Interviews

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

8257 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 13/06/2025. 669 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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"To tell it like it was"

Joachim Fest • Writer

He wrote the biography on wich The Downfall is based, by German director Oliver Hirschbiegel, one of those...  

02/05/2005

Michael Fetter Nathansky • Director of Every You Every Me

“My film is a love story, but it’s not about finding ‘the one’”

Michael Fetter Nathansky • Director of Every You Every Me

BERLINALE 2024: A person you love can have many different faces, as the German director proves in his new...  

21/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Panorama

Sara Fgaier • Director of Weightless

"The possibility of radically changing your life after a loss has to do with memory"

Sara Fgaier • Director of Weightless

The experienced editor and producer tells us about her debut feature as director and the connection...  

13/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala • Directors of The Devil’s Bath

“We found the character and the topic fascinating, and wanted to do justice to the subject of depression”

Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala • Directors of The Devil’s Bath

BERLINALE 2024: The Austrian directorial duo dive into the ever-darkening mind of a farmer woman and the...  

24/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Competition

Giorgio Ficcarelli • Head of the Culture section at the Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development, European Commission

"The initiative aims to open a window of mutual understanding and intercultural dialogue"

Giorgio Ficcarelli • Head of the Culture section at the Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development, European Commission

Giorgio Ficcarelli, head of Culture at EC's Directorate-General for International Cooperation and...  

05/06/2020 | Euro Film Fest

Julia Fidel • Head, Berlinale Series

“We are looking beyond the safe bets”

Julia Fidel • Head, Berlinale Series

The head of the Berlinale Series strand talks about this year’s selection, general trends, and both...  

17/01/2023 | Berlinale 2023

Ralph Fiennes • Director

“As an actor you often sort of direct yourself anyway”

Ralph Fiennes • Director

Ralph Fiennes’ second directorial effort, The Invisible Woman, focuses on the extramarital affair of...  

24/03/2014

Ralph Fiennes  • Director of The White Crow

“It was clear that if it were ever a film, it would be about the defection”

Ralph Fiennes • Director of The White Crow

As he prepares to be honoured at the European Film Awards, Ralph Fiennes talks about his Rudolf Nureyev...  

14/12/2018 | European Film Awards 2018

Interview

Mike Figgis - director

Interview with the director presenting Hotel, nominated for the 2002 MTV Movie Awards  

Producer on the Move 2010 - Portugal

João Figueiras

27/04/2010

Olmo Figueredo  • Producer, La Claqueta

"Our content is destined for the international market"

Olmo Figueredo • Producer, La Claqueta

Sevillian Olmo Figueredo has been selected by Spain to participate in Producers on the Move 2020 and we...  

13/05/2020 | Producers on the Move 2020

Jaisia Figueroa • Director

“Producing films in the context of diversity and minorities is complex and difficult; you need to create a form of networking that includes a shared interest”

Jaisia Figueroa • Director

The filmmaker breaks down her experience at the most recent San Sebastián Film Festival, as part of the...  

20/03/2025 | /Spain/Latin America

Lucas Figueroa  • Director of Renaceres

“A mask forces us to pay close attention to someone’s gaze”

Lucas Figueroa • Director of Renaceres

Argentinian filmmaker Lucas Figueroa filmed Madrid in the time of Covid-19 for Renaceres, a cinematic poem...  

17/12/2020 | /Spain

Valerio Filardo • Project Coordinator, Lovers Goes Industry

“The new challenge for LGBTQI+-themed films is to think about domestic consumption as early on as in the conception and writing phase”

Valerio Filardo • Project Coordinator, Lovers Goes Industry

The third edition of the LGBTQI+ industry days, linked to Turin’s Lovers Film Festival, will unspool on 29...  

25/04/2022 | Lovers 2022 | Lovers Goes Industry

"I was inspired by Death in Venice, but this isn’t ‘gay cinema’”

Marco Filiberti • Regista

05/09/2009

José Filipe Costa  • Director of Our Father – The Last Days of a Dictator

“A lot of it was about the everyday life of fascism and the small things, not the big picture”

José Filipe Costa • Director of Our Father – The Last Days of a Dictator

The Portuguese director spoke to us about relationships of power and how his new film has taken on fresh...  

07/02/2025 | IFFR 2025 | Big Screen Competition

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