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.

 
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

Evan Horan • Producer, Blinder Films

“The pandemic allowed time for development, in myself and my own projects”

Evan Horan • Producer, Blinder Films

The 2022 Emerging Producer from Ireland discusses his approach to documentary, his hard work during the health crisis and his current projects  

24/02/2022 | Emerging Producers 2022

Alain Gomis • Director of Rewind & Play

"The off-the-record footage of this concert shows much more than 'only' a genius"

Alain Gomis • Director of Rewind & Play

BERLINALE 2022: The director delves into the archive footage of the visit of Thelonious Monk to Paris in 1969, turning them into an unexpected portrait of...  

24/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Forum

Raul Domingues • Director of Striking Land

"The changes happening within nature are more visible to those who work directly with the land"

Raul Domingues • Director of Striking Land

BERLINALE 2022: The Portuguese director discusses his documentary, which places his grandmother, his neighbour and their lands at the centre of a portrait...  

24/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Forum

Michael Borodin  • Director of Convenience Store

"My film is a conversation about a modern slavery that doesn’t usually appear in either Uzbek or Russian movies"

Michael Borodin • Director of Convenience Store

BERLINALE 2022: The Uzbek director talks about his first film, based on the true case of the so-called “Golyanovo slaves” which came to light in 2016  

23/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Panorama

Adam Koloman Rybanský  • Director of Somewhere Over the Chemtrails

"This is a story about good people being victims of conspiracy theories and their own fears"

Adam Koloman Rybanský • Director of Somewhere Over the Chemtrails

BERLINALE 2022: The Czech director talks to us about what was behind the making of his humorous parody about misinformation, fear and prejudices  

23/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Panorama

Gracija Filipovic  • Actress

"At first I was terrified, but then I realised this is a great chance to gain experience"

Gracija Filipovic • Actress

BERLINALE 2022: The Croatian actress, who starred in this year's Caméra d'Or winner Murina, tells us more about her career, which is clearly only just...  

23/02/2022 | European Shooting Stars 2022

João Nunes Monteiro  • Actor

"Working internationally will create more chances for me to get into good projects"

João Nunes Monteiro • Actor

BERLINALE 2022: The Portuguese actor talks about how he prepared for his role in Mosquito, his most acclaimed one so far, and working with local and...  

23/02/2022 | European Shooting Stars 2022

Arnaud des Pallières • Director of American Journal

“Archival film allows us to access one of the most essential mysteries of being”

Arnaud des Pallières • Director of American Journal

BERLINALE 2022: We caught up with the French director to get the low-down on his newest archive-footage essay, which comes ten years after his Poussières...  

23/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Encounters

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