Interviews

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

8584 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 23/12/2025. 636 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Rick Ostermann  • Director of The House

“This is not an alien world that one can look at from a distance”

Rick Ostermann • Director of The House

In his thriller, the German director tells the story of a house that knows its inhabitants better than they do themselves  

17/11/2021 | Germany

Florian Hoffmann  • Director of Whispers of War

“However specific our film’s story might be, it also has a universal component to it”

Florian Hoffmann • Director of Whispers of War

The German drama film examines the effects that the ongoing conflict has had, and continues to have, on the Kurdish-Turkish diaspora  

17/11/2021 | Thessaloniki 2021

Jeanne Brunfaut  • Director, Wallonia-Brussels Federation Film and Audiovisual Centre

"Co-productions can add value artistically, as well as financially"

Jeanne Brunfaut • Director, Wallonia-Brussels Federation Film and Audiovisual Centre

A conversation about the 17th French-Speaking Co-Production Meetings, and what co-production means for the different countries taking part in the event  

16/11/2021 | /Belgium

István Szabó  • Director

"The only reason to make a film is to help the audience to understand they are not alone dealing with their problems"

István Szabó • Director

The Veteran Hungarian director, who has received the Lifetime Achievement Golden Olive at the European Film Festival in Lecce, discusses his career and his...  

16/11/2021 | Lecce 2021

Adelaida Afilipoaie  • Researcher, imec-SMIT-VUB

“The results reinforce existing discrepancies between large and small markets”

Adelaida Afilipoaie • Researcher, imec-SMIT-VUB

The researcher explained how the production and distribution of Netflix Originals are transforming the European streaming landscape  

16/11/2021 | /Europe

Kieron J Walsh  • Director of The Racer

"There no need to wage war over a border"

Kieron J Walsh • Director of The Racer

The Irish filmmaker who attended the Arras Film Festival chatted with us about his latest film and his upcoming project Skintown  

16/11/2021 | Arras 2021

Sabine Lubbe Bakker and Niels van Koevorden  • Directors of Becoming Mona

"We looked for a way to show this very human side of losing yourself"

Sabine Lubbe Bakker and Niels van Koevorden • Directors of Becoming Mona

The two Dutch filmmakers, winners of the Grand Jury Prize at the Arras Film Festival, analyse the singular approach of their first fiction feature  

16/11/2021 | Arras 2021

Rodrigo Cortés  • Director of Love Gets a Room

“I want films to be physical experiences for the audience”

Rodrigo Cortés • Director of Love Gets a Room

The Spanish filmmaker’s latest film had its world premiere in Seville – a film with songs that takes place in 1942 in the Warsaw ghetto  

15/11/2021 | Seville 2021

Igor Ivanov • Director of Only Human

"This is a local, contemporary story about the moral devastation of our generation, but at the same time, it contains universal symbols and messages"

Igor Ivanov • Director of Only Human

We spoke with the Macedonian director, whose film has won the Cineuropa Award at the European Film Festival in Lecce  

15/11/2021 | Lecce 2021

Mattia Temponi • Director of Nest

“The family unit isn’t a safe space in any way, shape or form”

Mattia Temponi • Director of Nest

We met with the new Italian director to discuss his horror film, which is currently competing in the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival  

10/11/2021 | Trieste Science+Fiction 2021

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

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