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.

 
Philip Scheffner and Merle Kröger • Director and screenwriter of Europe

“Through the film, our lead actress regained a certain visibility outside of the movie as well”

Philip Scheffner and Merle Kröger • Director and screenwriter of Europe

BERLINALE 2022: The director and screenwriter discuss their intriguing feature, in which the protagonist navigates through bureaucracy and a life of uncertainty  

23/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Forum

Miloš Pušić • Director of Working Class Heroes

"I wanted to give it the feel of a punk song"

Miloš Pušić • Director of Working Class Heroes

BERLINALE 2022: The director discusses his film, which mixes genres and actors and non-professionals to tell the story of the mafia-like aspect of the...  

23/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Panorama

Sara Kern • Director of Moja Vesna

"I'm always trying to write about what's most alive in me"

Sara Kern • Director of Moja Vesna

BERLINALE 2022: The Slovenian-Australian director's first feature film deals with grief from the perspective of a ten-year-old girl  

23/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Generation

Mirona Radu • Director, Film O’Clock International Festival

“The main mission is to cultivate a love for cinema around the world by using meridians as a tool to hold synchronised screenings in cinemas”

Mirona Radu • Director, Film O’Clock International Festival

During our chat, we spoke about the innovative concept of the festival, its line-up and its industry initiatives, among other topics  

22/02/2022 | /Lithuania/Romania/Bulgaria/Greece/Egypt/South Africa

Jessica Krummacher • Director of The Death of My Mother

"Physically and emotionally, you enter a different realm if you accompany someone really close to you who's in the process of dying"

Jessica Krummacher • Director of The Death of My Mother

BERLINALE 2022: The German filmmaker goes deep into her personal experience to relate the painful story of losing a parent  

22/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Encounters

Lutz Pehnert  • Director of Bettina

“This film brings Bettina’s songs from the past back into the present”

Lutz Pehnert • Director of Bettina

BERLINALE 2022: The German director returns to Berlin with a sometimes sad, sometimes hilarious take on an artist who never followed the rules  

22/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Panorama

Clare Dunne • Actress

"We need to write about human beings changing themselves in terms of how we have to change the planet"

Clare Dunne • Actress

BERLINALE 2022: The Irish actress, also a screenwriter, talks about acting and writing, the topics she is interested in... and maybe casting her fellow...  

22/02/2022 | European Shooting Stars 2022

Marie Reuther • Actress

"I like movies that are a bit extreme, that soar above reality"

Marie Reuther • Actress

BERLINALE 2022: The Danish actress talks to us about how she started her career and the kind of cinema that drives her to keep working  

22/02/2022 | European Shooting Stars 2022

Gastón Solnicki, Angeliki Papoulia • Director of and actress in A Little Love Package

"The biggest challenge in this creative experiment without a script was to improvise on the set with great actors"

Gastón Solnicki, Angeliki Papoulia • Director of and actress in A Little Love Package

BERLINALE 2022: The bold talents of the Argentinian filmmaker and the Greek actress get together on a baffling experiment, and they give us the clues to...  

22/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Encounters

Giovanni Pompili  • Co-Producer of Alcarràs

“I became hooked on this ensemble-cast, family story”

Giovanni Pompili • Co-Producer of Alcarràs

BERLINALE 2022: The Italian producer spoke to us about his involvement - via his company Kino Produzioni - in Carla Simón’s Golden-Bear-winning film  

21/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Emilio Sakraya • Actor

"It’s so great to be part of the European cinematic landscape"

Emilio Sakraya • Actor

BERLINALE 2022: The German actor, who has recently finished shooting Fatih Akin's newest feature, Rheingold, talks about his career and what he expects from...  

21/02/2022 | European Shooting Stars 2022

Hanna Van Vliet • Actress

"It’s important to see queer people represented on screen, there is a lot of work to be done in this direction"

Hanna Van Vliet • Actress

BERLINALE 2022: The Dutch actress, who plays the lead role in the internationally acclaimed drama series Anne+ talks about key topics in today's industry...  

21/02/2022 | European Shooting Stars 2022

Maryna Er Gorbach • Director of Klondike

"In the crisis in Ukraine, which is now in the news again, my film brings the viewer to the 'backstage' of the news"

Maryna Er Gorbach • Director of Klondike

BERLINALE 2022: The director discusses her story of a Ukrainian family living on the border of Russia and Ukraine during the start of the war  

21/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Panorama

Michael Koch  • Director of A Piece of Sky

“What interests me is the immediate power of nature that one feels in the mountain world”

Michael Koch • Director of A Piece of Sky

BERLINALE 2022: Both the Swiss mountains and their inhabitants are the protagonists of this intimate and artistically appealing drama  

21/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Kasia Siewko • Project lead, Papaya Young Creators

"We are not only an international competition, but also a talent development programme supporting creators long after they finish their competition journey"

Kasia Siewko • Project lead, Papaya Young Creators

Our chat revolved around this groundbreaking international competition for young creative talents, set to celebrate different forms of storytelling and...  

21/02/2022 | /Poland

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