Interviews

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

8189 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 14/05/2025. 658 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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"We were focused on how to understand the development of Jonas’s spiral of violence"
Hannes Baumgartner  • DirectorSAN SEBASTIÁN 2018: We spoke to Swiss director Hannes Baumgartner, who explained to us how he built the...  
25/09/2018 | San Sebastián 2018 | New Directors
“I don’t give a shit about categories; ultimately, every idea fits a format”
Piet Baumgartner • Director of Bagger DramaThe Swiss visual artist and director gives us the low-down on his first fiction feature, which he...  
02/10/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | New Directors
"Environmental film festivals are important, they are a necessity and they help to raise awareness"
David Baute  • Artistic Director, FICMECThe head of the programme of the International Environmental Film Festival of the Canary Islands talks...  
17/11/2023 | /Spain
“Our festival and market are a cultural crossroads”
David Baute  • Director, MiradasDocThe documentary film festival in Guía de Isora (Tenerife), a creative and production-orientated bridge...  
07/03/2022 | MiradasDoc 2022
“I’m a lover of the fantastic”
Lamberto Bava • DirectorWe chatted to the seasoned Italian director, who is the headline retrospective guest at Finland’s Night...  
04/04/2025 | Night Visions 2025
“We are all Lauras”
Dimitris Bavellas  • Director of In the Strange Pursuit of Laura DurandWe chatted to Greek director Dimitris Bavellas, who, in his second film, In the Strange Pursuit of Laura...  
29/11/2019 | Black Nights 2019 | Competition
“We were fascinated by the (almost empty) phrase ‘finding yourself’ and the kind of people who preach this”
Glen Bay Grant • Director of True MirrorThe Danish director comes to EFP’s Future Frames at the 55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for...  
27/08/2021 | Future Frames 2021
“Through fiction, we try to give meaning to reality”
JA Bayona  • Director of Society of the SnowVENICE 2023: The Spanish helmer delves into the intricacies of his new project, telling the story of...  
11/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Out of Competition
“A director needs to seek out and reveal the truth”
Juan Antonio Bayona  • DirectorSAN SEBASTIÁN 2016: J.A. Bayona, director of The Impossible, has premiered his third film, A Monster...  
22/09/2016
“I wanted to tell what the news did not show”
Juan Antonio Bayona • DirectorThe second film by the director of The Orphanage is a production of great technical difficulty that...  
05/10/2012
"André Téchiné's errant mother"
Emmanuelle Béart • ActressA meeting with the French star of Les Egarés, set in 1940. "I prepared for this role by talking to my...  
22/05/2003
"I wanted to create a vampire who exudes an artisanal and childlike air"
Adrien Beau  • Director of The VourdalakVENICE 2023: The French director spoke to us about his debut feature film, which was adapted from a...  
11/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | International Critics’ Week
"I wanted to make a film about women"
Xavier Beauvois • DirectorTORONTO 2017: In conversation with French filmmaker Xavier Beauvois about his new film The Guardians,...  
09/09/2017
“I wanted to respect Chaplin's spirit”
Xavier Beauvois  • DirectorVENICE 2014: Cineuropa hears from French actor and director Xavier Beauvois, who presented his latest...  
28/08/2014
The director's moral duty
Xavier Beauvois • Director
"Beyond religion, the film is about men"
Xavier Beauvois  • DirectorThe French director answered questions from international journalists about Of Gods and Men at a press...  
20/05/2010

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