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.

 
Greta Fornari • Co-ordinator, TFL Funds

“We believe it’s important to follow the road travelled by the directors we support”

Greta Fornari • Co-ordinator, TFL Funds

We chatted with the TFL Funds co-ordinator to find out more about the funds allocated by TorinoFilmLab to support the production and distribution of new...  

06/12/2021 | TorinoFilmLab 2021

Matthias Hartmann • Creator of The Net

“We don’t want to spoil the game for the fans; we are just going to open the curtain a bit”

Matthias Hartmann • Creator of The Net

We talked to the creator of the global event series, setting out to expose football’s darkest secrets  

06/12/2021 | /Austria/UK/Germany/Italy

Adam Donen • Director of Alice Through The Looking

"I like the wildness of the 60s and the 70s and I’m very keen to capture it in my work"

Adam Donen • Director of Alice Through The Looking

The director of the world’s first fully holographic theatre play presented his first feature film, a very free adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s classic, and...  

01/12/2021 | Black Nights 2021 | First Feature Competition

Sigal Yehuda • Founder and executive director, Close-Up

“As human beings and as artists, we have the freedom to resist the realities in our region by means of creative work”

Sigal Yehuda • Founder and executive director, Close-Up

We chatted to the founder and executive director of this international co-production programme for documentary filmmakers hailing from a diverse range of...  

01/12/2021 | /Belgium/Middle East/Africa

Andrés Goteira • Director of Welcome to ma maison

“Everyone has their own madness and manages it the best they can”

Andrés Goteira • Director of Welcome to ma maison

The Galician filmmaker has surprised everyone with an unpredictable documentary, starring an actor in search of his favourite director, exposing...  

30/11/2021 | Gijón 2021

Dovile Sarutyte • Director of Feature Film About Life

"Right after the death of family member you suddenly turn in a event manager, a funeral organiser - and this is grotesque situation"

Dovile Sarutyte • Director of Feature Film About Life

There is no time to mourn in the first feature by the Lithuanian filmmaker, who tells us more about it and about turning a personal experience into a script  

30/11/2021 | Black Nights 2021 | First Feature Competition

Santi Amodeo • Director of The Gentiles

"People no longer say “I’m sad;” they save a song on TikTok"

Santi Amodeo • Director of The Gentiles

The Spanish filmmaker talks about his latest work, a film revolving around the teenage years and the use of social media  

30/11/2021 | Black Nights 2021 | Competition

Malachi Smyth • Director of The Score

“I like these small moments in time when lives are changed forever”

Malachi Smyth • Director of The Score

We talked to the director of this British musical set in a roadside café, which features music by Johnny Flynn  

30/11/2021 | Black Nights 2021 | First Feature Competition

Vanja Černjul • Cinematographer

"Even though I'd love to shoot on film more, I’m running out of arguments to use it"

Vanja Černjul • Cinematographer

The Croatian cinematographer, who has worked for the most of his career in the US, gave a masterclass at the Zagreb Film Festival, after which we sat for a talk  

29/11/2021 | Zagreb 2021

Michal Nohejl • Director of Occupation

“The theatre setting brought an extra dimension to the expression of the story”

Michal Nohejl • Director of Occupation

In his first feature, the Czech actor-director uses humour and satire to deal with a painful period in Czechoslovakia’s history  

29/11/2021 | Black Nights 2021 | First Feature Competition

Francesco Sossai • Director of Other Cannibals

“The idea was for the film not to enhance the beauty of the surroundings, but rather create the images as ruggedly as possible”

Francesco Sossai • Director of Other Cannibals

The Italian director mixes the topic of cannibalism with friendship and self-determination in his Black Nights-winning debut feature  

29/11/2021 | Black Nights 2021 | First Feature Competition

Andreas Kleinert • Director of Dear Thomas

"In East Germany we also had sexy youth in cool clothes, having parties, dancing and living colourful lives"

Andreas Kleinert • Director of Dear Thomas

The German filmmaker talks to us about his declaration of love to writer, poet and rebel Thomas Brasch, which has won the Grand Prix in the Competition of...  

29/11/2021 | Black Nights 2021 | Competition

Kirill Sokolov • Director of No Looking Back

"My goal is to make people feel something by offering them an emotional rollercoaster"

Kirill Sokolov • Director of No Looking Back

The Russian filmmaker discusses his film, a wildly funny (black) comedy about a women released from prison that boasts a strong social essence  

26/11/2021 | Black Nights 2021 | Competition

Helena Třeštíková • Director of René – The Prisoner of Freedom

“The most important moment came when he robbed me; that’s when I decided he was interesting to follow”

Helena Třeštíková • Director of René – The Prisoner of Freedom

We talked to the acclaimed Czech helmer, who returns to one of her best-known protagonists in her new movie  

26/11/2021 | IDFA 2021

Christian Bräuer • President, CICAE

“Each arthouse cinema is a little star, but together, they are like the Milky Way – you can’t ignore them”

Christian Bräuer • President, CICAE

Cineuropa talked to the managing director of Yorck-Kino GmbH and the president of CICAE about the sixth European Arthouse Cinema Day, which took place...  

26/11/2021 | /Germany/Europe

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