Interviews

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

9046 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 28/09/2026. 605 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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Hana Nobis • Director of Polish Prayers

“The first time I saw Antek, I thought he had a face for filming; I liked the way he moved”

Hana Nobis • Director of Polish Prayers

The Polish filmmaker spoke to us about her first feature, which portrays her home country, its contrasts and the lack of communication between communities  

17/11/2022 | IDFA 2022

Elettra Fiumi • Director of Radical Landscapes

“What always inspired me about my father was his strong and original approach to things”

Elettra Fiumi • Director of Radical Landscapes

We met up with the Swiss-based Italian-American director to talk in depth about her first feature, revolving around the life of her father, architect...  

15/11/2022 | /Switzerland/Italy

Peter Monsaert • Director of Nowhere

"If we take the time to get to know someone, our differences are far less significant than we think"

Peter Monsaert • Director of Nowhere

The Belgian filmmaker spoke to us about his latest feature film - crowned with the Audience Award at the 23rd Arras Film Festival - and his new project 1989  

15/11/2022 | Arras 2022

Agnieszka Holland • Director

“Now, we have to be creative and courageous as we fight for the presence of real cinema in the theatres”

Agnieszka Holland • Director

The experienced Polish director and president of the European Film Academy has just been awarded an Honorary Mikeldi at Bilbao’s Zinebi, a gathering that...  

15/11/2022 | Zinebi 2022

João Pedro Rodrigues • Director of Will-o’-the-Wisp

“I wanted to make a fun and short feature film, because I think a lot of arthouse cinema nowadays is very long and very boring”

João Pedro Rodrigues • Director of Will-o’-the-Wisp

The Portuguese director told us about his ambitious, entertaining and short feature film  

14/11/2022 | Seville 2022

Maria Douza • Director of Listen

“People always have problems with adaptation, whether they are forced to move or they do it of their own free will”

Maria Douza • Director of Listen

The Greek filmmaker speaks about the process of adjusting to new realities, which is the profound leitmotif behind her second feature  

14/11/2022 | Thessaloniki 2022

Saralisa Volm • Director of The Silent Forest

“As an art historian, I have a large iconographic pool into which I dip for each project”

Saralisa Volm • Director of The Silent Forest

We met up with the German director to talk about her approach to adapting Wolfram Fleischhauer's historical-thriller novel for the big screen  

10/11/2022 | /Germany

Korney Gritsyuk • Director of Eurodonbas

“This territory is very much mythologised, and it is manipulated by the Russian authorities and the state”

Korney Gritsyuk • Director of Eurodonbas

The Ukrainian director sat down with us to discuss his research into the European roots of Donbas as well as its industrialisation  

08/11/2022 | Cottbus 2022

Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson • Director of Beautiful Beings

“The shoot was like a dance between the cinematographer, me and the kids”

Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson • Director of Beautiful Beings

The Oscar entry from Iceland is a coming-of-age drama about violence among young people as well as a manifesto on the importance of friendship  

08/11/2022 | Thessaloniki 2022

Marjorie Bendeck • Director, Connecting Cottbus

“That’s what we want to address: how the hell do you fund arthouse films nowadays?”

Marjorie Bendeck • Director, Connecting Cottbus

The head of coco opens up about this year’s edition of the co-production market that focuses primarily on Eastern European cinema  

08/11/2022 | Cottbus 2022 | Connecting Cottbus

Friðrik Þór Friðriksson • Director

"When I start to think of a story, I listen to a lot of music, all kinds of music"

Friðrik Þór Friðriksson • Director

The Nordic Film Days dedicated an homage to the Icelandic director, who has brought international recognition to his national cinema over the years with his...  

07/11/2022 | /Iceland

Nadia Paschetto • Director, Arras Film Festival

"Cinemas aren’t supermarkets where you drop a product into your trolley and head to the checkout"

Nadia Paschetto • Director, Arras Film Festival

We met with the director of the French festival, whose 23rd edition is unspooling 4 – 13 November  

04/11/2022 | Arras 2022

Avelina Prat • Director of Vasil

"People tend to help, but only when it doesn't affect our own comfort"

Avelina Prat • Director of Vasil

We spoke to the Spanish director about her debut film, which has just screened at festivals in Poland and Spain, shortly before its Spanish premiere  

04/11/2022 | /Spain/Bulgaria

Dubravka Turić • Director of Traces

“I chose a small piece from universal reality that I wanted to communicate to the audience. Everything seen and heard in the film comes from that piece”

Dubravka Turić • Director of Traces

The filmmaker's feature-length debut follows an anthropologist obsessively studying an old ritual and its symbols and dealing with her often lonely life  

04/11/2022 | Zagreb 2022

Gilles Sacuto • Producer and President, French Union of Independent Producers

"It’s always wise for the cinema world to worry about its future: that’s how it moves forward"

Gilles Sacuto • Producer and President, French Union of Independent Producers

The president of the French Union of Independent Producers dissected the state of the sector on the occasion of the ARP Film Meetings  

04/11/2022 | ARP Film Meetings 2022

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