Interviews

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

9050 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 02/10/2026. 604 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
GoCritic! Interview: Matas Pakutinskas  • Director of Little October

“I don’t feel it’s right for young people to put themselves on the line for other people’s goals”

GoCritic! Interview: Matas Pakutinskas • Director of Little October

The Lithuanian animator and illustrator shares the real-life inspirations and his use of strong colour-blocking in his short film  

28/07/2026 | GoCritic! | Animafest Zagreb 2026

GoCritic! Interview: Tommaso Zerbi  • Director of Time Flies

“It’s a statement about the society that pushes us to be productive and manifesto about being useless”

GoCritic! Interview: Tommaso Zerbi • Director of Time Flies

The Italian animator explores the absurdity behind his award-winning film as an invitation to the audience to reclaim their own time  

28/07/2026 | GoCritic! | Animafest Zagreb 2026

GoCritic! Interview: Katrina Larner  • Director of Play Fight!

“Each girl discovers something about herself and the dynamics of social life”

GoCritic! Interview: Katrina Larner • Director of Play Fight!

The US multimedia animator discusses her animation techniques and more in this film set at a girls' slumber party  

28/07/2026 | GoCritic! | Animafest Zagreb 2026

GoCritic! Interview: Šimon Mészáros  • Director of Quantum Jump

“It’s a part of the story of what is real and what is not”

GoCritic! Interview: Šimon Mészáros • Director of Quantum Jump

The Slovak director and animator shares his artistic ideas behind the film and its dialogue with artificially generated imagery  

28/07/2026 | GoCritic! | Animafest Zagreb 2026

Inna Sahakyan, Ruben Ghazaryan • Directors of Outliving Shakespeare

“Older people are often the most open to life”

Inna Sahakyan, Ruben Ghazaryan • Directors of Outliving Shakespeare

The Armenian duo reveal details about the making of their heartfelt documentary, as well as their differing approaches to finding the right balance, both on...  

17/07/2026 | Golden Apricot 2026

Linnea Merzagora • Project manager, Green Film

“Our goal was to simplify the process by developing a common framework for producers across Europe, built by the industry, for the industry”

Linnea Merzagora • Project manager, Green Film

We explore the landscape of sustainable animation through the ANiMPACT initiative, which recently entered its pilot phase  

17/07/2026 | /Europe

Jack Wedge, William Freudenheim • Directors of Acid City

"That perspective really came from a desire to focus on how this place works and what the lives of the people who live here actually feel like"

Jack Wedge, William Freudenheim • Directors of Acid City

The New York-based filmmakers explore new ways to render the feeling of home in times of ecological collapse  

17/07/2026 | GoCritic! | Fest Anča 2026

Jon Frickey • Director of Ploo

“Eternity only really exists in mathematics”

Jon Frickey • Director of Ploo

The German filmmaker talks digital immortality and the "sweet spot" between kitsch and silliness  

17/07/2026 | GoCritic! | Fest Anča 2026

Nader Saeivar • Director of Hijamat

“I wasn’t interested in judging, I wanted to observe how mechanisms continue to shape people’s lives”

Nader Saeivar • Director of Hijamat

The filmmaker discusses his latest film, centred on a traditional Muslim family and community whose world is shaken when they discover that one of their...  

16/07/2026 | Karlovy Vary 2026 | Competition

Jessica Woodworth • Director

“Mongolians, in general, are deeply connected to nature, to their vast and powerful landscapes, and to their omnipresent nomadic culture”

Jessica Woodworth • Director

The Belgian-American director discusses the acting workshop she led as part of the European Film Festival organised by the European Union Delegation to Mongolia  

16/07/2026 | /Europe/Mongolia

Erik Faltermann • Founder and managing director, Erik RCT Filmproduktion GmbH

"Ask yourself honestly: could AI do this just as well?"

Erik Faltermann • Founder and managing director, Erik RCT Filmproduktion GmbH

The German film industry professional discusses where AI actually delivers on set and where it fails, and what he would tell fellow producers about it  

16/07/2026 | Sponsored

Élie Wajeman • Director of Comète

“Paris is still vibrant, dangerous, moving, and violent”

Élie Wajeman • Director of Comète

The French filmmaker recounts the journey of an ensemble film that began as an alternative experiment in filmmaking and genre blending  

15/07/2026 | /France

Jerry Carlsson, Frida Mårtensson • Director and producer of Selamlik

“The queer perspective on war has not often been told in cinema”

Jerry Carlsson, Frida Mårtensson • Director and producer of Selamlik

The Swedish director frames a queer Syrian love story spanning Damascus and Córdoba, exploring exile, displacement and the search for home  

14/07/2026 | Karlovy Vary 2026 | KVIFF Industry Days

Anastasia Tykha, Darya Bassel • Director and producer of Reminiscence

“Some families knew exactly what war was”

Anastasia Tykha, Darya Bassel • Director and producer of Reminiscence

The Ukrainian director discusses her psychological drama rooted in loss, exploring how families of Ukraine's missing soldiers live inside trauma  

14/07/2026 | Karlovy Vary 2026 | KVIFF Industry Days

Michele Fiascaris • Director of Rain Catcher

"We created this character by trying to think and act like him, and that got us into trouble"

Michele Fiascaris • Director of Rain Catcher

The British filmmaker shared the references that shaped the film's visual style and philosophical underpinnings and reflected on discovering his protagonist...  

14/07/2026 | Karlovy Vary 2026 | Proxima