Interviews

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

8235 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 24/05/2025. 667 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Michael P Aust  • Director, SoundTrack Cologne Festival

“It’s about how to know more about your own audience and also how to improve the situation for film festivals”

Michael P Aust • Director, SoundTrack Cologne Festival

We get the low-down on the RED project, which is intended to create a model for analysing festival...  

07/03/2023 | /Germany

Video - Trieste Film Festival 2009

Meetings with the authors II

Interview with the authors during the 20th edition Festival  

Video - Trieste Film Festival 2009

Interviews with the Authors III

Images and interviews with the authors and the protagonists attending the 20th edition of the Festival  

Video - Trieste Film Festival 2009

Interviews with the Authors IV

Images and interviews with the authors and the protagonists attending the 20th edition of the Festival  

Video - Trieste Film Festival 2009

Meetings with the authors I

Interviews with the protagonists attending the 20th Festival edition  

Interview - Cannes 2003

Pupi Avati, director of A Heart Elsewhere

The history of a human being which faces a life which he is not prepared to live  

Pupi Avati • Director of American Backyard

“My movie is the cheapest of all the Italian films at the festival”

Pupi Avati • Director of American Backyard

VENICE 2024: Well into his seventh decade as a filmmaker, the Italian cinema adventurer’s career choice...  

09/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Irfan Avdić  • Director of Precious

"The fact I went out and studied film and theatre directing, and not law, engineering, economy or medicine, was a somewhat irresponsible gamble"

Irfan Avdić • Director of Precious

As his short film Precious prepared to screen at EFP’s Future Frames at Karlovy Vary, we caught up with...  

20/06/2019 | Future Frames 2019

Maria Averina  • Director of Flying with Fins

“Having lived on both sides of the Iron Curtain, my character was capable of seeing the big picture”

Maria Averina • Director of Flying with Fins

The Bulgarian filmmaker shares some insights into her fruitful interaction with Alzek Misheff, the artist...  

19/12/2023 | /Bulgaria

Jivan Avetisyan • Director of Gate to Heaven

“I’m still searching for ways to explain to my nine-year old son what happened and why”

Jivan Avetisyan • Director of Gate to Heaven

Armenia’s Jivan Avetisyan tells us about his latest feature, its exclusion from Moscow Film Festival and...  

26/11/2020 | /Armenia

Karen Avetisyan • Artistic director, Golden Apricot International Film Festival

“The process of building up new Armenian cinema is long-term and is now still at the fermentation stage”

Karen Avetisyan • Artistic director, Golden Apricot International Film Festival

Returning to its original dates in July, Armenia’s major film event places an emphasis on regional cinema,...  

08/07/2022 | Golden Apricot 2022

Christian Avilés  • Director of Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays

“So many times, I have felt depressed when I’ve woken up to another sunny day and wished for rain”

Christian Avilés • Director of Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays

The ethereal short, unspooling at Karlovy Vary as part of EFP’s Future Frames, plays with stereotypes as...  

04/07/2023 | Future Frames 2023

Lila Avilés • Director of Tótem

“To think about death is to think about life”

Lila Avilés • Director of Tótem

BERLINALE 2023: The Mexican director finds beauty in last goodbyes  

23/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition

Yossi Aviram  • Director

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Yossi Aviram • Director

Cineuropa met up with the director of La Dune at the Bergamo Film Meeting. Le Pacte will release the...  

Kārlis Arnolds Avots  • Actor

"When I discovered theatre and film, I found a source that could fill the gap inside my soul"

Kārlis Arnolds Avots • Actor

BERLINALE 2025: The young actor discusses past and present challenges in his career, dream projects and...  

22/02/2025 | European Shooting Stars 2025

Lachezar Avramov  • Director of A Picture with Yuki

“Seeing the reality we are so used to through the eyes of a foreigner was really tempting”

Lachezar Avramov • Director of A Picture with Yuki

We chatted to Lachezar Avramov, a Bulgarian director whose film A Picture with Yuki has just won a Special...  

09/10/2019 | Golden Rose 2019

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