Interviews

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

8323 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 17/07/2025. 660 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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Srdjan Kovačević • Director of Factory to the Workers

"This is the inside story of the workers who took over a machine tool plant"

Srdjan Kovačević • Director of Factory to the Workers

The filmmaker discusses his documentary, which portrays the story of Croatian factory ITAS, a bitter reminder of the unfair market game  

23/08/2021 | Sarajevo 2021 | Documentary Competition

Andrius Blaževičius • Director of Runner

“When we were presenting the film to some industry players, they would say: ‘Why is she running?! It’s nonsense.’ But is it?”

Andrius Blaževičius • Director of Runner

The Lithuanian director might be showing his film in the East of the West competition at Karlovy Vary, but whatever you do, just don’t mention Tom Tykwer to him  

23/08/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | East of the West

Kamila Dohnalová, Jan Vejnar • Producer and writer-director of Head Nurse

“If you want to show why the whole system is collapsing, you can’t just limit yourself to one person”

Kamila Dohnalová, Jan Vejnar • Producer and writer-director of Head Nurse

We met up with the winners of the KVIFF & MIDPOINT Development Award at Karlovy Vary, who are about to take on healthcare workers with their upcoming...  

23/08/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | KVIFF Eastern Promises

Marcell Farkas • Director of Szeurum

“A sense of naivety was a goal for this movie”

Marcell Farkas • Director of Szeurum

The Hungarian director invokes the spirit of Richard Linklater in his short, which will be part of EFP’s Future Frames at the 55th edition of Karlovy Vary  

22/08/2021 | Future Frames 2021

Ninna Pálmadóttir • Director of All Dogs Die

“There’s a powerful urge to create after these overwhelming times of isolation and sitting with your thoughts”

Ninna Pálmadóttir • Director of All Dogs Die

As the Icelandic-born director prepares for European Film Promotion’s Future Frames, held as part of Karlovy Vary, we discover more about her short  

21/08/2021 | Future Frames 2021

Karel Och • Artistic Director, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

“KVIFF is a strong brand which has been through a lot since 1946”

Karel Och • Artistic Director, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

The artistic director of the largest Czech film gathering talks about the current edition and the festival's post-pandemic future  

20/08/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021

Marco Moretti and Antonio Emmanouilidis • Founding Partners, Cabirya

“We sequence each film’s DNA”

Marco Moretti and Antonio Emmanouilidis • Founding Partners, Cabirya

We discussed Cabirya, the first search API for European movies and the first search engine for moving images, with the founders of the project  

20/08/2021 | /Europe/Italy

Dušan Kasalica • Director of The Elegy of Laurel

"My film is a genre mixture exploring the limits of language and communication"

Dušan Kasalica • Director of The Elegy of Laurel

The Montenegrin director talks about his very contemporary portrait of a self-satisfied man cushy in his social position and oblivious to the needs of others  

19/08/2021 | Sarajevo 2021 | Competition

Giovanni Cioni • Director of From the Planet of the Humans

“What you can't tell with words, you can tell with the form”

Giovanni Cioni • Director of From the Planet of the Humans

The Italian filmmaker presented a suggestive essayistic documentary dealing with a colourful character  

18/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Out of Competition

Francesco Montagner • Director of Brotherhood

“I wanted to have something that came close to what we would call magical realism”

Francesco Montagner • Director of Brotherhood

The Italian filmmaker’s documentary tells the story of three brothers and their relationship with their severe father  

18/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Cineasti del Presente

Kumjana Novakova, Guillermo Carreras-Candi • Directors of Disturbed Earth

"The painful past stirs the present, marking the future"

Kumjana Novakova, Guillermo Carreras-Candi • Directors of Disturbed Earth

The filmmaking duo discuss their film, which dives into the Srebrenica horror through a space in silence, where past has captured present  

18/08/2021 | Sarajevo 2021 | Documentary Competition

Cristina Grosan • Director of Things Worth Weeping For

"What’s the best way to live our lives?"

Cristina Grosan • Director of Things Worth Weeping For

The Hungarian filmmaker discusses her film, which follows a young woman whose life is put upside down after experiencing the death of an old relative  

17/08/2021 | Sarajevo 2021 | Competition

Peter Brunner • Director of Luzifer

“I wanted to show that there is a difference between spirituality, which raises questions, and religion, which, apparently, gives answers”

Peter Brunner • Director of Luzifer

In his new film, the Austrian director seeks a dialogue with the devil himself  

13/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Bonifacio Angius • Director of The Giants

“The Giants is a declaration of love”

Bonifacio Angius • Director of The Giants

The Italian helmer’s thriller with western elements is taking part in Locarno’s international competition  

13/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Hannes Þór Halldòrsson • Director of Cop Secret

“It's the kind of film I like to watch myself, so it's the genre I felt the most comfortable with”

Hannes Þór Halldòrsson • Director of Cop Secret

This clever satire of an action film offers several layers of complexity and an intelligent way of dealing with important social issues  

13/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

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