Interviews

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

8327 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 18/07/2025. 662 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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Dietrich Brüggemann • Director of Nö

“The real story starts after the happy ending”

Dietrich Brüggemann • Director of Nö

Named Best Director at Karlovy Vary for his new film, the Munich-born helmer wants you to read The Comic Toolbox. Now  

30/08/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | Competition

Grzegorz Jaroszuk • Director of Dear Ones

“I feel connected to characters that are in desperate need to feel some order in their life”

Grzegorz Jaroszuk • Director of Dear Ones

We met up with the Polish writer-director to talk through his film, its outlandish humour and his sources of inspiration  

27/08/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | East of the West

Hyun Lories • Director of Versailles

“My stories originate from the universe of youngsters, growing up on the margins of society, who are trying to find their way”

Hyun Lories • Director of Versailles

With plenty of domestic success already for the director’s short, the film is preparing for an international run, screening as part of EFP’s Future Frames...  

27/08/2021 | Future Frames 2021

Glen Bay Grant • Director of True Mirror

“We were fascinated by the (almost empty) phrase ‘finding yourself’ and the kind of people who preach this”

Glen Bay Grant • Director of True Mirror

The Danish director comes to EFP’s Future Frames at the 55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for the world premiere of his short  

27/08/2021 | Future Frames 2021

Beatrice Fiorentino • General Delegate, Venice International Film Critics’ Week

“Europe is now participating in the production of films which boast a more fluid identity”

Beatrice Fiorentino • General Delegate, Venice International Film Critics’ Week

We chatted with the new general delegate about the 2021 edition of the parallel section, presided over by Venice’s film critics  

27/08/2021 | Venice 2021 | International Film Critics’ Week

David Ondříček • Director of Zátopek

“I feel some similarities between the 1950s and today in the Czech political situation”

David Ondříček • Director of Zátopek

The Czech helmer talks about his new feature, raising big budgets for movies in the Czech Republic and making a period film resonate with today's audience  

27/08/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | Special Screenings

Ioseb 'Soso' Bliadze • Director of Otar's Death

"My film explores the phenomenon of making a profit out of an accident, a clash between city and village, and mother-son relationships in each of them"

Ioseb 'Soso' Bliadze • Director of Otar's Death

The Georgian director discusses his first feature film, which homes in on a mother and son in the aftermath of a car accident involving the latter  

27/08/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | East of the West

Olmo Omerzu • Director of Bird Atlas

"My film works as a contrast between characters, between selfishness and naïve love, between reality and virtuality"

Olmo Omerzu • Director of Bird Atlas

The Ljubljana-born filmmaker discusses his competition title, which follows an ageing proprietor of a technology company who has dedicated his whole life to...  

27/08/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | Competition

Stefan Arsenijević • Director of As Far as I Can Walk

“We need to reconsider what tradition is and adapt it to the new reality”

Stefan Arsenijević • Director of As Far as I Can Walk

With the help of a medieval epic poem, the Serbian director intends to reinvigorate his cultural heritage  

27/08/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | Competition

Tea Lukač • Director of Roots

"My film is a sensory, ethnographical experience about people and nature trapped in time"

Tea Lukač • Director of Roots

The Serbian filmmaker discusses her first feature film, which contains elements of documentary, ethnography and fiction  

27/08/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | East of the West

German Golub • Director of My Dear Corpses

“Film is not just art; it’s an act of empathy driven by relationships from both sides of the screen”

German Golub • Director of My Dear Corpses

German Golub’s short film previously won a Student Academy Award in 2020; he is now bound for Karlovy Vary as part of EFP’s Future Frames  

26/08/2021 | Future Frames 2021

Irene Albanell Mellado • Director of Silent Club

“The value in one’s life is not necessarily found in how perfectly you fit with society’s standards”

Irene Albanell Mellado • Director of Silent Club

As part of EFP’s Future Frames, the Spanish director wends her to way to Karlovy Vary with the tale of a child and her drug-addicted parent  

26/08/2021 | Future Frames 2021

Francesco Capurro • Director, Series Mania Forum

"Content will gradually become segmented according to audiences and broadcasters"

Francesco Capurro • Director, Series Mania Forum

The head of the professional days programme, organised within the Series Mania Festival which is unspooling in Lille from 26 August-2 September, talks about...  

26/08/2021 | Series Mania 2021 | Series Mania Forum

Kateřina Hroníková • Director of Rheum

“I wouldn't believe that one day I'd have the opportunity to present my own film at Karlovy Vary”

Kateřina Hroníková • Director of Rheum

The Slovak director returns to the festival she visited as an audience member to present her film, part of European Film Promotion’s Future Frames  

25/08/2021 | Future Frames 2021

Sonja Tarokić • Director of The Staffroom

“It’s a story about realising you are not a hero”

Sonja Tarokić • Director of The Staffroom

In her feature debut, the Croatian director heads back to school – only to find out that some things never change  

25/08/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | Competition

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