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 20/01/2026. 639 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Carla Simón • Director of Alcarràs

“In this film, it’s the men who cry”

Carla Simón • Director of Alcarràs

BERLINALE 2022: The kids are alright in the film by the Spanish filmmaker, but the adults are a whole other story  

16/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Andreas Dresen • Director of Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush

"I fell in love with the real Rabiye Kurnaz, who showed that is possible to win against the most powerful forces of our world"

Andreas Dresen • Director of Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush

BERLINALE 2022: The German director discusses his latest film, which depicts the battle of a Turkish housewife for the release of her son from Guantanamo  

16/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Isaki Lacuesta • Director of One Year, One Night

“This film is not looking for motivations”

Isaki Lacuesta • Director of One Year, One Night

BERLINALE 2022: In the Spanish director’s film, a couple tries to deal with the aftermath of the terrorist attack at the Bataclan theatre together, but not...  

16/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

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

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