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.

 
Marcus H Rosenmüller • Director of Beckenrand Sheriff

“I reserve the right to see the world as something beautiful”

Marcus H Rosenmüller • Director of Beckenrand Sheriff

The director’s new comedy serves as a manifesto for more mutual understanding  

10/11/2021 | /Germany

Bálint Szentgyörgyi • Creator and director of The Informant

"We all grew up with families who talked about a world that no longer existed”

Bálint Szentgyörgyi • Creator and director of The Informant

The young Hungarian director spoke enthusiastically about his eight-part series, which had its international premiere at the Geneva International Film Festival  

09/11/2021 | Geneva 2021

Nemanja Ćeranić • Director of Loan Shark

"The idea was that the camera should follow the actor, not the opposite"

Nemanja Ćeranić • Director of Loan Shark

The Serbian director makes a loan shark the protagonist of his tragicomedy, screened at this year's FilmFestival Cottbus  

09/11/2021 | Cottbus 2021

Miguel Morales • President, ADICINE

“We are striving to keep independent films in the theatres”

Miguel Morales • President, ADICINE

We chatted to the Spanish producer and distributor to get the low-down on MERCI Sevilla, the Independent Film Market founded as an integral part of the 18th...  

09/11/2021 | Seville 2021 | SEFF Industry

Juraj Krasnohorsky • Head of studies, CEE Animation Workshop

“Producers from our region are now as proficient as their counterparts from big countries”

Juraj Krasnohorsky • Head of studies, CEE Animation Workshop

The Slovak producer broke down the programme of the upcoming CEE Animation Workshop, which is now, for the first time, open to all European animation...  

08/11/2021 | CEE Animation 2022

Agnieszka Zwiefka • Director of She

“Our character kept saying yes all her life, and then, for the first time, she says no”

Agnieszka Zwiefka • Director of She

The Polish director gives us the low-down on her upcoming film, which was given the Best Pitch Award at the recently concluded connecting cottbus  

08/11/2021 | Cottbus 2021 | Connecting Cottbus

Sara Cabras • Co-Productions and Pre-Acquisitions, RAI Ragazzi

“We know only too well how hard it is for young people to see their projects through when they don’t have a studio behind them”

Sara Cabras • Co-Productions and Pre-Acquisitions, RAI Ragazzi

We discussed the importance of Cartoon Springboard for young Italian and European film talent while interviewing the Italian expert at the event  

05/11/2021 | Cartoon 2021 | Cartoon Springboard

Nadia Paschetto • Director, Arras Film Festival

"We need to help viewers find their way back to cinemas"

Nadia Paschetto • Director, Arras Film Festival

We met with the French festival’s director who isn’t hiding her joy over the revival of the event, a year after its physical edition fell through  

05/11/2021 | Arras 2021

Mieke Bernink • Lecturer, Netherlands Film Academy

“We are an internationally acclaimed film education institution, the only one of its kind in the Netherlands”

Mieke Bernink • Lecturer, Netherlands Film Academy

Our conversation focused on the main opportunities offered to prospective students by the Dutch film school  

05/11/2021 | /Netherlands

Anaïs Emery • Executive and Artistic Director, Geneva International Film Festival

"I see the GIFF as a space where we can think about the future of audiovisual"

Anaïs Emery • Executive and Artistic Director, Geneva International Film Festival

We met with the new director of the Genevan festival, who spoke to us about her passions and her first edition at the helm of the event  

04/11/2021 | Geneva 2021

Manuel Alduy • Head of Cinema and International Development, France Télévisions

"Digital media is our new area of diversity"

Manuel Alduy • Head of Cinema and International Development, France Télévisions

From the development of non-linear broadcasting to the competition of US platforms, from the new media chronology to the evolution of financing: an analysis...  

04/11/2021 | ARP Film Meetings 2021

Mathieu Debusschère • Managing Director, ARP

"The market cannot be the only diktat"

Mathieu Debusschère • Managing Director, ARP

The Managing Director of the ARP gives us his opinions on some of the hot current topics animating the French film industry, from financing to media chronology  

03/11/2021 | ARP Film Meetings 2021

Susanne Kasimir and Thomas Hailer • Administrative director and artistic director, Nordic Film Days Lübeck

“A lot of big careers started here in Lübeck, and it feels great to be celebrating with everyone again”

Susanne Kasimir and Thomas Hailer • Administrative director and artistic director, Nordic Film Days Lübeck

We talked to some of the team behind the Nordic Film Days Lübeck, as genre films and movies set abroad are due to dominate the programme of this year's edition  

03/11/2021 | /Germany

Nadja Tennstedt • Industry Director, DOK Leipzig

“It is not a very pretentious festival, and it has a cozy and inviting atmosphere. I want to build on that”

Nadja Tennstedt • Industry Director, DOK Leipzig

We caught up with the head of industry at DOK Leipzig about her first year in her new role  

02/11/2021 | Dok Leipzig 2021

Nora Lakos and Claudia Sümeghy  • Director and producer of I Accidentally Wrote a Book

“It will be a playful film with lots of humour, even though it is a serious topic; humour is essential for all of my projects”

Nora Lakos and Claudia Sümeghy • Director and producer of I Accidentally Wrote a Book

We talked to the director and producer of the project that won the €20,000 Eurimages Co-Production Development Award at this year’s Cinekid for Professionals  

29/10/2021 | Cinekid 2021 | Cinekid for Professionals

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