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.

 
Ursula Meier • Director of The Line

“Usually in cinema, violence is shown through male protagonists, and when there are women, they’re mostly teenagers”

Ursula Meier • Director of The Line

BERLINALE 2022: The French-Swiss director’s tragicomedy deals with the representation of female violence, casting aside the usual stereotypes  

18/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Francesco Costabile • Director of Una femmina – The Code of Silence

“Real film experiences can only take place in cinemas, with the lights out”

Francesco Costabile • Director of Una femmina – The Code of Silence

BERLINALE 2022: The Calabrian director presents a film about women who rebel against the mafia’s archaic structures  

17/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Panorama

Mikhaël Hers • Director of The Passengers of the Night

"I wanted to show the trivial moments in life and their certain grace and make them as poetic as possible"

Mikhaël Hers • Director of The Passengers of the Night

BERLINALE 2022: The French director discusses family, politics and cinema while talking about his latest film, a nostalgic saga of self-invention  

17/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Souheila Yacoub  • Actress

"Normally I like to hide myself behind the character but in The Braves it was really my nature"

Souheila Yacoub • Actress

BERLINALE 2022: The Geneva-born actress talks about her career and her approach to acting, as well as her participation in the recent film The Braves  

17/02/2022 | European Shooting Stars 2022

Cem Kaya • Director of Love, Deutschmarks and Death

“All generations of artists comment on their life in Germany”

Cem Kaya • Director of Love, Deutschmarks and Death

BERLINALE 2022: The Panorama-screened documentary shows how closely connected the history of Turkish music is to that of Turkish immigration in Germany  

17/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Panorama

Carla Simón • Director of Alcarràs

“In this film, it’s the men who cry”

Carla Simón • Director of Alcarràs

BERLINALE 2022: The kids are alright in the film by the Spanish filmmaker, but the adults are a whole other story  

16/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Andreas Dresen • Director of Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush

"I fell in love with the real Rabiye Kurnaz, who showed that is possible to win against the most powerful forces of our world"

Andreas Dresen • Director of Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush

BERLINALE 2022: The German director discusses his latest film, which depicts the battle of a Turkish housewife for the release of her son from Guantanamo  

16/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Isaki Lacuesta • Director of One Year, One Night

“This film is not looking for motivations”

Isaki Lacuesta • Director of One Year, One Night

BERLINALE 2022: In the Spanish director’s film, a couple tries to deal with the aftermath of the terrorist attack at the Bataclan theatre together, but not...  

16/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Ben Stassen and Benjamin Mousquet • Directors of Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness

"An action scene only takes up half a page in the script, but it takes 6 months to animate!"

Ben Stassen and Benjamin Mousquet • Directors of Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness

We met with the directors of this family adventure film, a brand-new offering from Belgian film studio nWave, which is the flagship of exported European...  

16/02/2022 | /Belgium/France/USA

Laurent Larivière  • Director of About Joan

“It was also a way to directly achieve a certain intimacy and to commit to a pact of trust”

Laurent Larivière • Director of About Joan

BERLINALE 2022: Isabelle Huppert and Lars Eidinger star in this intriguing drama about loss and the power of love  

16/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Berlinale Special

Jöns Jönsson • Director of Axiom

“I guess we shouldn't underestimate how much we adapt to our environment”

Jöns Jönsson • Director of Axiom

BERLINALE 2022: The German-based Swedish director presents a very ambiguous, but also very human, protagonist in his new feature  

16/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Encounters

Peter Flinth • Director of Against the Ice

“I was interested in figuring out what drives an explorer. What makes you want to continue?”

Peter Flinth • Director of Against the Ice

BERLINALE 2022: In his Netflix title, the Danish director proves you can get claustrophobic even in north-east Greenland  

15/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Berlinale Special

Hristos Passalis, Syllas Tzoumerkas • Directors of The City and the City

"The terrible extermination of the Jewish community in Thessaloniki is still a taboo in Greek society"

Hristos Passalis, Syllas Tzoumerkas • Directors of The City and the City

BERLINALE 2022: The Greek filmmaking duo discuss their film about the untold story of the life and perils of the Jewish community of the city, nicknamed...  

15/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Encounters

Annika Pinske • Director of Talking about the Weather

"I wanted a contemporary and complex female character allowed to be imperfect and contradictory"

Annika Pinske • Director of Talking about the Weather

BERLINALE 2022: The German filmmaker discusses her story of a woman caught in contradictions on her quest for independence  

15/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Panorama

Cyril Schäublin • Director of Unrest

“By putting the people and the language to the margins of the frame, maybe the construction of those re-enacted situations becomes more visible”

Cyril Schäublin • Director of Unrest

BERLINALE 2022: The Swiss director's film is a trip back to the 19th century where the anarchist movement found fertile ground in Switzerland  

15/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Encounters

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