Interviews

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

8472 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 08/10/2025. 652 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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Marios Lizides and Argyro Nicolaou • Artistic directors, Cyprus Film Days

“Our mission is twofold: to promote Cypriot filmmaking, and to introduce the best of European and international independent film to a Cypriot audience”

Marios Lizides and Argyro Nicolaou • Artistic directors, Cyprus Film Days

During our conversation, we got the two new artistic directors’ views on the festival highlights, their mission, and their mid- and long-term goals  

25/04/2023 | Cyprus Film Days 2023

Omar Al Abdul Razzak • Director of Killing Crabs

“We screenwriters all put a lot of ourselves into the characters”

Omar Al Abdul Razzak • Director of Killing Crabs

The director-producer has picked up the Best Feature Award in the Canarias Cinema section of the Las Palmas Film Festival, adding to the two prizes he...  

20/04/2023 | Las Palmas 2023

Carlo Stella • Producer of Sono ancora vivo

“Sono ancora vivo is Roberto Saviano’s first real opportunity to talk about himself, about his most intimate, hidden side”

Carlo Stella • Producer of Sono ancora vivo

We talk to one of the producers behind Roberto Saviano’s debut animated feature film, which he also wrote and which won the Eurimages Co-Production...  

18/04/2023 | Cartoon 2023 | Cartoon Movie

Nacho A Villar and Luis Rojo • Directors of La mala familia

“People are demanding representations of reality that are more honest and closer to the truth”

Nacho A Villar and Luis Rojo • Directors of La mala familia

The directorial duo have been garnering praise at festivals of the likes of Seville and IFFR for their documentary about a group of friends whose destinies...  

18/04/2023 | Las Palmas 2023

Ava Cahen • Artistic Director, Critics’ Week

"We tend to listen when our hearts speak to us, when there’s critical unanimity and a convergence of views"

Ava Cahen • Artistic Director, Critics’ Week

The artistic director of the Cannes Film Festival’s Critics’ Week section discusses her 2023 selection  

17/04/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Critics’ Week

Iryna Tsilyk and Darya Bassel • Director and producer of Red Zone

“This is also the story of the many inner ‘wars’ that take place within us every day”

Iryna Tsilyk and Darya Bassel • Director and producer of Red Zone

The Ukrainian animated documentary film essay, which won the Eurimages Special Co-production Development Award at CPH:DOX, reflects on the question of what...  

05/04/2023 | CPH:DOX 2023 | CPH:DOX Industry

Robin Petré • Director of Only on Earth

“I hope the film will inspire audiences to reflect upon our co-existence with nature and the true value of a thriving natural world”

Robin Petré • Director of Only on Earth

The Eurimages Award-winning documentary is a journey into one of Europe’s scorching fire hotspots, Galicia, where wild horses roam the mountains under the...  

05/04/2023 | CPH:DOX 2023 | CPH:DOX Industry

Luca Lucini • Director of Le mie ragazze di carta

“We liked the idea of exploring this boy’s loss of innocence and making it resonate with that of an entire country”

Luca Lucini • Director of Le mie ragazze di carta

We chatted with the director about his new film, presented at Bif&st 2023, which is a poetic exploration of a teenager’s discovery of cinema and sex in the...  

04/04/2023 | Bif&st 2023

Peter Dubecký • General director, Slovak Film Institute

“The digitisation of audiovisual heritage is a strategic priority for us”

Peter Dubecký • General director, Slovak Film Institute

On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Slovak Film Institute, the body’s director breaks down the activities it is currently undertaking with a view...  

04/04/2023 | /Slovakia

Erik Gandini • Director of After Work

“The challenge was how to capture the future through the present”

Erik Gandini • Director of After Work

The Italian-Swedish director discusses remodelling documentary conventions, imagining the future through the present and envisaging a world without work  

04/04/2023 | CPH:DOX 2023

Benedikt Erlingsson • Director and founder of Icelandic Film Forest

“I’ve always had this ‘weakness’ for activism”

Benedikt Erlingsson • Director and founder of Icelandic Film Forest

The acclaimed Icelandic director unpacks his new initiative that aims to help lessen the environmental impact of the film industry  

04/04/2023 | Stockfish 2023

Mike Downey • Producer and chairman of the European Film Academy

“If cinema is our most powerful art form, feature and documentary films are both its beating heart and its conscience”

Mike Downey • Producer and chairman of the European Film Academy

After receiving an honorary award at Stockfish, the “old friend of Iceland” broke down his career and the role of the International Coalition for Filmmakers...  

31/03/2023 | Stockfish 2023

Jūratė Pazikaite • Director, Vilnius Film Office

“90-95% of the Lithuanian film industry is based in Vilnius, so the main production and post-production outfits, film festivals, distributors and studios are all here”

Jūratė Pazikaite • Director, Vilnius Film Office

Ahead of the closing gala of the Vilnius Film Festival, we discussed the economic impact and the goals of the body that Pazikaite has been heading since its...  

30/03/2023 | Vilnius 2023 | Meeting Point Vilnius

Nikola Boshnakov, Georgi-Jackie Stoev • Directors of My Uncle Luben

“Freedom is always a matter of personal attitude, and no political regime can change that”

Nikola Boshnakov, Georgi-Jackie Stoev • Directors of My Uncle Luben

The Bulgarian directorial duo disclose details of the process behind their new documentary, as well as some peculiarities about the art and personality of...  

30/03/2023 | Sofia 2023

Cristina Priarone • Director, Roma Lazio Film Commission

“A key characteristic of the association over the past few years is very close collaboration between the Italian film commissions and the regions”

Cristina Priarone • Director, Roma Lazio Film Commission

How is the work of film commissions evolving? The president of the Association of Italian Film Commissions answers our question  

29/03/2023 | /Italy

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