Interviews

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

7478 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 28/03/2024. 582 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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"Even a country with economic trouble can succeed if the people work together"

Karel Och • artistic director, Karlovy Vary Film Festival

04/03/2011

Karel Och • Artistic director, Karlovy Vary IFF

“I wish arthouse films were produced faster”

Karel Och • Artistic director, Karlovy Vary IFF

Karlovy Vary’s artistic director, Karel Och, talks to Cineuropa about the 52nd edition of the festival as...  

27/06/2017

Karel Och   • Artistic director, Karlovy Vary IFF

"Central and Eastern Europe is being watched closely by professionals from around the world"

Karel Och • Artistic director, Karlovy Vary IFF

Cineuropa sat down with Karel Och, artistic director of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, to...  

30/06/2016

Karel Och • Artistic director, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

“Variety, in all its forms, is the essence of our selection process”

Karel Och • Artistic director, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

In anticipation of the 57th edition of the KVIFF, the artistic director broke down his programming choices...  

26/06/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023

Karel Och • Artistic director, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

“Establishing contact with viewers does not mean pleasing them at all costs, but rather connecting with their perception”

Karel Och • Artistic director, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

The head honcho of the largest Czech film gathering talks about the festival’s evolution, new initiatives,...  

21/06/2022 | Karlovy Vary 2022

Karel Och • Artistic Director, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

“KVIFF is a strong brand which has been through a lot since 1946”

Karel Och • Artistic Director, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

The artistic director of the largest Czech film gathering talks about the current edition and the...  

20/08/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021

Karel Och  • Artistic director, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

“We want to challenge the audience with a charming attack on the brain and the heart”

Karel Och • Artistic director, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Karel Och, the artistic director of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, discusses the expansion...  

26/06/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019

Karel Och  • Artistic director, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

“Czech and Slovak film producers have done a great deal of work in the last ten years”

Karel Och • Artistic director, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

KARLOVY VARY 2018: Cineuropa talked to Karel Och, the artistic director of the KVIFF, about the emergence...  

02/07/2018 | Karlovy Vary 2018

Karel Och  • Artistic director, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

“I firmly believe in the original raison d’être of festivals”

Karel Och • Artistic director, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

We caught up with Karlovy Vary’s Karel Och to discuss his career so far and his involvement in 28 Times...  

31/07/2017

Karel Och  • Artistic director, KVIFF

"It's exciting how a film festival can help young filmmakers at the start of their career"

Karel Och • Artistic director, KVIFF

Cineuropa sat down with Karel Och, the artistic director of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival,...  

15/06/2015

Karel Och  • Artistic director, KVIFF

"We've been working to present as many remarkable films from Central and Eastern Europe as possible"

Karel Och • Artistic director, KVIFF

Cineuropa met up with Karel Och, the artistic director of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, to...  

30/06/2014

Joe Odagiri • Director of They Say Nothing Stays the Same

"The bridge is useful for people, but like that a beautiful culture is going to disappear"

Joe Odagiri • Director of They Say Nothing Stays the Same

VENICE 2019: Japanese star Joe Odagiri presents his feature-length directorial debut, They Say Nothing...  

10/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Giornate degli Autori

Mattia Oddone  • Head of Cinema and TV International Sales, Rai Com

"The best place to sell Italian films is Italy"

Mattia Oddone • Head of Cinema and TV International Sales, Rai Com

Rai Com, international sales arm of Italy's pubcaster Rai, brings a powerful slate to Rome's The Business...  

19/10/2014

Anna Odell  • Director of X&Y

“I have decided that art is more important than fear”

Anna Odell • Director of X&Y

We sat down with Swedish director Anna Odell to talk about how she explores gender identity in a limitless...  

16/11/2018 | Stockholm 2018

Damien Odoul  • Director of Theo and the Metamorphosis

“I want to challenge the viewing habits of the public and to take a risk for it”

Damien Odoul • Director of Theo and the Metamorphosis

BERLINALE 2021: We talked to the French director about his new experimental film  

08/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Panorama

David Oelhoffen  • Director

“There is nothing romantic about a criminal life”

David Oelhoffen • Director

VENICE 2018: Returning to the Lido with the thriller Close Enemies, French director David Oelhoffen flirts...  

03/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | Competition

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