Interviews

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

8592 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 21/01/2026. 638 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Francesco Giai Via  • Head of Studies, Alpi Film Lab

“Environmental sustainability and gender equality should be seen as part of our new professional DNA”

Francesco Giai Via • Head of Studies, Alpi Film Lab

We chatted with Head of Studies Francesco Giai Via who’s overseeing this programme on Italian-French co-production, the second edition of which kicks off on...  

08/04/2022 | Italy/France

Giulia Giapponesi • Director of Bella Ciao - Per la libertà

“A hymn to a type of resistance which unites us all”

Giulia Giapponesi • Director of Bella Ciao - Per la libertà

We met with the director behind the documentary charting the history of a song which has come to symbolise the fight against injustice  

07/04/2022 | Bergamo 2022

Elina Kask  • Partners Relations & Events Producer, Black Nights Film Festival

"The most important as well as the most valued output for making a brand visible at a film festival, is displaying a company’s advertisements and visual identity in cinemas"

Elina Kask • Partners Relations & Events Producer, Black Nights Film Festival

Elina Kask is an events producer and in partners relations at Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn  

07/04/2022 | Euro Film Fest

Patrice Toye • Director of Tench

“In a film you can show different visions, look at things in another way”

Patrice Toye • Director of Tench

We met up with the Belgian director at the 40th edition of the Bergamo Film Meeting, where she presented a complete retrospective of her work  

06/04/2022 | Bergamo 2022

Victoria Fiore • Director of Hide and Seek

“It’s hard not to become cynical, it’s a struggle”

Victoria Fiore • Director of Hide and Seek

The director spoke to us about the filmmaking process behind her debut feature film, which was wholly shot in Naples’ Spanish Quarters  

05/04/2022 | CPH:DOX 2022

Volker Schlöndorff • Director of The Forest Maker

“My outlook on Africa isn’t pessimistic”

Volker Schlöndorff • Director of The Forest Maker

The German director spoke to us about his documentary dedicated to Tony Rinaudo, an agronomist who introduced a conservation agriculture system with the...  

05/04/2022 | Bergamo 2022

Vincent Kelner • Director of A Taste of Whale

"In the Faroe Islands, they are close to nature and they don’t lie"

Vincent Kelner • Director of A Taste of Whale

We talked with the French filmmaker about his documentary and his decision to listen to whale hunters when others are quick to accuse them  

05/04/2022 | CPH:DOX 2022

Einari Paakkanen • Director of Karaoke Paradise

“I was afraid it was going to be a film about drunken Finns howling in bars”

Einari Paakkanen • Director of Karaoke Paradise

We talked with the Finnish director about his film, which explores his country's love for karaoke  

05/04/2022 | CPH:DOX 2022

Nataša Urban • Director of The Eclipse

"My film asks questions about how we deal with the pain in the world"

Nataša Urban • Director of The Eclipse

We talked with the filmmaker about her documentary, which uses different film formats and her father's journals to retrace the events of Serbia's recent past  

05/04/2022 | CPH:DOX 2022

Domenico Croce • Director of Crystal Girl

“If there is a dark side somewhere inside of us, we need to look into it”

Domenico Croce • Director of Crystal Girl

The director chatted with us about his first feature film, a psychological thriller about a young woman who never steps outside of her bedroom, which is...  

01/04/2022 | Bif&st 2022

Peter Todorov • Head, Bulgarian National Film Centre

“Bulgarians love their national cinema”

Peter Todorov • Head, Bulgarian National Film Centre

We talked to the new head of the Bulgarian National Film Center, who seems determined to modernise the institution responsible for the well-being of the...  

31/03/2022 | /Bulgaria

Aurélie Réveillaud and Charlotte Monnier • Alentours Forum

"Producers from all walks of life, hailing from our five partner countries"

Aurélie Réveillaud and Charlotte Monnier • Alentours Forum

Working on behalf of the Strasbourg Eurométropole and the Grand Est Region, the project heads discussed the upcoming edition of the Alentours Forum –...  

31/03/2022 | Alentours Forum 2022

Susanne Regina Meures • Director of Girl Gang

“The gang is still there. But it’s not those girls in parks any more; it’s the millions of girls congregating online”

Susanne Regina Meures • Director of Girl Gang

The German director takes on a contemporary kind of girl gang by homing in on Leonie, a teenage influencer  

31/03/2022 | CPH:DOX 2022

Alejandro Loayza • Director of Utama

“I have more of a knack for images, rather than words”

Alejandro Loayza • Director of Utama

At the Málaga Film Festival, the Bolivian filmmaker scooped four awards with his feature debut, a sensitive movie that merges western codes with...  

30/03/2022 | Málaga 2022

Carl Rijsbrack • CMO, Cinionic

“We are seeing exhibitors worldwide embrace laser projection to create unparalleled cinemagoing experiences”

Carl Rijsbrack • CMO, Cinionic

During our chat, we delved into the reasons for the present and future success of laser projection, and Cinionic’s mission to make theatrical exhibition greener  

30/03/2022 | /Belgium

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