Interviews

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

7927 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 07/12/2024. 610 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Cinemalab 2011

Greta Akcijonaite • Distributor, Kino Pasaca

22/03/2011

Eva Åkergren • Producer, Nordisk Film

"I have always wanted to tell stories"

Eva Åkergren • Producer, Nordisk Film

The Swedish producer shares her takes on producing and her thoughts on her country's film scene  

14/05/2024 | Producers on the Move 2024

Jonas Åkerlund  • Director of Lords of Chaos

“Some films that are about real events are made too early”

Jonas Åkerlund • Director of Lords of Chaos

We chatted to Swedish director Jonas Åkerlund about Lords of Chaos, which homes in on notorious Norwegian...  

07/11/2018 | Stockholm 2018

Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay  • Director of Hysteria

“I wanted to describe my world as I know it, and this film is a continuation of that”

Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay • Director of Hysteria

The German-Turkish director breaks down his upcoming drama feature and the need for humans to be able to...  

29/02/2024 | /Germany

"A film on the other side of one's ideals"

Fatih Akin • Director

German-Turkish director Fatih Akin presented The Edge of Heaven in Cannes, where the film picked up the...  

24/09/2007

Fatih Akin  • Director

“As a producer, I protect myself as a director”

Fatih Akin • Director

CANNES 2017: We spoke to German director Fatih Akin about his new thriller, In the Fade  

26/05/2017

Fatih Akin  • Director

Interview

Fatih Akin • Director

VENICE 2014: Cineuropa met up with German film director, screenwriter and producer Fatih Akin, who has...  

02/09/2014

Fatih Akin • Director

“I discovered I was only a good producer with my own films”

Fatih Akin • Director

The Turkish German filmmaker is part of the jury at the Marrakesh Film Festival and talks about her new...  

02/12/2013

At Cannes to change the world

Fatih Akin • Director

23/05/2007

Fatih Akin • Director of The Golden Glove

"They say this film is against women, but it's people who haven't seen the film saying that"

Fatih Akin • Director of The Golden Glove

BERLIN 2019: Fatih Akin talks to us about his new film The Golden Glove, one of the most heinous and gory...  

20/02/2019 | Berlinale 2019 | Competition

Video - Venice Film Festival 2009, Venice Days

Interview with Fatih Akin, director of Soul Kitchen

Ones for the heart

Klaus Maeck & Fatih Akin • Producers

10/03/2008

Levan Akin  • Director of And Then We Danced

“When it takes some four years to make a film, it needs to mean something”

Levan Akin • Director of And Then We Danced

CANNES 2019: With And Then We Danced, Swedish-Georgian director Levan Akin takes on his Eastern European...  

18/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

Levan Akin  • Director of Crossing

"This film is my tribute to solidarity and my love letter to Istanbul"

Levan Akin • Director of Crossing

BERLINALE 2024: The Swedish filmmaker discusses his new film, which follows a Georgian teacher who travels...  

17/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Panorama

Romane Gueret and Lise Akoka • Directors of The Worst Ones

"We mostly wanted to talk about the meeting of these two very different worlds"

Romane Gueret and Lise Akoka • Directors of The Worst Ones

CANNES 2022: The filmmaking duo explain their intentions for their first feature film which homes in on...  

25/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard

Banu Akseki • Director of Sans soleil

"It’s a film that’s more immersive than narrative"

Banu Akseki • Director of Sans soleil

We met with the Belgian director to talk about her atmospheric coming-of-age movie, which she devised in...  

14/06/2022 | Belgium/Netherlands/France

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