Interviews

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

8156 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 28/04/2025. 662 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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“We are still here because we have different operations at the same time”
Mika Siltala  • Distributor, Cinema MondoWe caught up with Mika Siltala, of Finnish distribution company Cinema Mondo, to discuss how they managed...  
16/06/2020 | /Finland
More space for experiments
Aviva Silver and Michel Magnier • European CommissionDigital Distribution and the establishment of a European guarantee fund are among the features of the new...  
07/03/2013
Industry report - European Policy
Aviva Silver - Head of Unit MEDIA ProgrammeAviva Silver The MEDIA Programme challanges in 2010  
Berlinale 2010
Aviva Silver - MEDIA Programme Head of UnitAviva Silver discusses at the 60th Berlin Film Festival about the new challenges concerning the MEDIA...  
Interview
Nathan Silver • DirectorVENICE 2017: The new film by US director Nathan Silver, Thirst Street, is screened at the Giornate degli...  
07/09/2017
“Almost everyone has conflicts with their families and disagreements with their parents”
Adrián Silvestre  • Director of May Your Will Be DoneThe Spanish filmmaker explains the origin of his commissioned film, his desire to avoid using realism...  
06/09/2024 | /Spain
“People today are treated like commodities on the market”
Adrián Silvestre • Director of My Emptiness and IFollowing his second feature, Sediments, the Spanish filmmaker continues to explore the conflicts of trans...  
27/01/2022 | IFFR 2022 | Big Screen Competition
“There are so many clichés in films on transsexual topics”
Adrián Silvestre  • Director of SedimentsThe Spanish filmmaker breaks down various aspects of his second feature, starring six trans women on the...  
08/06/2021 | Málaga 2021
“We have to remember the catastrophes in history so that we don’t make the same mistakes again”
Dāvis Sīmanis • Director of Maria’s SilenceBERLINALE 2024: The Latvian director discusses his exploration of Soviet Russia and the fate of its Baltic...  
20/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Forum
“From the beginning, I wanted to focus on an eclectic visual style”
Dāvis Sīmanis • Director of The Year Before the WarWe talked to the Latvian director, who presented his third feature film at the International Film Festival...  
10/02/2021 | IFFR 2021 | Big Screen Competition
“There has been almost no support for the culture industry in Bulgaria”
Emil Simeonov • Distributor, Pro FilmsEmil Simeonov, of Bulgarian distribution company Pro Films, explains to us the situation of the market in...  
07/07/2020 | /Bulgaria
“You have to be willing to let the film find its way”
León Siminiani • DirectorSAN SEBASTIÁN 2018: Spanish director León Siminiani has presented his new film, Notes For a Heist Film, a...  
01/10/2018 | San Sebastián 2018 | New Directors
“The biggest bank heist of all time while a civil war is unfolding”
Dries Phlypo and Antoine Simkine • Producers of HeistThe directors of Belgian outfit A Private View and of French company Les Films d’Antoine discuss the...  
25/03/2025 | Series Mania 2025 | Series Mania Forum
“Children helped and complemented each other with surprising professionalism”
Peeter Simm • Director of On the WaterWe spoke to veteran Estonian filmmaker Peeter Simm, who presented his new coming-of-age dramedy On the...  
30/11/2020 | Black Nights 2020 | Competition
“Today’s audiences opt for digital animation for family films, whereas traditional animation is reserved for grown-ups”
Salvador Simó • Director of DragonkeeperThe Spanish co-director of the animated family flick, based on Carole Wilkinson’s book of the same name,...  
18/04/2024 | /Spain/China
“I learn a lot from the way that children look at film”
Carla Simón • DirectorBERLIN 2017: Summer 1993 is the title of Catalan filmmaker Carla Simón’s much-anticipated first...  
16/02/2017

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