Interviews

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

8153 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 25/04/2025. 659 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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“As a subsidised organisation we want to support cinemas as much as possible”
Seppe Vanhaecke  • Distributor, MOOOVWe caught up with Seppe Vanhaecke, responsible for distribution at MOOOV, to discuss the Benelux...  
21/05/2020 | Belgium
“Zoom calls fail to excite the market”
Anne-Sophie Vanhollebeke • President, Cartoon ItaliaThe hardships suffered by the Italian audiovisual industry as a result of the pandemic have also hit the...  
02/04/2021 | /Italy
"We reorganised ourselves but COVID-19 has overcome our plans”
Anne-Sophie Vanhollebeke • President, Cartoon ItaliaWe asked Anne-Sophie Vanhollebeke, president of Cartoon Italia, about how the Italian animation industry...  
09/04/2020 | Italy
"I wanted to explore people being judged solely based on appearances and on origins"
Sébastien Vaniček • Director of VerminVENICE 2023: The French director chatted with us about his energy-filled first feature, which uses a...  
11/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | International Critics' Week
"You don’t have to stack the deck"
Michele Vannucci  • DirectorMichele Vannucci talks about his debut piece I Was a Dreamer, which was presented at Venice and is based...  
30/11/2016
"I've been lucky, because my films have been appreciated despite not being commercial successes"
Agnès Varda  • DirectorThe director analyses her career in light of the Leopard of Honour awarded to her by the Locarno Festival  
11/08/2014
“I’m fed up with talking about my own films and my own work”
Agnès Varda  • Director of Varda by AgnèsWe caught up with seasoned French director Agnès Varda in order to discuss her Berlinale-premiered...  
19/03/2019
Cannes 2010 - Directors' Fortnight
Frederick Wiseman meets Agnès VardaUS director Frederick Wiseman interviews French filmmaker Agnès Varda at the opening of the 42nd...  
“It is not easy to talk when the world isn’t on your side”
Shoghakat Vardanyan • Director of 1489The Armenian first-time filmmaker provides an insight into the emotional approach to finding the right...  
02/05/2024 | goEast 2024
"Helping us to all live in better harmony is a constant concern of mine"
Jan Vardøen • DirectorAnglo-Norwegian director Jan Vardøen is releasing his latest film, House of Norway, in Norwegian theatres,...  
27/12/2016
“You do not necessarily need to suffer to create a piece of art”
Jan Vardøen  • DirectorHeart of Lightness, the first feature length film by director Jan Vardøen came out in Norwegian movie...  
03/06/2014
“The characters in my film are life’s heroes; they are my heroes”
Cláudia Varejão  • Director of Amor FatiWe caught up with Portuguese director Cláudia Varejão to find out more about her Visions du Réel title...  
28/04/2020 | Visions du Réel 2020
"Sometimes we are wolves, sometimes we are dogs, but in our youth we are everything"
Cláudia Varejão • Director of Wolf & DogVENICE 2022: The Portuguese director has shot her film on an island in the Azores, home to a tiny queer...  
06/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Giornate degli Autori
“We ought to have explored our history more self-critically”
David Varela • Director of Un cielo impasibleThe documentary filmmaker takes a scathing look at historical memory and the education system in his...  
26/11/2021 | Gijón 2021
“Seeing the young feminist trying to speak up was a revelation for me”
Carlos Vargas • Director of Hidden EraThe Berlin-based Colombian director breaks down his stylish journey into the art scene of Maputo,...  
10/06/2024 | Tribeca 2024
“This is going to be a digital museum focused on putting premade assets used in video games under the spotlight”
Francesca Tremulo, Eszter Várhidi • Co-directors and co-designers of A Sanctuary of StuffThe duo break down the current status of their project, which scooped the Eurimages New Lab Award for...  
03/04/2025 | CPH:DOX 2025 | CPH:DOX Industry

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