Interviews

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

8295 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 05/07/2025. 650 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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“In the region where the film is set, the hope lies with the women”
Magnus Gertten  • Director of Only the Devil Lives Without HopeWe talked to Magnus Gertten, the director of Only the Devil Lives Without Hope, a film that could have...  
15/06/2020 | Hot Docs 2020
“Our students learn how to become professional and inspiring teachers of cinema”
Dan Geva • Founder of The Ethics Lab, CILECT, Beit-Berl CollegeOur conversation focused on the main learning opportunities offered to prospective students by Beit-Berl...  
04/05/2021 | /Israel
"Homo Sapiens is open to interpretation"
Nikolaus Geyrhalter • DirectorNikolaus Geyrhalter breaks down his latest opus, Homo Sapiens, at the Cinéma du Réel Festival, which...  
29/03/2016
"Earth can be regarded as a description of the state of things, but also as a fundamental critique of civilisation"
Nikolaus Geyrhalter  • Director of EarthNikolaus Geyrhalter talks about his most recent documentary, Earth, which screened at the Diagonale after...  
26/03/2019 | Diagonale 2019
"Everything we produce or use ends up to be trash at some point"
Nikolaus Geyrhalter • Director of Matter Out of PlaceThe Austrian documentary maker gives a multi-perspective view of the global handling of trash  
10/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition
"When we talk about mental illness in general, we are often too quick to reduce people to diagnoses"
Nicolai GH Johansen • Director of If You KnewWe chat to the Danish director as his raw and intense piece about mental illness screens as part of EFP’s...  
06/07/2022 | Future Frames 2022
"I made this movie to find out who I am"
Hadi Ghandour  • DirectorParis-based director Hadi Ghandour discusses his first feature, The Traveller, which has just had its...  
23/11/2016
“The issue for most people is that the core of their story is not solid or they’re not absolutely sure what they are expressing”
Tina Gharavi  • Writer-director and showrunnerAt Stockfish, the BAFTA-nominated creative led the Writers Lab, open to select participants with a prior...  
10/04/2024 | Stockfish 2024
“This film will be controversial, and we don’t have a problem with it”
Raha Amirfazli, Alireza Ghasemi • Directors of In the Land of BrothersThe duo of Iranian filmmakers show that something is rotten in their home country via a story about the...  
22/01/2024 | Sundance 2024 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition
“We want to place Bucharest on the map of important European capitals that organise film festivals”
Dana Dimitriu-Chelba, Giulia Ghica Dobre • Co-directors, Bucharest International Film FestivalThe co-directors of the Romanian gathering detail its history and mission  
19/09/2023 | /Romania
“Any less-than-perfect reality tends to be marginalised and hidden away”
Ruxandra Ghiţescu • Director of Otto the BarbarianRomanian director Ruxandra Ghiţescu tells us about her film Otto the Barbarian, centred on a 17-year-old...  
19/08/2020 | Sarajevo 2020 | Competition
“We just have to wait and try to be optimistic because the material is there”
Alessandro Giacobbe • Distributor, Academy TwoAlessandro Giacobbe, Managing Director of Academy Two, broke down for us the main challenges for...  
19/11/2020 | /Italy
“Without regulation on media windows, buying quality films in foreign markets doesn’t make sense”
Alessandro Giacobbe • Managing Director, Academy TwoThe independent cinema operator and distributor has written a letter to Italy's Minister of Culture to...  
16/06/2022 | /Italy
"I try to understand, as an explorer, what it means to be human"
Ole Giæver • DirectorBERLIN 2017: Cineuropa caught up with Norwegian director Ole Giæver, who is presenting his latest feature...  
12/02/2017
"To make your presence felt in the world, first of all you need to make it felt to yourself"
Ole Giæver  • DirectorCineuropa met up with Norwegian filmmaker Ole Giæver, the director of Out of Nature, which was presented...  
16/09/2014
“I’ve also had my Sámi awakening”
Ole Giæver • Director of Let the River FlowThe Norwegian director opens up about the fight surrounding the construction of the Alta Dam, and telling...  
16/03/2023 | /Norway/Finland

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