Interviews

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

8298 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 07/07/2025. 653 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Tine Fischer, Kirstine Vinderskov • CEO and commissioning editor for youth features, Danish Film Institute

“We still have the world's best film law”

Tine Fischer, Kirstine Vinderskov • CEO and commissioning editor for youth features, Danish Film Institute

At m:brane, we chatted to the Danish professionals about their strategy in the making in order to strengthen the country’s tradition of storytelling for...  

14/03/2025 | M:brane 2025

Christian Petzold • Director

“Cinema is about survival and women are fighting for their identity”

Christian Petzold • Director

The German director discusses European cinema, the representation of women, and his upcoming film, Mirrors No. 3, on which he has just wrapped post-production  

13/03/2025 | Bergamo 2025

Elena Martin • Producer, Manifest Film

“I’ve always been drawn to stories that reveal something unexpected”

Elena Martin • Producer, Manifest Film

The Romanian producer discusses encouraging people to engage more deeply with the world, finding audiences for her films and her upcoming projects  

13/03/2025 | Emerging Producers 2025

Daniel Pereira • Producer, The Stone and the Plot

“Cinema is an art capable of better understanding the world we live in”

Daniel Pereira • Producer, The Stone and the Plot

The Portuguese producer discusses his approach to documentary and lists his upcoming projects  

12/03/2025 | Emerging Producers 2025

Brwa Vahabpour, Peiman Azizpour • Director of and actor in My Uncle Jens

"The film talks about how to deal with a feeling of shortcoming or feeling that you're not living up to your assigned role in a society"

Brwa Vahabpour, Peiman Azizpour • Director of and actor in My Uncle Jens

The director and the actor reflect on striking a complex tonal balance with their film, working with multiple languages on set and embracing the backgrounds...  

12/03/2025 | SXSW 2025

Kaspar Astrup Schröder • Director of Dear Tomorrow

“Lonely people are invisible”

Kaspar Astrup Schröder • Director of Dear Tomorrow

In the Danish director’s film, people decide to fight loneliness by finally reaching out to others – or even adopting an owl  

12/03/2025 | SXSW 2025

Thea Gajić, Slavko Sobin  • Director of and actor in Surviving Earth

“It was important to break down the stereotypes of addiction and humanise people”

Thea Gajić, Slavko Sobin • Director of and actor in Surviving Earth

The director and lead actor talk about authentically portraying a personal story, creating an emotional connection through music and cultivating a strong...  

11/03/2025 | SXSW 2025

Tigran Araqelyan, Susanna Khachatryan • Director and producer of Zako

Zako is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit, and the power of art to preserve freedom, humanity and hope”

Tigran Araqelyan, Susanna Khachatryan • Director and producer of Zako

The director and producer of the project that received the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award at Cartoon Movie tell us more about the transformative...  

11/03/2025 | Cartoon 2025 | Cartoon Movie

Zofia Kujawska • Producer, Telemark

“The level of authenticity in documentary cinema is unmatched”

Zofia Kujawska • Producer, Telemark

The Polish producer explains why she believes documentaries are so important  

11/03/2025 | Emerging Producers 2025

Mattias J Skoglund  • Director of The Home

“I wanted to create a tone that would be very raw, intimate and slightly uncanny”

Mattias J Skoglund • Director of The Home

The Swedish director breaks down his indie horror flick set in a retirement home, which is based on a novel by Mats Strandberg  

10/03/2025 | SXSW 2025

Uta Briesewitz • Director of American Sweatshop

"It's important how sexual violence against women is portrayed. You can do it in a way that serves the topic, but you can also do it in a way that makes it look like advertising"

Uta Briesewitz • Director of American Sweatshop

We talked to the German filmmaker about her latest film, which looks at the effects of social media on its consumers  

10/03/2025 | SXSW 2025

Loránd Balázs Imre • Producer, filmDOUGH Productions

“A documentary doesn’t have to be didactic or overtly political to be impactful”

Loránd Balázs Imre • Producer, filmDOUGH Productions

The Hungarian producer believes film has the power to plant seeds, shift perspectives and become part of a larger movement  

10/03/2025 | Emerging Producers 2025

Michael Kalb  • Producer, Michael Kalb Filmproduktion

“Making films doesn't feel like work for me”

Michael Kalb • Producer, Michael Kalb Filmproduktion

The German producer is dedicated to documentary filmmaking because real life writes the best and most exciting stories  

07/03/2025 | Emerging Producers 2025

Katriina Miola  • Project manager, European Film Business and Law, Erich Pommer Institut

“Many alumni have gone on to achieve leadership positions in the film and entertainment world”

Katriina Miola • Project manager, European Film Business and Law, Erich Pommer Institut

An in-depth look into the Erich Pommer Institut’s European Film Business & Law LL.M. | MBA and workshops, which launch applications for 2025  

07/03/2025 | Sponsored

Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani • Directors of Reflection in a Dead Diamond

"We approached the story as if it were a diamond and gave it different facets"

Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani • Directors of Reflection in a Dead Diamond

We met with the inspired filmmaking duo to talk about their latest film effort, a frenetic and psychedelic rereading of the Hero myth  

06/03/2025 | Luxembourg 2025

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