri • Director of Miss Carbón

The Argentine filmmaker discusses gender transition, female sensitivity and the need to feel deeply about a film project  

12/06/2025 | /Spain/Argentina

Iván Morales • Director of Join Me for Breakfast

“Today, making really personal films means going against the grain”

Iván Morales • Director of Join Me for Breakfast

The director, actor and teacher has adapted his stage play, in which he talks about bewilderment, commitment, heartbreak and other subjects affecting...  

12/06/2025 | /Spain

Anna Ramskogler-Witt, Vivian Schröder • Artistic director and impact director, Dokumentale

“From the start, we knew we didn’t want to just screen films; we wanted to open up a conversation about the many ways reality can be narrated”

Anna Ramskogler-Witt, Vivian Schröder • Artistic director and impact director, Dokumentale

The Dokumentale heads unveil this year’s rich programme celebrating non-fiction storytelling and unpack the gathering’s ever-expanding vision  

12/06/2025 | Dokumentale 2025

Argen Adil Uulu • Festival director, Bishkek International Film Festival

“We realised that we could be more than just another event; we could become a platform shaping a new regional system”

Argen Adil Uulu • Festival director, Bishkek International Film Festival

The head of the Kyrgyz gathering unpacks this year’s programme and the event’s growing industry impact within the Central Asian region and beyond  

11/06/2025 | Bishkek 2025

Weronika Mliczewska • Director of Child of Dust

“I knew that the journey with Sang would take us somewhere deep and universal”

Weronika Mliczewska • Director of Child of Dust

The Polish director unpicks her first documentary feature, about a man whose father was a US soldier during the Vietnam War and whose mother was Vietnamese  

10/06/2025 | Krakow 2025

Joachim Trier • Director of Sentimental Value

“I’m 50 and have two small kids, and the world is in turmoil and unrest – it just feels like we’re ready for some tenderness”

Joachim Trier • Director of Sentimental Value

CANNES 2025: The Norwegian director discusses his latest film and the fact he has reached a “lucky” point in his career  

05/06/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

Rouven Dombrowski • On-set and virtual production supervisor on Cassandra

“We had to strike a balance between not making the 3D character ‘too’ perfect and still conveying enough emotion”

Rouven Dombrowski • On-set and virtual production supervisor on Cassandra

The German VFX supervisor, who attended the FMX conference in Stuttgart, explains the process of creating the soul and the face of a smart-home robot in the...  

04/06/2025 | /Germany

Jūratė Pazikaite • Head, Vilnius Film Office

“Film crews often cite three advantages of filming in Vilnius: attractive tax incentives, versatile locations and experienced, professional crews”

Jūratė Pazikaite • Head, Vilnius Film Office

In March, Vilnius welcomed 11 international film productions; we spoke with the head of the Vilnius Film Office to learn more about this growing interest in...  

02/06/2025 | /Lithuania

Roderik Smits • Assistant professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam

“Online distribution and film circulation are complex processes to understand because there are so many routes to market”

Roderik Smits • Assistant professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam

The academic researcher’s latest report focuses on European film visibility on streaming platforms, comparing national markets and distributor strategies  

30/05/2025 | /Netherlands

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