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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Christian Volckman  • Director of The Room

"I could introduce ideas such as mental labyrinths: the puzzle of the human mind"

Christian Volckman • Director of The Room

French director Christian Volckman talks about his transition to fiction via The Room, genre cinema and...  

14/05/2020 | /France/Luxembourg/Belgium

Interview - Premiers Plans, Angers 2009

Christian Volkman, director of Renaissance

Volckman talks about the emergence of animation film and its place in cinema theatres  

Patrick Vollrath • Director of 7500

“My concern is to discover emotional truths”

Patrick Vollrath • Director of 7500

German Films met up with Patrick Vollrath, who directed the plane hijacking film 7500, to discuss his work...  

10/02/2020 | /Germany/Austria

Saralisa Volm • Director of The Silent Forest

“As an art historian, I have a large iconographic pool into which I dip for each project”

Saralisa Volm • Director of The Silent Forest

We met up with the German director to talk about her approach to adapting Wolfram Fleischhauer's...  

10/11/2022 | /Germany

Mathieu Volpe  • Director of An Italian Youth

“What I find most striking is this generation who lives on one continent, but whose head is always turned towards that of their parents”

Mathieu Volpe • Director of An Italian Youth

The young filmmaker, born in Italy and living in Belgium, tells us about his first feature-length...  

06/07/2023 | BRIFF 2023

Petra Volpe • Director

"I hope the film encourages people not to give in to oppression and injustice"

Petra Volpe • Director

Swiss director Petra Volpe talks to us about her latest feature film, The Divine Order, screening in...  

21/04/2017

Petra Volpe • Director of Late Shift

"The film is a declaration of love for the nursing profession"

Petra Volpe • Director of Late Shift

BERLINALE 2025: We talked to the Swiss-Italian filmmaker about the inspiration and intention behind her...  

19/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Berlinale Special

Alec Von Bargen • Head of Studies, TFL Comedy Lab

“If an actor is generous, they’ll take such a strong hold of the character that you, as a writer, will discover things you’d hadn’t even seen before”

Alec Von Bargen • Head of Studies, TFL Comedy Lab

The head of TorinoFilmLab’s new programme dedicated to comedy development explained how it all works and...  

26/11/2024 | TorinoFilmLab 2024

Felix von Boehm • Producer, Lupa Film

“The people we work with also have something in common - they are highly original artists"

Felix von Boehm • Producer, Lupa Film

German Films met up with producer Felix von Boehm of Lupa Film to understand better his approach to the...  

30/09/2019

Gero von Boehm  • Director of Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful

“Helmut Newton wanted to show strong women”

Gero von Boehm • Director of Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful

We talked to the director of Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful, Gero von Boehm, who in turn talked...  

27/04/2020 | Tribeca 2020

Video - Cinéfondation in Cannes 2009

Dara von Dusen, Zuzana Spidlova e Ralitza Petrova - Directors

Three young directors talk about their experience at Cinéfondation  

Theresa von Eltz  • Director

"It is hard to get a new film financed, even for established filmmakers like Stephen Frears"

Theresa von Eltz • Director

German director Theresa von Eltz’s feature debut, 4Kings, had its international premiere at the Rome Film Fest  

22/10/2015

Christine von Fragstein • Co-initiator, Fair Play Film + Culture

"We have to educate and encourage people to speak up when injustice occurs"

Christine von Fragstein • Co-initiator, Fair Play Film + Culture

We talked to one of the founders of the new network of coaches aiming to make the German film industry a...  

11/02/2025 | /Germany

Katja von Garnier  • Director

Positive visions of the future

Katja von Garnier • Director

German Films sat down with Katja von Garnier to discuss her career and her Windstorm brand of films,...  

31/03/2016

A positive impact

Katja von Garnier • Director

19/08/2010

Realizing a dream

Julia von Heinz • Director

A flashback on Julia von Heinz’s career. Her new film Hanni & Nanni 2 will be released by Universal...  

24/02/2012

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