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 11/10/2025. 655 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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Ciaran Creagh • Director of Ann

“We wanted to be with Ann and to give her a voice”

Ciaran Creagh • Director of Ann

The Irish director tells us why he wanted to adapt the heart-wrenching true story of Ann Lovett for the big screen  

23/11/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Competition

Irma Pužauskaitė • Director of The 9th Step

“To attract the public to this drama, I have adopted a levity in my gaze”

Irma Pužauskaitė • Director of The 9th Step

The Lithuanian director tells us about her film, which chronicles the efforts of a former alcoholic to rebuild his relationship with his teenage daughter,...  

22/11/2022 | Lecce 2022

Jon Bang Carlsen • Director of Dreaming Arizona

“The beautiful thing about ‘the real world’ is that it gives you resistance”

Jon Bang Carlsen • Director of Dreaming Arizona

According to the Danish director, there is no reality, so feel free to come up with your own interpretation  

22/11/2022 | IDFA 2022

Lea Glob • Director of Apolonia, Apolonia

"I try to find imagery that represents what the world looks like from our perspective as young women"

Lea Glob • Director of Apolonia, Apolonia

The Danish filmmaker discusses her IDFA-winning documentary, centred on French artist Apolonia Sokol as well as on her own views of the current world  

22/11/2022 | IDFA 2022

Nicolas Winding Refn • Director of Copenhagen Cowboy

“We could really call this series my ‘Greatest Hits’”

Nicolas Winding Refn • Director of Copenhagen Cowboy

The Danish auteur chats to us about his first Netflix series, entailing six intense hours of viewing, and about keeping it a family affair  

22/11/2022 | Stockholm 2022

Juan Soto, Chiara Marañón • Directors of Elena dio a luz un hermoso niño

“On one of the reels, I saw Franco going down a staircase, and that made me wonder, ‘Who was this family?’”

Juan Soto, Chiara Marañón • Directors of Elena dio a luz un hermoso niño

We sat down with the winners of the Spanish strand of Zinebi Networking to discuss their project based almost entirely around a family’s striking home-movie...  

21/11/2022 | Zinebi 2022 | Zinebi Networking

Ali Abbasi • Director of Holy Spider

“It really feels like 1942 and fighting Nazi Germany”

Ali Abbasi • Director of Holy Spider

The Iranian-born, Danish-based filmmaker seems to be slap bang in the middle of things, as his latest work gets increasingly topical  

18/11/2022 | Stockholm 2022

Ainara Vera • Director of Polaris

“I think that by making this film, I became less romantic about life”

Ainara Vera • Director of Polaris

The Spanish director breaks down how she made her fascinating documentary about two strong sisters who are poles apart – in more ways than one  

17/11/2022 | Zinebi 2022

Hana Nobis • Director of Polish Prayers

“The first time I saw Antek, I thought he had a face for filming; I liked the way he moved”

Hana Nobis • Director of Polish Prayers

The Polish filmmaker spoke to us about her first feature, which portrays her home country, its contrasts and the lack of communication between communities  

17/11/2022 | IDFA 2022

Elettra Fiumi • Director of Radical Landscapes

“What always inspired me about my father was his strong and original approach to things”

Elettra Fiumi • Director of Radical Landscapes

We met up with the Swiss-based Italian-American director to talk in depth about her first feature, revolving around the life of her father, architect...  

15/11/2022 | /Switzerland/Italy

Peter Monsaert • Director of Nowhere

"If we take the time to get to know someone, our differences are far less significant than we think"

Peter Monsaert • Director of Nowhere

The Belgian filmmaker spoke to us about his latest feature film - crowned with the Audience Award at the 23rd Arras Film Festival - and his new project 1989  

15/11/2022 | Arras 2022

Agnieszka Holland • Director

“Now, we have to be creative and courageous as we fight for the presence of real cinema in the theatres”

Agnieszka Holland • Director

The experienced Polish director and president of the European Film Academy has just been awarded an Honorary Mikeldi at Bilbao’s Zinebi, a gathering that...  

15/11/2022 | Zinebi 2022

João Pedro Rodrigues • Director of Will-o’-the-Wisp

“I wanted to make a fun and short feature film, because I think a lot of arthouse cinema nowadays is very long and very boring”

João Pedro Rodrigues • Director of Will-o’-the-Wisp

The Portuguese director told us about his ambitious, entertaining and short feature film  

14/11/2022 | Seville 2022

Maria Douza • Director of Listen

“People always have problems with adaptation, whether they are forced to move or they do it of their own free will”

Maria Douza • Director of Listen

The Greek filmmaker speaks about the process of adjusting to new realities, which is the profound leitmotif behind her second feature  

14/11/2022 | Thessaloniki 2022

Saralisa Volm • Director of The Silent Forest

“As an art historian, I have a large iconographic pool into which I dip for each project”

Saralisa Volm • Director of The Silent Forest

We met up with the German director to talk about her approach to adapting Wolfram Fleischhauer's historical-thriller novel for the big screen  

10/11/2022 | /Germany

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