Interviews

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

8235 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 25/05/2025. 663 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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Producers on the Move 2011 - Norway
Maria Ekerhovd • Mer FilmMaria Ekerhovd, who scooped Norway’s so far only Golden Palm for Bobbie Peers’ short Sniffer, has recently...  
25/10/2011
"Gritt really has something to say about living in contemporary Scandinavia"
Maria Ekerhovd • ProducerWe spoke to producer Maria Ekerhovd, of Mer Film, about the Gritt project, which won the Eurimages Lab...  
27/08/2018
"This is a drama with supernatural elements... and quite scary"
Maria Ekerhovd • Producer of The InnocentsNorway's Maria Ekerhovd, producer of Eskil Vogt's upcoming film The Innocents for Mer Film, tells us more...  
05/02/2020 | Göteborg 2020 | Göteborg Industry
“Sometimes you have to admit defeat to start over and rise again”
Isabella Eklöf  • Director of KalakThe Swedish filmmaker details the inspirations for her new feature, based on Kim Leine's autobiographical...  
24/09/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | Competition
“This is probably the grandest project I’ll ever realise – this was the one for me”
Ragnhild Ekner • Director of UltrasThe Swedish director tells us more about the background to her film examining global football fandom,...  
04/02/2025 | Göteborg 2025
Interview
Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross • DirectorsNana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross are presenting their film In Bloom at the Ten European Directors To...  
28/06/2013
“These girls challenge traditions”
Nada Riyadh, Ayman El Amir • Directors of The Brink of DreamsCANNES 2024: The Egyptian filmmakers follow an all-female street-theatre troupe that is, and always was,...  
18/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Critics’ Week
"We've always dreamed of making a gangster film"
Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah • DirectorsWe met up with Belgian filmmakers Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah to talk about their explosive new film,...  
23/01/2018
"Making accessible films to fill a difficult brief"
Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah • DirectorsCineuropa met with Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah to talk about Black, their second film.  
03/11/2015
"I'm lucky to be able to use my personal experiences in order to talk about funny situations and to show another side of Luxembourg"
Adolf El Assal • Director of SawahLuxembourgish director of Egyptian origin Adolf El Assal chats to us about his latest film, Sawah, as well...  
31/05/2019
“I was inside the events and living through them with my characters”
Myriam El Hajj • Director of Diaries from LebanonBERLINALE 2024: The director breaks down her portrait of the hardships that Lebanese society has gone...  
22/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Panorama
Brussels Mediterranean Film Festival 2010
Dima El-Horr • directorCineuropa met with Lebanese director Dima El-Horr, whose debut feature Everyday Is a Holiday was in...  
"I wanted to describe these young people who fight adult battles with children’s weapons"
Nora El Hourch  • Director of SisterhoodThe French-Moroccan director explained the highly personal origin of her debut feature film, which is a...  
13/09/2023 | Toronto 2023 | Platform
"I wanted my daughter to get her own Rocky"
Mabrouk El Mechri • Director of Kung Fu ZohraInspired by The Karate Kid, the French director presents a strong woman who fights for her rights and her...  
02/02/2022 | IFFR 2022 | Big Screen Competition
“Freedom is something very vast, we are constantly redefining what it means”
Samira El Mouzghibati  • Director of (Y)our motherThe filmmaker talks about his first documentary feature, an intimate feminine film about the freedoms we...  
04/07/2024 | BRIFF 2024
“It becomes hard to define what is wrong and what is right here”
May el-Toukhy  • Director of Queen of HeartsWe chatted to May el-Toukhy, the director and co-writer of Reina de corazones, which scooped awards at the...  
05/02/2019 | Sundance 2019 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

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