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. 651 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Ben Stassen and Benjamin Mousquet • Directors of Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness

"An action scene only takes up half a page in the script, but it takes 6 months to animate!"

Ben Stassen and Benjamin Mousquet • Directors of Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness

We met with the directors of this family adventure film, a brand-new offering from Belgian film studio nWave, which is the flagship of exported European...  

16/02/2022 | /Belgium/France/USA

Laurent Larivière  • Director of About Joan

“It was also a way to directly achieve a certain intimacy and to commit to a pact of trust”

Laurent Larivière • Director of About Joan

BERLINALE 2022: Isabelle Huppert and Lars Eidinger star in this intriguing drama about loss and the power of love  

16/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Berlinale Special

Jöns Jönsson • Director of Axiom

“I guess we shouldn't underestimate how much we adapt to our environment”

Jöns Jönsson • Director of Axiom

BERLINALE 2022: The German-based Swedish director presents a very ambiguous, but also very human, protagonist in his new feature  

16/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Encounters

Peter Flinth • Director of Against the Ice

“I was interested in figuring out what drives an explorer. What makes you want to continue?”

Peter Flinth • Director of Against the Ice

BERLINALE 2022: In his Netflix title, the Danish director proves you can get claustrophobic even in north-east Greenland  

15/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Berlinale Special

Hristos Passalis, Syllas Tzoumerkas • Directors of The City and the City

"The terrible extermination of the Jewish community in Thessaloniki is still a taboo in Greek society"

Hristos Passalis, Syllas Tzoumerkas • Directors of The City and the City

BERLINALE 2022: The Greek filmmaking duo discuss their film about the untold story of the life and perils of the Jewish community of the city, nicknamed...  

15/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Encounters

Annika Pinske • Director of Talking about the Weather

"I wanted a contemporary and complex female character allowed to be imperfect and contradictory"

Annika Pinske • Director of Talking about the Weather

BERLINALE 2022: The German filmmaker discusses her story of a woman caught in contradictions on her quest for independence  

15/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Panorama

Cyril Schäublin • Director of Unrest

“By putting the people and the language to the margins of the frame, maybe the construction of those re-enacted situations becomes more visible”

Cyril Schäublin • Director of Unrest

BERLINALE 2022: The Swiss director's film is a trip back to the 19th century where the anarchist movement found fertile ground in Switzerland  

15/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Encounters

Max Linz • Director of L'état et moi

“I wanted a character that would leave me room for fiction”

Max Linz • Director of L'état et moi

BERLINALE 2022: German actress Sophie Rois stars in a double role in her fellow countryman’s intriguing new feature  

15/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Forum

Nicolette Krebitz • Director of A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love

“It’s a movie about love, and I have nothing but love for everyone here”

Nicolette Krebitz • Director of A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love

BERLINALE 2022: The German director follows Wild with another unusual romance, although this time, wolves are nowhere to be seen  

15/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Bertrand Bonello • Director of Coma

“Being 18 today - wow. Life starts in a world that feels crazy”

Bertrand Bonello • Director of Coma

BERLINALE 2022: The French filmmaker talks us through his unnerving, abstract new work — a world of Zoom calls and eerie dreams  

15/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Encounters

Chiara Bellosi • Director of Swing Ride

“We meet a lot of people, we have irreplaceable individuals around us, but we’re always on our own when faced with real choices”

Chiara Bellosi • Director of Swing Ride

BERLINALE 2022: The Italian director’s film follows a young female protagonist who meets a new friend who helps her to grow  

14/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Panorama

Ulrich Seidl • Director of Rimini

“Richie Bravo isn’t some shining hero; he’s actually a loser”

Ulrich Seidl • Director of Rimini

BERLINALE 2022: The Austrian director makes his return to fiction filmmaking with one half of a diptych focusing on two enormously troubled siblings  

14/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Štěpán Hulík • Showrunner of Suspicion

“The speed and ease with which we can ruin another person's life today is frightening”

Štěpán Hulík • Showrunner of Suspicion

BERLINALE 2022: Cineuropa sat down with the showrunner of the first series from Central and Eastern Europe selected for Berlinale Series to talk about true...  

14/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Berlinale Series

Maggie Peren  • Director of The Forger

“I think that’s how people behaved in order to survive: they smiled”

Maggie Peren • Director of The Forger

BERLINALE 2022: Basing her film on a true story, the German helmer tries to capture the everyday reality of World War II – and the lust for life  

13/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Berlinale Special

Sanna Lenken  • Director of Comedy Queen

“So many children don’t know how to talk about grief”

Sanna Lenken • Director of Comedy Queen

BERLINALE 2022: The Swedish director follows up her Crystal Bear-winning My Skinny Sister with a drama proving that, in the end, only laughter can heal pain  

13/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Generation

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