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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“When you leave school, you realise that aggression is everywhere”
Dragomir Sholev • Director of The PigBulgarian director Dragomir Sholev talks to us about his second feature film, The Pig, which was screened...  
17/04/2019 | Lecce 2019
“Commercially produced titles tend to fall short on the artistic front”
Nawara Shoukry  • Cinema and distribution manager, Zawya Cinema and DistributionAt the Venice Film Festival, where she attended a training seminar organised by CICAE, we talked to Nawara...  
20/09/2018
“I wanted to be able to talk about politics and spirituality in a very open way, without pointing guns at anyone”
Ishan Shukla • Director of Schirkoa: In Lies We TrustThe Indian director breaks down his exuberant and dystopian animation, also giving an insight into his...  
31/01/2024 | IFFR 2024 | Bright Future
“I saw the heroes as dinosaurs living in today’s world”
Yuriy Shylov  • Director of ProjectionistWe caught up with director Yuriy Shylov to get the low-down on his feature debut, Projectionist, which...  
08/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | Documentary Competition
"I just wanted to make people laugh"
Sydney Sibilia  • DirectorWe met the director who made his debut with an exhilarating comedy that quickly won over the public and...  
11/07/2014
“I am more concerned about topics than country of origin”
Radovan Síbrt • ProducerThe Czech co-producer of the Golden Bear-winning Touch Me Not, Radovan Síbrt, has been picked for the...  
12/05/2018 | Producers on the Move 2018
"We wanted to show the rise of the far-right party in Germany as well its structure from bottom to top"
Hubertus Siegert • Producer of A German PartyBERLINALE 2022: The documentary directed by Simon Brückner portrays the controversial German right-wing...  
25/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Berlinale Special
"I decided to exaggerate a little bit and to push certain situations to the extreme"
Charlotte Sieling • DirectorWe met up with Danish director Charlotte Sieling, whose latest film The Man is released in cinemas in Norway  
24/08/2017
“Don’t mention the ending when you write about our film, ever. It should be treated as a crime mystery – ‘The Mystery of False Olof’”
Charlotte Sieling • Director of Margrete – Queen of the NorthThe Danish director discusses her film about the monarch that ruled Scandinavia  
30/08/2021 | Haugesund 2021
“The depth of the characters counts, no matter what kind of story is being told”
Christiane Siemen  • CEO, Creative Europe Desk HamburgWe spoke to Christiane Siemen, CEO of Creative Europe Desk Hamburg, about the benefits that the Series Lab...  
05/10/2017
Slipping into the producer’s role 2Pilots Filmproduction
Jörg Siepmann • ProducerAs 2Pilots Filmproduction approached its 15th anniversary this year, the company has had one of its...  
30/09/2013
"We are not only an international competition, but also a talent development programme supporting creators long after they finish their competition journey"
Kasia Siewko • Project lead, Papaya Young CreatorsOur chat revolved around this groundbreaking international competition for young creative talents, set to...  
21/02/2022 | /Poland
"We’ve always wanted We Have Never Been Modern to look modern"
Matěj Chlupáček and Miro Šifra  • Director and screenwriter of We Have Never Been ModernThe Czech duo zooms in on the very topical theme of gender, as well as creating links between the past and...  
05/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Competition
"We came to realise that the truth really is under threat"
Tereza Nvotová and Miro Šifra • Director and screenwriters of Our PeopleWe met with the Slovakian duo who triumphed in the Series Mania Forum Co-Pro Pitching Sessions with their...  
22/03/2024 | Series Mania 2024 | Series Mania Forum
Head of Marketing at Alta Classics
Alina Sigaro • Alta Films17/07/2006
“We need to respond to the crisis by working together to cope with change”
Carlo A Sigon • President, AIR3 - Italian Directors GuildWe discussed the crisis and new product preferences emerging within the industry with the president of the...  
04/02/2021 | /Italy

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