Interviews

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

8168 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 08/05/2025. 660 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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"During the lockdown, the platforms have demonstrated that they are extremely necessary"
Juanra Fernández  • Director of RocambolaWe phoned Juanra Fernández, the director of the tense Spanish thriller Rocambola, which is being released...  
05/06/2020 | /Spain
"If they spend a quarter of an hour explaining what the film is about, I'm not interested&#"
Julio Fernández • ProducerFilmax, a recognised brand for genre cinema. Its director tells us what makes it work  
05/12/2011
"A strong dose of adrenaline"
Julio Fernández • ProducerJulio Fernández has managed to build strong ties with Filmax, a production company behind many young...  
16/11/2007
"Literature is becoming less and less experiential"
María Elorza and Marian Fernández • Director and producer of To Books and Women I SingThe director's feature debut, a poetic and experimental documentary, reinforces the collaboration between...  
26/09/2022 | San Sebastian 2022 | New Directors
“The creative process can be very solitary; we provide filmmakers with a safe space where they can compare notes and experiment”
Mercedes Fernandez  • Managing Director, TorinoFilmLabWe chatted with the international audiovisual lab’s project manager about its achievements and latest...  
23/11/2023 | TorinoFilmLab 2023
“For me, film direction is a political thing”
Javier Fernández Vázquez • Director of A Storm Was ComingBERLINALE 2020: With his first feature-length documentary directed solo A Storm Was Coming, Javier...  
24/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Forum
“Today, the only possible revolution is an individual one”
Pascale Ferran  • DirectorParisian filmmaker Pascale Ferran has competed in Seville’s Official Section with Bird People, a fable...  
14/11/2014
“Horrendous acts are like short-circuits which help you to realise the entire system is malfunctioning”
Pierluigi Ferrandini  • Director of Percoco - Il primo mostro d’ItaliaThe Bari-born director spoke to us about his debut feature film about the man behind the first ever...  
29/03/2023 | Bif&st 2023
"In a festival you live the cinema"
Elisabetta Ferrando  • Responsible for educational and cultural activities, Venice Film Festival, Giffoni Film FestivalElisabetta Ferrando works as a manager for educational and cultural projects for the Venice Film Festival...  
29/09/2019 | Euro Film Fest
“Pasolini came along and changed everything, as if he were Jesus Christ”
Abel Ferrara  • DirectorVENICE 2014: The director from New York Abel Ferrara is in competition at Venice and has managed to...  
05/09/2014
"This is all happening in a small town where everyone knows everybody and everyone knows what's going on"
Abel Ferrara • Director of Padre PioVENICE 2022: We chatted to the US director about his new film, dedicated to the life of Saint Pius of...  
03/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Giornate degli Autori
"I wouldn't have made this film if Willem Dafoe hadn't wanted to do it"
Abel Ferrara • Director of TommasoCANNES 2019: US-born, Rome-based filmmaker Abel Ferrara talks about his very personal new film, Tommaso,...  
24/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Special Screenings
“It’s essential that education establishes a direct link with the world of work and that we focus on training the professionals demanded by the market”
Minnie Ferrara  • Director, Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino ViscontiWe seized the opportunity to chat with the film school director about the options offered by the...  
04/06/2021 | /Italy
"An exception"
Davide Ferrario • DirectorThe technological trickery of the cinema to come and the bewitching visions of the first moving images......  
22/04/2005
“A producer’s biggest fear is having to bear additional costs, but this is often not justified”
Luca Ferrario • Director, Trentino Film CommissionAt Tallinn, we met up with the Italian professional to talk through the initial results achieved by Green...  
29/11/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event
“Foreign productions are discovering a new side of Italy”
Luca Ferrario  • Manager of the Trentino Film Fund and CommissionThe Manager of the Trentino Film Fund and Commission, Luca Ferrario, tells Cineuropa how productions...  
15/10/2019

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