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 13/09/2025. 651 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Samira Elagoz • Director of and performer in Seek Bromance

"I wanted to make a real story where the trans protagonists are complex and troubled, progressive and admirable, problematic and relatable"

Samira Elagoz • Director of and performer in Seek Bromance

We discussed trans-masculinity and performative cinema with the director and protagonist of the cinematic performance  

24/11/2021 | IDFA 2021

György Pálfi • Director of Perpetuity

"This is a love story set in a near post-war future in Europe"

György Pálfi • Director of Perpetuity

The Hungarian director discusses his latest film, which dialogues, in stylistic terms, with the body horror and the perplexing meanings of his breakthrough...  

22/11/2021 | Black Nights 2021 | Competition

Alice Lesort and Katarzyna Siniarska • Presidents, Europa International

“Our core business retains its true added value”

Alice Lesort and Katarzyna Siniarska • Presidents, Europa International

Market conditions, platforms, diversification, links with the press: the new co-presidents of Europa International, which brings together 45 sales...  

19/11/2021 | Europe

Margarethe von Trotta  • Director

"Film is a way of looking at the world"

Margarethe von Trotta • Director

We chatted with the German film maker about her Mikeldi Honorary Award at the 63rd edition of the International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao  

18/11/2021 | Zinebi 2021

Lauris Abele, Raitis Abele and Marcis Abele  • Directors and DoP of Troubled Minds

“There was kind of a mission to address bipolar disorder as an everyday problem”

Lauris Abele, Raitis Abele and Marcis Abele • Directors and DoP of Troubled Minds

We talked to the Latvian creative trio about their debut feature, which examines the fine line between artistic creativity and mental-health problems  

18/11/2021 | Black Nights 2021 | First Feature Competition

Rick Ostermann  • Director of The House

“This is not an alien world that one can look at from a distance”

Rick Ostermann • Director of The House

In his thriller, the German director tells the story of a house that knows its inhabitants better than they do themselves  

17/11/2021 | Germany

Florian Hoffmann  • Director of Whispers of War

“However specific our film’s story might be, it also has a universal component to it”

Florian Hoffmann • Director of Whispers of War

The German drama film examines the effects that the ongoing conflict has had, and continues to have, on the Kurdish-Turkish diaspora  

17/11/2021 | Thessaloniki 2021

Jeanne Brunfaut  • Director, Wallonia-Brussels Federation Film and Audiovisual Centre

"Co-productions can add value artistically, as well as financially"

Jeanne Brunfaut • Director, Wallonia-Brussels Federation Film and Audiovisual Centre

A conversation about the 17th French-Speaking Co-Production Meetings, and what co-production means for the different countries taking part in the event  

16/11/2021 | /Belgium

István Szabó  • Director

"The only reason to make a film is to help the audience to understand they are not alone dealing with their problems"

István Szabó • Director

The Veteran Hungarian director, who has received the Lifetime Achievement Golden Olive at the European Film Festival in Lecce, discusses his career and his...  

16/11/2021 | Lecce 2021

Adelaida Afilipoaie  • Researcher, imec-SMIT-VUB

“The results reinforce existing discrepancies between large and small markets”

Adelaida Afilipoaie • Researcher, imec-SMIT-VUB

The researcher explained how the production and distribution of Netflix Originals are transforming the European streaming landscape  

16/11/2021 | /Europe

Kieron J Walsh  • Director of The Racer

"There no need to wage war over a border"

Kieron J Walsh • Director of The Racer

The Irish filmmaker who attended the Arras Film Festival chatted with us about his latest film and his upcoming project Skintown  

16/11/2021 | Arras 2021

Sabine Lubbe Bakker and Niels van Koevorden  • Directors of Becoming Mona

"We looked for a way to show this very human side of losing yourself"

Sabine Lubbe Bakker and Niels van Koevorden • Directors of Becoming Mona

The two Dutch filmmakers, winners of the Grand Jury Prize at the Arras Film Festival, analyse the singular approach of their first fiction feature  

16/11/2021 | Arras 2021

Rodrigo Cortés  • Director of Love Gets a Room

“I want films to be physical experiences for the audience”

Rodrigo Cortés • Director of Love Gets a Room

The Spanish filmmaker’s latest film had its world premiere in Seville – a film with songs that takes place in 1942 in the Warsaw ghetto  

15/11/2021 | Seville 2021

Igor Ivanov • Director of Only Human

"This is a local, contemporary story about the moral devastation of our generation, but at the same time, it contains universal symbols and messages"

Igor Ivanov • Director of Only Human

We spoke with the Macedonian director, whose film has won the Cineuropa Award at the European Film Festival in Lecce  

15/11/2021 | Lecce 2021

Mattia Temponi • Director of Nest

“The family unit isn’t a safe space in any way, shape or form”

Mattia Temponi • Director of Nest

We met with the new Italian director to discuss his horror film, which is currently competing in the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival  

10/11/2021 | Trieste Science+Fiction 2021

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