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.

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Claire Doyon • Director of Penelope My Love

“The camera felt like a weapon as well as a shield”

Claire Doyon • Director of Penelope My Love

The French director’s documentary offers a very intimate insight into the story of her family and her daughter's illness  

04/02/2022 | IFFR 2022 | Harbour

Félix Dutilloy-Liégeois and Marguerite de Hillerin • Directors of A criança

“It seems to us that cinema is the most powerful medium to talk about disappearance and loss”

Félix Dutilloy-Liégeois and Marguerite de Hillerin • Directors of A criança

The French directing duo discuss their 16th century-set feature debut, a costume drama with a difference  

03/02/2022 | IFFR 2022 | Tiger Competition

Jan Bucquoy • Director of The Last Temptation of the Belgians

“My film is a counter-attack against our tragic fate”

Jan Bucquoy • Director of The Last Temptation of the Belgians

The unclassifiable and iconoclastic artist, filmmaker, poet provocateur and agitator is offering up the 3rd instalment of his cinematic autobiography which...  

02/02/2022 | /Belgium

Frauke Havemann • Director of Be Right Back

"It's about giving possibilities or limitations, and less of a psychology or a historical background"

Frauke Havemann • Director of Be Right Back

The German director's slightly enigmatic and at times nearly psychedelic feature is screening at Slamdance  

02/02/2022 | Slamdance 2022

Dennis Ruh • Director, European Film Market

“For me, the future is both physical and digital, with a focus on physical gatherings”

Dennis Ruh • Director, European Film Market

The head of the EFM offers an overview of the market set to unspool from 10-17 February and shares his experience of organising this edition  

02/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | EFM

Samuele Franzini • CEO and founder, WYTH

“We have dedicated a lot of time and resources to immersing ourselves 100% in the needs of the film industry”

Samuele Franzini • CEO and founder, WYTH

The CEO and founder of the cloud suite offered us an overview of what has changed in the past year and what is now on the horizon for the Lugano,...  

02/02/2022 | /Switzerland

Mabrouk El Mechri • Director of Kung Fu Zohra

"I wanted my daughter to get her own Rocky"

Mabrouk El Mechri • Director of Kung Fu Zohra

Inspired by The Karate Kid, the French director presents a strong woman who fights for her rights and her daughter  

02/02/2022 | IFFR 2022 | Big Screen Competition

Urszula Antoniak • Director of Splendid Isolation

"Death is someone who is taking your breath away. It is almost like falling in love"

Urszula Antoniak • Director of Splendid Isolation

Art imitates life in the Polish-Dutch filmmaker's latest feature, in which she turned to the ongoing pandemic for inspiration  

02/02/2022 | IFFR 2022 | Big Screen Competition

Carlos Muguiro • Director, Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola

“Here, we build a community of filmmakers that goes way beyond studies”

Carlos Muguiro • Director, Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola

To mark the start of the application period to be part of the educational institution’s fifth intake, its head honcho breaks down some of the details  

01/02/2022 | /Spain

Marianne Blicher • Director of Miss Viborg

"I wanted to make the film look like a fairy-tale in the ghetto, with a lot of colours and depth, symbolising hope"

Marianne Blicher • Director of Miss Viborg

The Danish director tells a story set in a social housing area of her country, and she discusses the characters of her story, her choice of actors and the...  

01/02/2022 | Göteborg 2022

Alberto De Michele • Director of The Last Ride of the Wolves

"With my work, I always try to show things as pure and clean as possible"

Alberto De Michele • Director of The Last Ride of the Wolves

Presenting his debut film at IFFR, the director talks about finding his own film language, his relationship with his father and demystifying a popular movie...  

01/02/2022 | IFFR 2022 | Bright Future

Marten Persiel • Director of Everything Will Change

“I wanted the film to be a celebration of both nature and nature filmmaking”

Marten Persiel • Director of Everything Will Change

This docu-fiction is a painful but intriguing roller coaster through what the Earth might look like in a few generations’ time  

01/02/2022 | Max Ophüls Prize 2022

Alli Haapasalo • Director of Girl Picture

"It was very important for me to talk about girlhood in a way that would be a fresher take on the films about young adults I saw as a teenager"

Alli Haapasalo • Director of Girl Picture

A mature and emancipated depiction of girlhood is at the centre of this visually appealing Finnish coming-of-age film  

31/01/2022 | Sundance 2022 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Matteo Frittelli • Producer of Il Giardino che non c’è

“We wanted a film that projected the past onto the present”

Matteo Frittelli • Producer of Il Giardino che non c’è

The producer of the company Alto Piano talks about the importance of memory as a renewal, and about the distribution of art documentaries  

28/01/2022 | /Italy/France

Manuel Arija • Director of Ultrainnocence

“I liked the fact that it recalls a 1970s aesthetic”

Manuel Arija • Director of Ultrainnocence

We talked to the director about his cinematic quest for a divine presence, which is set to premiere at this year's Slamdance  

28/01/2022 | Slamdance 2022

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