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.

 
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

Agnieszka Zwiefka • Director of She

“Our character kept saying yes all her life, and then, for the first time, she says no”

Agnieszka Zwiefka • Director of She

The Polish director gives us the low-down on her upcoming film, which was given the Best Pitch Award at the recently concluded connecting cottbus  

08/11/2021 | Cottbus 2021 | Connecting Cottbus

Sara Cabras • Co-Productions and Pre-Acquisitions, RAI Ragazzi

“We know only too well how hard it is for young people to see their projects through when they don’t have a studio behind them”

Sara Cabras • Co-Productions and Pre-Acquisitions, RAI Ragazzi

We discussed the importance of Cartoon Springboard for young Italian and European film talent while interviewing the Italian expert at the event  

05/11/2021 | Cartoon 2021 | Cartoon Springboard

Nadia Paschetto • Director, Arras Film Festival

"We need to help viewers find their way back to cinemas"

Nadia Paschetto • Director, Arras Film Festival

We met with the French festival’s director who isn’t hiding her joy over the revival of the event, a year after its physical edition fell through  

05/11/2021 | Arras 2021

Mieke Bernink • Lecturer, Netherlands Film Academy

“We are an internationally acclaimed film education institution, the only one of its kind in the Netherlands”

Mieke Bernink • Lecturer, Netherlands Film Academy

Our conversation focused on the main opportunities offered to prospective students by the Dutch film school  

05/11/2021 | /Netherlands

Anaïs Emery • Executive and Artistic Director, Geneva International Film Festival

"I see the GIFF as a space where we can think about the future of audiovisual"

Anaïs Emery • Executive and Artistic Director, Geneva International Film Festival

We met with the new director of the Genevan festival, who spoke to us about her passions and her first edition at the helm of the event  

04/11/2021 | Geneva 2021

Manuel Alduy • Head of Cinema and International Development, France Télévisions

"Digital media is our new area of diversity"

Manuel Alduy • Head of Cinema and International Development, France Télévisions

From the development of non-linear broadcasting to the competition of US platforms, from the new media chronology to the evolution of financing: an analysis...  

04/11/2021 | ARP Film Meetings 2021

Mathieu Debusschère • Managing Director, ARP

"The market cannot be the only diktat"

Mathieu Debusschère • Managing Director, ARP

The Managing Director of the ARP gives us his opinions on some of the hot current topics animating the French film industry, from financing to media chronology  

03/11/2021 | ARP Film Meetings 2021

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