Interviews

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

8439 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 12/09/2025. 654 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Pablo de María Díaz • Director, SACO

“What we’re interested in is stripping artistic offerings of their context in order to lend them a different form”

Pablo de María Díaz • Director, SACO

The eighth edition of the Oviedo Contemporary Audiovisual Week, an event where cinema exists alongside other artistic disciplines, is about to unspool,...  

10/03/2022 | /Spain

Franziska Sonder • Producer, Ensemble Film

“I believe in the power of storytelling”

Franziska Sonder • Producer, Ensemble Film

The 2022 Emerging Producer from Switzerland considers curated platforms and festivals to be crucial to get documentary out into the world  

10/03/2022 | Emerging Producers 2022

Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha  • Directors of My Favourite Cake

“For us, the Eurimages Award is the first sign that a promising film will be made”

Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha • Directors of My Favourite Cake

We chatted to the Iranian directors to get more information about their new project, which scooped the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at the...  

10/03/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | EFM

Victor Ede  • Producer, Cinéphage Production

“I dream of a European distribution network within the universities”

Victor Ede • Producer, Cinéphage Production

The French 2022 Emerging Producer tells us what he thinks the future of documentary films might be like  

09/03/2022 | Emerging Producers 2022

Melissa Lindgren  • Producer, Story

“I rarely get as struck by fiction films as by documentaries”

Melissa Lindgren • Producer, Story

The 2022 Emerging Producer from Sweden believes that the strongest and most fascinating stories are found in reality  

08/03/2022 | Emerging Producers 2022

David Baute  • Director, MiradasDoc

“Our festival and market are a cultural crossroads”

David Baute • Director, MiradasDoc

The documentary film festival in Guía de Isora (Tenerife), a creative and production-orientated bridge between Europe, Africa and America, is unspooling...  

07/03/2022 | MiradasDoc 2022

Leonardo Barrile  • Producer, Samarcanda Film

“If our stories stimulate questions and reflections, we have achieved our goal”

Leonardo Barrile • Producer, Samarcanda Film

The 2022 Emerging Producer coming from Italy discusses the power of documentary film, the present and future of the industry, and his projects  

07/03/2022 | Emerging Producers 2022

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

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