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 24/07/2025. 665 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Alexia Muíños Ruiz • Director of programmes, European Women’s Audiovisual Network

“There is a need for a more thorough approach to funding women’s projects”

Alexia Muíños Ruiz • Director of programmes, European Women’s Audiovisual Network

In Trieste, we discussed the EWA Mentoring Programme for producers and how the landscape has changed in the ten years since EWA was founded  

27/01/2023 | Trieste 2023 | WEMW

Andrei Tănase • Director of Day of the Tiger

“Shooting with animals is never simple, but shooting with animals that can kill you in seconds is just next-level”

Andrei Tănase • Director of Day of the Tiger

We talked to the Romanian first-time director about strong characters and actors that can gobble up directors in no time at all  

27/01/2023 | IFFR 2023 | Bright Future

Roman Liubyi • Director of Iron Butterflies

“MH17 is, in my opinion, one of the reasons why a full-scale invasion began”

Roman Liubyi • Director of Iron Butterflies

We chatted to the Ukrainian director about the background to his film devoted to investigating the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in the Donetsk region  

27/01/2023 | Sundance 2023 | World Cinema Documentary Competition

Viktor Portel • Director of The Investigator

“It was time to ask ourselves what The Hague Tribunal was good for, not for the past, but for the future”

Viktor Portel • Director of The Investigator

The Czech director follows a former investigator from The Hague Tribunal in an attempt to understand how the trauma of war lingers on into the present day  

26/01/2023 | FIPADOC 2023

Mstyslav Chernov • Director of 20 Days in Mariupol

“Mariupol has turned into a ghost city”

Mstyslav Chernov • Director of 20 Days in Mariupol

The Ukrainian journalist, writer and director gives us the low-down on his doc homing in on how the titular Ukrainian city experienced the first few weeks...  

25/01/2023 | Sundance 2023 | World Cinema Documentary Competition

Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck • Directors of And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine

“We live in an image society where the camera acts as an extension of our eyes”

Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck • Directors of And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine

The duo of Swedish directors talk about their feature-length documentary debut, an exploration of society’s obsession with cameras and imagery  

25/01/2023 | Sundance 2023 | World Cinema Documentary Competition

Lin Alluna • Director of Twice Colonized

“We wanted to shake and hit and hug the audience with this film”

Lin Alluna • Director of Twice Colonized

The Danish director discusses how she made her complex documentary in close collaboration with the protagonist, Aaju Peter  

25/01/2023 | Sundance 2023 | World Cinema Documentary Competition

Anna Hints • Director of Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

“In the protective darkness of the smoke sauna, all emotions can come out, and no experience is too harsh or too embarrassing”

Anna Hints • Director of Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

We sat down with the Estonian director to talk about her documentary feature debut and about the importance of sharing secrets  

23/01/2023 | Sundance 2023 | World Cinema Documentary Competition

Lina • Director of 5 Seasons of Revolution

“The story is not complete if it’s only about one person”

Lina • Director of 5 Seasons of Revolution

The debuting director takes on the Syrian revolution – and friendship – in her very personal documentary  

23/01/2023 | Sundance 2023 | World Cinema Documentary Competition

Veerle Baetens • Director of When it Melts

"I wanted to try to understand this silence, and to help people understand it too"

Veerle Baetens • Director of When it Melts

The internationally renowned Flemish actress spoke to us about her first feature film, an uncompromising movie about a young woman haunted by her past  

20/01/2023 | Sundance 2023 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Sofia Alaoui  • Director of Animalia

“We have stuck Arab cinema in a pigeon-hole: I want to fight against these stereotypes”

Sofia Alaoui • Director of Animalia

We spoke to the Moroccan-French filmmaker about her fantastical feature debut, set in Morocco and raising important questions about faith  

20/01/2023 | Sundance 2023 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Eve Duchemin • Director of Time Out

"The emotions we feel watching fiction films are roused differently to when we watch documentaries"

Eve Duchemin • Director of Time Out

We met with the Belgian director who won the Magritte for Best Documentary in 2018 and who is now trying her hand at fiction by way of her new feature film  

20/01/2023 | /Belgium/France

Marija Kavtaradze  • Director of Slow

“My goal was to tell a love story”

Marija Kavtaradze • Director of Slow

The Lithuanian filmmaker lets the bodies do the talking in her touching romance involving a contemporary dancer and a sign-language interpreter  

20/01/2023 | Sundance 2023 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Roderik Smits  • Film academic

“Online access and availability are now based on a blending of different business models, distribution strategies and content selections”

Roderik Smits • Film academic

The academic shared some key findings from his recent study titled Circulation Patterns, Abundance and Scarcity: Film Availability in the Online Era  

18/01/2023 | /Europe/Germany

Niccolò Castelli  • Artistic Director, Solothurn Film Festival

“Swiss film is looking to play a social role and to take responsibility”

Niccolò Castelli • Artistic Director, Solothurn Film Festival

We met with the new artistic director of the Solothurn Film Festival who spoke passionately about his role and the future of Swiss cinema  

17/01/2023 | Solothurn 2023

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