Interviews

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

8477 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 10/10/2025. 656 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Mario Martone • Director of Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me

“Massimo and I are both restless children of our city”

Mario Martone • Director of Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me

BERLINALE 2023: The director spoke to us about his documentary on Massimo Troisi, an homage to the great Neapolitan filmmaker’s work “from one director to...  

21/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Berlinale Special

Milad Alami • Director of Opponent

“Wrestling is a sport with a lot of stereotypical male ideas attached to it, which I wanted to shatter completely”

Milad Alami • Director of Opponent

BERLINALE 2023: We spoke to the Swedish-Iranian director about his drama revolving around freedom and the quest for a better future  

20/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Panorama

Zara Dwinger • Director of Kiddo

“Films should be allowed to be enjoyable”

Zara Dwinger • Director of Kiddo

BERLINALE 2023: Get ready for a new pair of outlaws – and a pet snake – in this Dutch road movie about a mother and daughter  

19/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Generation

Piotr Pawlus, Tomasz Wolski • Directors of In Ukraine

“We wanted to make sure this country was a protagonist”

Piotr Pawlus, Tomasz Wolski • Directors of In Ukraine

BERLINALE 2023: The Polish filmmakers discuss their documentary, which, instead of being intrusive, silently observes the daily struggles and joys in the...  

18/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Forum

Kristine Kujath Thorp  • Actress

"Art has a huge responsibility in showing the world and educate people trough emotions"

Kristine Kujath Thorp • Actress

BERLINALE 2023: The Norwegian actress discusses cinema as a tool to change the world and how that plays an important key in her profession  

18/02/2023 | European Shooting Stars 2023

İlker Çatak • Director of The Teachers’ Lounge

“Sometimes you do everything right, but it's still wrong”

İlker Çatak • Director of The Teachers’ Lounge

BERLINALE 2023: We talked to the German director about his school microcosm and how it is a reflection of broader society  

18/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023

Álvaro Gago  • Director of Matria

"We’re portraying a person, not a victim"

Álvaro Gago • Director of Matria

BERLINALE 2023: We talked to the Galician filmmaker about his debut feature, named after his previous short film that was a Sundance success, which portrays...  

18/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Panorama

Martina Bleis • Head, Berlinale Co-Production Market

“Cinema brings people together – not only for the sake of art and visual joy, but it also has a hugely important communal and social effect”

Martina Bleis • Head, Berlinale Co-Production Market

BERLINALE 2023: We had a chat to get the low-down on what’s in store for the 20th edition of the EFM’s flagship industry event  

18/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | EFM

Malene Choi • Director of The Quiet Migration

“This question of belonging is such a big part of being adopted”

Malene Choi • Director of The Quiet Migration

BERLINALE 2023: In her new film, which references her own experiences as an adopted child, the South Korean-born, Denmark-based filmmaker keeps things subtle  

18/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Panorama

Domien & Wendy Huyghe • Director and screenwriter of Sea Sparkle

"Writing this story was essential for us"

Domien & Wendy Huyghe • Director and screenwriter of Sea Sparkle

BERLINALE 2023: Brother and sister in real life, the director and screenwriter spoke to us about their film, which introduces younger audiences to the...  

17/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Generation

Alberto Gastesi  • Director of Stillness in the Storm

"I wanted to make a geometric film, with faces, light and shade"

Alberto Gastesi • Director of Stillness in the Storm

We spoke with the Basque filmmaker, who has made his debut with a nostalgic film, shot in black and white  

17/02/2023 | Ibiza 2023

Reza Memari • Director of The Last Whale Singer

“Animation is not a genre, but a medium with which you can tell any kind of story”

Reza Memari • Director of The Last Whale Singer

We spoke to the German-Iranian filmmaker about the potential of animation and his upcoming multi-format project  

17/02/2023 | /Germany/Czech Republic/Canada

Alice Lesort • Sales agent, Les Films du Losange

“The market is more and more polarised”

Alice Lesort • Sales agent, Les Films du Losange

The French sales agent spoke about how the market is changing, forcing sales agents and distributors to be more selective with the content they handle  

16/02/2023 | /France

Alison Kuhn • Director of The Case You

“You need a personal attitude regarding the subject matter as a filmmaker, otherwise nothing good can come out of it”

Alison Kuhn • Director of The Case You

We spoke to the versatile German director, who has made shorts, a series and a documentary, and is now planning her first fiction features  

16/02/2023 | /Germany

Francesca Breccia • Sales agent, Coccinelle Film Sales

“Festivals are now the main theatrical distribution option for independent films”

Francesca Breccia • Sales agent, Coccinelle Film Sales

A chat about the sales agency’s unique business model and about how the market has changed, both during and since the pandemic  

15/02/2023 | /Italy

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