Interviews

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

9027 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 18/09/2026. 607 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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“I reflected on how it’s so easy to say yes to everything, but also how powerful it is to say no against the masses”
Tony Vahl • Director of KruxThe writer-director shares her approach to her dark debut feature, an entanglement of moral dilemmas in a...  
18/09/2026 | Toronto 2026 | Discovery
“There’s a lot of invisible pain in our society”
Saša Vajda • Director of The Lights, They FallBERLINALE 2026: We sat down with the German director to get the low-down on his film about a teenage boy...  
14/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Generation
"We are alive and well"
Andrew G. Vajna • Hungarian Film CommissionerA meeting with the current main man of a Hungarian industry that has seen financial difficulty during the...  
02/12/2011
"These last few years, fantasy cinema has become a very productive incubator for young creation"
Loïc Valceschini  • Acting artistic director, NIFFFThe acting artistic director of the innovating festival which defends fantasy cinema analyses its 20th edition  
02/07/2021 | NIFFF 2021
“This story is a remarkable metaphor for the fake democracy that we have been living in to this day”
Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov  • Directors-producers of TriumphKristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov talk to us about their new project, Triumph, which scooped the...  
25/10/2019 | MIA 2019
“Preserve the spark”
Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov • DirectorsBulgarian filmmakers talk about The Lesson, their first feature, unveiled at Toronto and winner of the New...  
22/09/2014
"Our characters are very confused people, living half of their lives under communism and the other half in and after the transition"
Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov • Directors of Black Money for White NightsThe duo speaks about portraying a generation that has lived through two opposing political systems and...  
10/07/2026 | Karlovy Vary 2026 | Competition
"We were fascinated by how easily an otherwise completely rational person could fall for the supernatural"
Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov  • Directors of The FatherBulgarian directors Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov talked to us about their absurdist tale The...  
03/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | Competition
Interview - Les cinéastes invitent l'ami européen
Petar Valchanov • DirectorCineuropa interviewed Bulgarian director Petar Valchanov in Paris, where he took part in the 'Filmmakers...  
02/05/2017
“There are shifts happening in terms of co-productions and financing, but I’d still say it’s all about the story and the characters”
Zane Valeniece • Head of acquisitions, LTVThe Latvian executive breaks down the content that pubcaster LTV wishes to acquire, its target audiences...  
21/09/2023 | Cartoon 2023 | Cartoon Forum
“In the best-case scenario, the funny situations are also the most terrifying”
Lukas Valenta Rinner • DirectorWe met up with Austrian-born, Argentinian-based director Lukas Valenta Rinner, whose latest film, A Decent...  
13/09/2016
"It's an Austrian thing to focus on social issues or have quite radical points of view"
Lukas Valenta Rinner  • DirectorCineuropa spoke to Lukas Valenta Rinner about his debut, Parabellum, a film shot in real survival camps in...  
02/02/2015
"After the virus, festivals will need to pick up where they left off with independent films"
Chiara Valenti Omero • President of the AFIC – Association of Italian Film FestivalsWe chatted with Chiara Valenti Omero, the president of the AFIC – the Association of Italian Film...  
27/03/2020 | Italy
Les Films du Losange heading for the Croisette
Agathe Valentin • Sales AgentTwo titles in competition and one in Un Certain Regard for the line-up presented by Les Films du Losange...  
09/05/2013
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Filippo Scicchitano and Giulia Valentini • ActorsUn giorno speciale’s two main character describe their experience performing next to one another under the...  
“There’s beauty in the small details we tend to overlook”
Gregor Valentovič  • Director of KidAs his short film Kid prepared to screen at EFP’s Future Frames at Karlovy Vary, we caught up with Slovak...  
19/06/2019 | Future Frames 2019

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