Interviews

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

8160 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 03/05/2025. 661 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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"I want the audience to make their own story"
Martijn Maria Smits • DirectorWe caught up with Dutchman Martijn Maria Smits, the director of Waldstille, at the Arras Film Festival  
15/11/2016
Rotterdam International Film Festival
Martijn Maria Smits - directorDutch director Martijn Maria Smits talks about his Rotterdam competition title C'est déjà l'été, which was...  
“Online access and availability are now based on a blending of different business models, distribution strategies and content selections”
Roderik Smits  • Film academicThe academic shared some key findings from his recent study titled Circulation Patterns, Abundance and...  
18/01/2023 | /Europe/Germany
“The question is to what extent film festivals with international appeal will continue to function as premiere events and provide a springboard for the distribution of high-profile films”
Roderik Smits  • Film academicThe academic shared some key findings from his recent study titled European Film Festivals in Transition?...  
13/01/2022 | /Europe
"Sales agents and distributors remain equally – if not more – important to the creation and circulation of films in international markets"
Roderik Smits  • Film academicCineuropa talked to film academic Roderik Smits about his new book on film distribution, Gatekeeping in...  
23/03/2020 | Europe
Interview
Agnieszka Smoczyńska • DirectorCANNES 2018: Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Smoczyńska talked to us about her second feature, Fugue, selected...  
22/05/2018 | Cannes 2018 | Critics' Week
On the trail of two mermaids
Agnieszka Smoczyńska  • DirectorPolish director Agnieszka Smoczyńska talks about her feature debut, The Lure, which is being presented at...  
25/01/2016
"The most fascinating element in the book was the clash between the colorful imagination of the twins and the harsh reality"
Agnieszka Smoczynska  • Director of The Silent TwinsCANNES 2022: After two successful films, the Polish filmmaker chose to adapt a book by British journalist...  
01/06/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard
Kaleidoscope
Olivier Smolders • Director"A film that would tell a tale through the shards of a broken mirror or, a story that could be viewed...  
17/06/2005
Interview
Jonas Smulders • ActorBERLIN 2018: Dutch actor Jonas Smulders, one of the 2018 Shooting Stars, talks to us about his work experience  
26/02/2018 | European Shooting Stars 2018
“Sometimes I wonder whether things have got better or worse”
GoCritic! Interview: Vladimír Smutný   • Recepient of the KVIFF President Award13/07/2019 | GoCritic! | Karlovy Vary 2019
“I like these small moments in time when lives are changed forever”
Malachi Smyth • Director of The ScoreWe talked to the director of this British musical set in a roadside café, which features music by Johnny Flynn  
30/11/2021 | Black Nights 2021 | First Feature Competition
“It’s a virtuous circle for all the Icelandic professionals whose abilities are enhanced when they work on their own projects”
Gísli Snær Erlingsson • Director, Icelandic Film CentreThe director of the Icelandic centre discusses the current boom of the local film industry  
11/10/2023 | Reykjavik 2023
“We endeavour to attract and support the finest filmmaking talent from around the world”
Gisli Snaer • Director and CEO, London Film SchoolOur conversation revolved around the main opportunities offered to prospective students by the prestigious...  
31/08/2021 | /UK
“Animated films can help children open up”
Ligia Soare  • Programmer and organiser, AnimestWe chatted to Ligia Soare, who is in charge of the kids’ events and sidebars at Bucharest’s Animest...  
10/10/2019 | Animest 2019
“This story is bigger than our family”
Patrick Sobelman and Hugo Sobelman  • Directors of Golda MariaBERLINALE 2020: We spoke to Patrick and Hugo Sobelman about their Golda Maria, which brings together three...  
27/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Berlinale Special

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