Interviews

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

7490 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 19/04/2024. 579 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Enrico Chiesa, Isabelle Fauvel and Dieudonné Alaka • Coordinators and experts, OuiCoprod

“Professionals now know where to find projects from Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific that are credible and pre-financed”

Enrico Chiesa, Isabelle Fauvel and Dieudonné Alaka • Coordinators and experts, OuiCoprod

CANNES 2021: The International Organisation of La Francophonie and the ACP (African States, Caribbean and...  

10/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Marché du Film

Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović  • Director of Murina

“The water is a place where my character is free, but it’s also where she can spill some blood”

Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović • Director of Murina

CANNES 2021: It’s a cruel summer lying in wait for teenager Julija in this Directors’ Fortnight title by...  

07/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Directors’ Fortnight

Milad Alami  • Director

“Sometimes acceptance comes with a price”

Milad Alami • Director

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: We chatted to Swedish-Iranian filmmaker Milad Alami, whose feature debut, The Charmer,...  

22/09/2017 | San Sebastián 2017 | New Directors

Milad Alami • Director of Opponent

“Wrestling is a sport with a lot of stereotypical male ideas attached to it, which I wanted to shatter completely”

Milad Alami • Director of Opponent

BERLINALE 2023: We spoke to the Swedish-Iranian director about his drama revolving around freedom and the...  

20/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Panorama

Sofia Alaoui  • Director of Animalia

“We have stuck Arab cinema in a pigeon-hole: I want to fight against these stereotypes”

Sofia Alaoui • Director of Animalia

We spoke to the Moroccan-French filmmaker about her fantastical feature debut, set in Morocco and raising...  

20/01/2023 | Sundance 2023 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Irene Albanell Mellado • Director of Silent Club

“The value in one’s life is not necessarily found in how perfectly you fit with society’s standards”

Irene Albanell Mellado • Director of Silent Club

As part of EFP’s Future Frames, the Spanish director wends her to way to Karlovy Vary with the tale of a...  

26/08/2021 | Future Frames 2021

Maite Alberdi  • Director of The Mole Agent

“Old people dare to say what they think”

Maite Alberdi • Director of The Mole Agent

Between its enthusiastic reception at Sundance and San Sebastián and an Oscar nomination for Best...  

17/03/2021 | /Chile/USA/Germany/Netherlands/Spain

Niels Alberg  • Partner, Publikum

“Publikum can be used both for creative decision-making during the writing phase and in post-production”

Niels Alberg • Partner, Publikum

The Danish expert explained how Publikum can assist creators during the early-development stages and help...  

10/07/2021 | /Denmark

Barbara Albert  • Director

“We talk a lot about assimilation and seem to forget about diversity”

Barbara Albert • Director

TORONTO 2017: Acclaimed Austrian director Barbara Albert explained her fifth feature, Mademoiselle...  

14/09/2017 | Toronto 2017 | Platform

“Transporting feelings of guilt to the next generation”

Barbara Albert• Director

The Dead and the Living by Barbara Albert tells the tale of a young woman through the ghosts and past of...  

28/05/2013

The importance of being earnest

Barbara Albert • Producer

Besides her work as a director, Barbara Albert is also a committed producer...  

05/12/2006

Maria Tanjala, Irina Albita • Co-founders, FilmChain

"It's important to keep this bridge between all of the stakeholders and the technology giants"

Maria Tanjala, Irina Albita • Co-founders, FilmChain

CANNES 2019: We chatted to Maria Tanjala and Irina Albita, co-founders of FilmChain, a blockchain platform...  

20/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Marché du Film

Horacio Alcalá • Director of Finlandia

"Plagiarism occurs in all sectors and industries”

Horacio Alcalá • Director of Finlandia

The Mexican filmmaker based in Madrid makes his fictional debut, after several documentaries, with a film...  

13/06/2022 | Spain/Mexico

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Nicolás Alcalá - Director

Nicolás Alcalá directed and produced The Cosmonaut, the first Spanish film produced thanks to crowdfunding  

Benjamín Naishtat and María Alché  • Directors of Puan

“Comedy is an excellent genre for tackling heavy subjects"

Benjamín Naishtat and María Alché • Directors of Puan

The Argentinean filmmakers have joined lives and forces to create the philosophical comedy starring...  

29/09/2023 | San Sebastian 2023 | Competition

Manuel Alduy • Director of Film and International Development, France Télévisions

"Platforms have sizeable ambitions and they contribute towards overall inflation"

Manuel Alduy • Director of Film and International Development, France Télévisions

The director breaks down the strategy of one of the biggest players in the European audiovisual field  

13/07/2022 | Série Series 2022

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