Interviews

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

8330 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 23/07/2025. 665 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Thorvaldur Kristjánsson  • Actor

"Playing a role means looking for something tangible"

Thorvaldur Kristjánsson • Actor

BERLINALE 2023: The Icelandic actor talks about his approach to acting and how European cinema is a landscape for growing possibilities  

28/02/2023 | European Shooting Stars 2023

Martín Benchimol  • Director of The Castle

“I need each scene to have its meaning”

Martín Benchimol • Director of The Castle

BERLINALE 2023: We spoke to the director about his protagonists as well as the location he used and the special aura it possesses  

28/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Panorama

Judith State  • Actress

"I’m constantly taking myself out of my comfortable area and trying new things"

Judith State • Actress

BERLINALE 2023: The Romanian actress, who has worked with masters from her country such as Cristi Puiu and Cristian Mungiu, talks about her career  

27/02/2023 | European Shooting Stars 2023

Andrea Di Stefano  • Director of The Last Night of Amore

“It was important that we talk about these relationships; these couples who have to survive on a wage of 1,400 euros a month”

Andrea Di Stefano • Director of The Last Night of Amore

BERLINALE 2023: The Italian actor-director spoke to us about his third directorial effort revolving around an honest police officer’s descent into hell  

27/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Berlinale Special

Alina Tomnikov  • Actress

"The biggest challenge has been the periods of time when I don’t have any work"

Alina Tomnikov • Actress

BERLINALE 2023: The Finnish actress shares with us the reasons why acting has saved her  

27/02/2023 | European Shooting Stars 2023

Malika Musaeva  • Director of The Cage Is Looking for a Bird

“It is not always the case that a physical attempt to escape is really a liberation”

Malika Musaeva • Director of The Cage Is Looking for a Bird

BERLINALE 2023: The Chechen filmmaker spoke of the historical resonance of her debut film, and her place in a new generation of directors from the Caucasus  

27/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Encounters

Leonie Benesch  • Actress

"I try to figure out what each project needs and what kind of world we try to tell"

Leonie Benesch • Actress

BERLINALE 2023: The German actress talks about her acting method and her career, and about who she dreams to work with  

27/02/2023 | European Shooting Stars 2023

Joely Mbundu  • Actress

"I can say that I worked with two of the best directors ever - the Dardenne brothers are just amazing"

Joely Mbundu • Actress

BERLINALE 2023: The actress, who starred in last year's Tori and Lokita, tells us more about her career, which is clearly only just getting started  

27/02/2023 | European Shooting Stars 2023

Leandro Koch, Paloma Schachmann • Directors of The Klezmer Project

“We talk about a culture that is disappearing”

Leandro Koch, Paloma Schachmann • Directors of The Klezmer Project

BERLINALE 2023: The first-time directorial duo speak to us about the disappearance and the legacy of Yiddish culture and music  

25/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Encounters

Apolline Traoré • Director of Sira

“I wanted to enable the audience to feel what the community in that area is feeling right now”

Apolline Traoré • Director of Sira

BERLINALE 2023: We met up with the Burkinabé director, who presents a thriller about terrorism in which a woman finds superhuman strength to fight for the...  

25/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Panorama

Joris Lachaise • Director of Transfariana

“I hope that the people I film are an inspiration”

Joris Lachaise • Director of Transfariana

BERLINALE 2023: We got the chance to talk to the documentarian, who went to Colombia to tell the story of a former FARC fighter and a community of trans women  

25/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Panorama

Bernhard Braunstein • Director of Stams

"I also wanted to show the religious dimension that skiing has in Austria"

Bernhard Braunstein • Director of Stams

BERLINALE 2023: The Austrian director talks to us about the pitfalls of the competitive iron will and the beauty of the sport  

25/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Panorama

Frauke Finsterwalder • Director of Sisi & I

“I get depressed at historical films when they pretend that these people were behaving properly”

Frauke Finsterwalder • Director of Sisi & I

BERLINALE 2023: The German filmmaker spoke to us about the inspiring liberties of ignoring historical facts and focusing on the story  

25/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Panorama

Tia Kouvo • Director of Family Time

“Everything has to feel true to me”

Tia Kouvo • Director of Family Time

BERLINALE 2023: The Finnish director told us about her feature debut and her desire to see a more truthful depiction of the family  

25/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Encounters

Sonja Heiss • Director of When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before

“The real question is: What is normal?”

Sonja Heiss • Director of When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before

BERLINALE 2023: The German director's decades-spanning film proves that when the going gets tough, it’s good to… sit on a washing machine  

25/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Generation

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