Interviews

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

8327 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 18/07/2025. 662 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Kristian Van der Heyden  • Producer, Harald House

“We won’t need VOD platforms anymore to share and monetize a film"

Kristian Van der Heyden • Producer, Harald House

The 2022 Emerging Producer from Belgium talks about the impact documentary films can have, both in the present and the future  

04/03/2022 | Emerging Producers 2022

Matthias Luthardt • Director

“I think anyone who writes, anyone who makes art, doesn't want to have to pigeonhole themselves so quickly”

Matthias Luthardt • Director

The German director talks about his upcoming feature, based on The Fox by DH Lawrence, and shares his thoughts about being a filmmaker in his home country  

04/03/2022 | /Germany

Grégoire Bideau and Steven Tallec • Researchers, Chaire PcEn, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

“Contrary to what many feared, European works do not disappear from the Netflix homepage, even when the user chooses not to watch any European titles”

Grégoire Bideau and Steven Tallec • Researchers, Chaire PcEn, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

The two scholars recently conducted an experiment during which 20 bots watched Netflix every day for eight days and tried to gain insights into European...  

04/03/2022 | /France/USA

Karsten Krause • Producer, Fünferfilm

“The interest in arthouse and artistically demanding cinema seems to grow”

Karsten Krause • Producer, Fünferfilm

The 2022 Emerging Producer from Germany addresses the current situation of the documentary film industry in Europe and talks about his projects  

03/03/2022 | Emerging Producers 2022

Elena Rubashevska • Filmmaker and journalist

“Right now, being here with no ID is no piece of cake”

Elena Rubashevska • Filmmaker and journalist

The Ukrainian filmmaker and journalist told us how she managed to escape to Warsaw and how, like many other refugees, she is now stuck there, without a...  

03/03/2022 | /Ukraine/Poland

Karolina Śmigiel • Producer, Uni-Solo Studio

“The way cinema functions is changing”

Karolina Śmigiel • Producer, Uni-Solo Studio

The 2022 Emerging Producer from Poland tells us how documentary film can sensitize us to reality and the way we function with others  

02/03/2022 | Emerging Producers 2022

Ahmed Shawky • Artistic advisor, Aswan International Women Film Festival

“When I am at a big European festival and I go to watch a French or a German film, I always have open expectations”

Ahmed Shawky • Artistic advisor, Aswan International Women Film Festival

We talked to the Egyptian gathering’s newly appointed artistic adviser about female-led filmmaking and the relevance of Europe to the festival  

02/03/2022 | /Egypt

Paolo Taviani  • Director of Leonora addio

“I felt that this story written by Pirandello was part of the present”

Paolo Taviani • Director of Leonora addio

BERLINALE 2022: The director spoke about his film, which retraces the daring adventure of Pirandello's ashes, through which the history of Italy is told  

01/03/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Charlotte Hailstone • Producer, Hailstone Films

“A great piece of cinema will stir a movement in people; an emotion, or a question”

Charlotte Hailstone • Producer, Hailstone Films

The 2022 Emerging Producer from Scotland shares her experiences in documentary filmmaking and her future projects  

01/03/2022 | Emerging Producers 2022

Lone Scherfig • Director of The Shift

“This is the way to look at our society and its core values”

Lone Scherfig • Director of The Shift

BERLINALE 2022: The Danish filmmaker presents her first-ever series, set in the maternity ward of a Danish hospital and recently premiered in Berlinale Series  

01/03/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Berlinale Series

Jan Hubáček • Producer, GNOMON Production

“At the end the viewer shall come to his own perspective”

Jan Hubáček • Producer, GNOMON Production

The 2022 Emerging Producer from the Czech Republic discusses the pandemic-driven present and the challenge-ridden future of documentary film  

28/02/2022 | Emerging Producers 2022

Yannick Bossenmeyer • CEO, Cascade8

“The Blood Machines NFTs will provide their buyers with ownership of virtual collectibles, based on the film’s characters, spaceships and weapons”

Yannick Bossenmeyer • CEO, Cascade8

We chatted to the CEO of Logical Pictures’ tech branch, following the launch of an exclusive NFT collection for the film Blood Machines, announced two weeks ago  

28/02/2022 | /France

Audun Amundsen • Producer, GonzoDocs

“What you can’t measure, you can’t manage”

Audun Amundsen • Producer, GonzoDocs

The 2022 Emerging Producer from Norway advocates for documentary film as an instrument for social and political change  

25/02/2022 | Emerging Producers 2022

Hubertus Siegert • Producer of A German Party

"We wanted to show the rise of the far-right party in Germany as well its structure from bottom to top"

Hubertus Siegert • Producer of A German Party

BERLINALE 2022: The documentary directed by Simon Brückner portrays the controversial German right-wing party AfD (Alternative für Deutschland)  

25/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Berlinale Special

Łukasz Grzegorzek • Director of My Wonderful Life

“We want to make colourful, juicy films, but equally important is the melancholy that complements the lighter parts”

Łukasz Grzegorzek • Director of My Wonderful Life

The Polish director breaks down his latest dramedy, which gets a worldwide Netflix release on 28 February and recently won the Best Director Award at the...  

25/02/2022 | /Poland

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