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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Ruth Mader • Director of Serviam – I Will Serve

“Girls can also be violent”

Ruth Mader • Director of Serviam – I Will Serve

The Austrian director wonders how far one can go in the name of God, and if it’s even worth it  

16/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Patricia Mazuy • Director of Saturn Bowling

"I had to embrace the subject, and to show courage"

Patricia Mazuy • Director of Saturn Bowling

The French director discusses her very dark film noir with a very scary protagonist  

16/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Alessandro Comodin • Director of The Adventures of Gigi the Law

"The film is in a way a tribute to these typical village characters"

Alessandro Comodin • Director of The Adventures of Gigi the Law

In his latest film, awarded with the festival's Special Jury Prize, the Italian filmmaker explores the boundaries between fiction and documentary  

15/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Valentin Merz • Director of De noche los gatos son pardos

"I wanted the actors and their characters to have enough space to explore their own desires"

Valentin Merz • Director of De noche los gatos son pardos

With his debut feature, the Swiss filmmaker brings us into a mysterious world of desire, revolt and lightness  

15/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Ann Oren • Director of Piaffe

"I was very much interested in the psychology of dressage, in the relationship between rider and horse"

Ann Oren • Director of Piaffe

The Israeli-born, Berlin-based filmmaker discusses her formally ambitious first feature film  

15/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Tereza Nvotová • Director of Nightsiren

“We realised that many of our beloved traditions exist to preserve the status quo”

Tereza Nvotová • Director of Nightsiren

The Slovak filmmaker talks about her film, which deals with conservative traditions, the patriarchy and female empowerment, and just won the Golden Leopard...  

15/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Cineasti del presente

Caterina Mona • Director of Semret

"We wanted to concentrate on the people and the camera had to follow them"

Caterina Mona • Director of Semret

The Swiss filmmaker discusses her film, a portrait of an Eritrean woman's delicate balancing act between her wish to preserve her old habits and her need to...  

12/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Piazza Grande

Anna Eriksson • Director of W

"I was looking for truthful pain"

Anna Eriksson • Director of W

The Finnish artist follows her 2018 Marilyn Monroe dark dream M with W, continuing to disturb  

12/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Out of Competition

Carlos Conceição • Director of Tommy Guns

“It’s all about breaking down walls and old ideas”

Carlos Conceição • Director of Tommy Guns

The Angola-born Portuguese director isn’t writing off the past just yet  

12/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Bianca Lucas • Director of Love Dog

"I think everything you see is an extreme version of a person that exists in all of us"

Bianca Lucas • Director of Love Dog

In her first feature film, the Polish director tries to give a realistic insight into the grieving process  

12/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Cineasti del presente

Weronika Czołnowska • Head of Industry, New Horizons

"Polish cinema's international presence is very strong, and I am certain it will remain so"

Weronika Czołnowska • Head of Industry, New Horizons

At New Horizons, Cineuropa talked with the head of industry about the latest edition of the event and what Polish cinema will bring in the future  

12/08/2022 | New Horizons 2022 | New Horizons Industry

Sylvie Verheyde • Director of Stella in Love

"I believe that nowadays, many adolescents find themselves very much alone and have a hard time finding their own voices"

Sylvie Verheyde • Director of Stella in Love

The French helmer goes back in time by reflecting on her youth, more than a decade after her first autobiographical film Stella  

11/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosołowski • Directors of The Hamlet Syndrome

"Our protagonists are examples that it can take years to build a normal life again"

Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosołowski • Directors of The Hamlet Syndrome

The established Polish documentary directors discuss their new film shot in Ukraine, which shows how theatre and film can assist in dealing with traumatic...  

11/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Semaine de la critique

Nikolaus Geyrhalter • Director of Matter Out of Place

"Everything we produce or use ends up to be trash at some point"

Nikolaus Geyrhalter • Director of Matter Out of Place

The Austrian documentary maker gives a multi-perspective view of the global handling of trash  

10/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Lidia Duda • Director of Fledglings

"Good human energy is the only power that can transform the world"

Lidia Duda • Director of Fledglings

The veteran Polish director talks to us about the power of hugs and of human emotion and how to find hope in dark times  

10/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Semaine de la Critique

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