Interviews

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

7478 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 28/03/2024. 581 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Grímur Hákonarson  • Director of The County

“Corruption is part of this community’s life”

Grímur Hákonarson • Director of The County

We chatted to Icelandic writer-director Grímur Hákonarson, whose third feature, The County, was presented...  

11/09/2019 | Toronto 2019 | Contemporary World Cinema

Mascha Halberstad • Director of Fox and Hare Save the Forest

“Children should be taken seriously”

Mascha Halberstad • Director of Fox and Hare Save the Forest

BERLINALE 2024: The Dutch director breaks down her new film, in which weird twists abound and Apocalypse...  

16/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Generation

Mascha Halberstad  • Director of Oink

“It always upsets me when people underestimate children”

Mascha Halberstad • Director of Oink

BERLINALE 2022: There is more to life than the title of “Sausage King” in this delightful stop-motion...  

10/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Generation

Pnina Halfon Lang • Executive director, CoPro, and head, DocuShuk

“The Israeli documentary scene offers a huge variety of stories told by local filmmakers”

Pnina Halfon Lang • Executive director, CoPro, and head, DocuShuk

We talked to Pnina Halfon Lang, executive director of CoPro and head of DocuShuk, to discover how the...  

10/12/2020 | /Israel

Edward Lovelace and James Hall  • Directors

"This movie takes a more subjective approach than usual for a documentary"

Edward Lovelace and James Hall • Directors

Edward Lovelace and James Hall screened their documentary The Possibilities Are Endless, about English...  

22/10/2014

Lillah Halla  • Director of Power Alley

"This film is not only a portrait of intolerance"

Lillah Halla • Director of Power Alley

CANNES 2023: The Brazilian filmmaker discusses her first feature, centred on a promising volleyball player...  

25/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Critics' Week

Ingibjörg Halldórsdóttir • Co-founder, IceDocs Iceland Documentary Film Festival

“We try our best to showcase how broad a medium creative documentary can be”

Ingibjörg Halldórsdóttir • Co-founder, IceDocs Iceland Documentary Film Festival

The fourth edition of the Akranes-based documentary festival wrapped on 26 June, and we chatted to one of...  

01/07/2022 | IceDocs 2022

Ingibjörg Halldórsdóttir  • Co-founder, IceDocs Iceland Documentary Film Festival

“We are doing this because we love documentaries”

Ingibjörg Halldórsdóttir • Co-founder, IceDocs Iceland Documentary Film Festival

The Akranes-based IceDocs wrapped its third edition on 27 June, and its co-founder opens up about what’s...  

28/06/2021 | IceDocs 2021

Ingibjörg Halldórsdóttir  • Co-founder, IceDocs Iceland Documentary Film Festival

“We are just going to show our audience the world”

Ingibjörg Halldórsdóttir • Co-founder, IceDocs Iceland Documentary Film Festival

Cineuropa met up with Ingibjörg Halldórsdóttir, co-founder of the Akranes-based Iceland Documentary Film...  

09/07/2020 | IceDocs 2020

Hannes Þór Halldòrsson • Director of Cop Secret

“It's the kind of film I like to watch myself, so it's the genre I felt the most comfortable with”

Hannes Þór Halldòrsson • Director of Cop Secret

This clever satire of an action film offers several layers of complexity and an intelligent way of dealing...  

13/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

2009 Producer on the Move - Finland

Matti Halonen

21/04/2009

Tuija Halttunen  • Director of How to Kill a Cloud

"Clouds are like characters and they represent something larger than human understanding"

Tuija Halttunen • Director of How to Kill a Cloud

The Finnish director tells us how she made a film about ethics rather than science  

03/05/2021 | CPH:DOX 2021 | Nordic:Dox Award

Maciej Hamela • Co-director of Bless You!

"My co-director, Tatiana Chistova, and I depict the situation endured by Russian pensioners during the pandemic"

Maciej Hamela • Co-director of Bless You!

CANNES 2021: We talked to the winner of the brand-new Doc Alliance Award for Best Short Film at this...  

04/08/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Marché du Film

Bent Hamer  • Director

“He who carries the heaviest load is he who has nothing to carry”

Bent Hamer • Director

Cineuropa met up with Bent Hamer, the director of 1001 Grams, which has been picked to represent Norway in...  

02/10/2014

Interview

Bent Hamer • Director

Interview with Norwegian director Bent Hamer at the San Sebastian Film Festival 2010. The director talks...  

29/09/2010

"Going where the story takes you"

Bent Hamer • Director

Bent Hamer • Factotum's director  

10/03/2006

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