Interviews

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

8513 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 14/11/2025. 643 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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Jonas Geirnaert • Director of How to Kill Your Sister

“Without the drama, we couldn’t get the comedy right”

Jonas Geirnaert • Director of How to Kill Your Sister

We met up with the Belgian director to discuss the risks involved in making a comedy series about a cancer patient  

20/08/2025 | /Belgium/Germany

Kukla • Director of Fantasy

“I’ve always thought of Fantasy as someone who brings with her a gentle kind of disruption”

Kukla • Director of Fantasy

The Slovenian director chats to us about her feature-length follow-up to her award-winning short Sisters and about revisiting her trio of girls  

19/08/2025 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

Gyda Velvin Myklebust • Head, New Nordic Films, Haugesund

“We want to be a safe space and a catalyst for new collaborations within filmmaking and film distribution”

Gyda Velvin Myklebust • Head, New Nordic Films, Haugesund

Ahead of this year’s New Nordic Films, the film professional discusses the Baltic Focus, emerging Nordic storytelling trends and how Haugesund fosters...  

18/08/2025 | Haugesund 2025 | New Nordic Films

Fabrice Aragno • Director of The Lake

“What I learned from Godard is to trust in the moment and allow things to unfold”

Fabrice Aragno • Director of The Lake

The Swiss filmmaker breaks down the influence of painters and how his spontaneous approach reflects the raw, unpredictable environment in which his feature...  

18/08/2025 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Alexandre Koberidze • Director of Dry Leaf

“With the Sony Ericsson, I could film people without taking something away from them”

Alexandre Koberidze • Director of Dry Leaf

The director of What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? discusses the intricacies of making a road movie with pixelated images  

18/08/2025 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Naomi Kawase • Director of Yakushima’s Illusion

“I think the sensitivity and emotions that are part of our work go beyond spoken language”

Naomi Kawase • Director of Yakushima’s Illusion

The Japanese director explains the reasons which prompted her to tell us the story of a French paediatric doctor working in Kobe, and why she chose Vicky...  

18/08/2025 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Ivana Mladenović • Director of Sorella di Clausura

“It’s not just reality or just fiction; it’s that middle ground where both come together to create something that can’t be separated”

Ivana Mladenović • Director of Sorella di Clausura

The Serbian-Romanian filmmaker talks about her fourth feature, which follows a self-aware young woman in her pursuit of happiness at a time of crisis  

14/08/2025 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Valentina and Nicole Bertani • Directors of Mosquitoes

“A sisterly relationship developed between us and our screenwriter, feeding into a screenplay which we see as feminist rather than feminine”

Valentina and Nicole Bertani • Directors of Mosquitoes

The two Italian directors spoke to us with infectious joy about what drove them to tell a story both personal – based on their childhood - and universal  

14/08/2025 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Janicke Askevold • Director of Solomamma

"It was really important to everyone in the team that we respect the women who make this particular life choice and who inspired the film"

Janicke Askevold • Director of Solomamma

The Norwegian director sat down with us to discuss the women who inspired her film and her lead actress  

14/08/2025 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Radu Jude • Director of Dracula

“I like to work around myths”

Radu Jude • Director of Dracula

The Romanian helmer talks to us about using “bad” AI images, Dracula’s legacy and shooting on an iPhone in Sighisoara  

14/08/2025 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Ion de Sosa • Director of Balearic

“When I work I feel at home, with no restrictions on creativity or form"

Ion de Sosa • Director of Balearic

The Basque director talks about his psychedelic tale that sits halfway between comedy and terror  

14/08/2025 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

Jacqueline Zünd • Director of Don’t Let the Sun

“In this film, I discovered what it really means to work with actors, and I found it liberating”

Jacqueline Zünd • Director of Don’t Let the Sun

The Swiss director discusses her debut fiction feature, a fusion of climate dystopia and human connection, influenced by her documentary background  

14/08/2025 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

Dane Komljen • Director of Desire Lines

“Branko’s character embodies a disobedient part of the human experience that resists being boxed in”

Dane Komljen • Director of Desire Lines

The Yugoslavia-born and Berlin-based director breaks down his third feature, which navigates between genres, identities, and both urban and natural spaces  

13/08/2025 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Maureen Fazendeiro • Director of The Seasons

"The political is already in the poetry"

Maureen Fazendeiro • Director of The Seasons

The Portuguese filmmaker discusses blending archaeology, oral history and local myth into a docu-fiction, and how her approach reflects the layered...  

13/08/2025 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Rosanne Pel • Director of Donkey Days

“The need for control comes from within a social construct that has been shaped over time”

Rosanne Pel • Director of Donkey Days

The Dutch filmmaker speaks about her unconventional process for making her latest movie, zooming in on the internalised conflicts that many women face  

13/08/2025 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

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