Interviews

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

8439 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 13/09/2025. 651 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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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

Bruno Dumont • Director of France

"The idea is to find beauty in the present without eliminating the turpitude of human nature"

Bruno Dumont • Director of France

The French filmmaker explains his latest film which was unveiled in competition in Cannes and is released in French cinemas today  

25/08/2021 | /France/Germany/Italy/Belgium

Jerry Hoffmann • Director of I AM

“I won’t stop working on stories that I feel matter”

Jerry Hoffmann • Director of I AM

The German filmmaker and actor discusses his sci-fi short, nominated at the 48th Student Academy Awards, and how he continues to work towards a more...  

25/08/2021 | Future Frames 2021

Mathias Seebacher • Director of Home Is Where The Scars Are From

“As I started to develop the characters and their internal lives, began to gain interest in who lives in these buildings and why”

Mathias Seebacher • Director of Home Is Where The Scars Are From

The Austrian director blends the personal and the political in his film, which he discusses as he prepares for its international premiere as part of EFP’s...  

24/08/2021 | Future Frames 2021

Elene Naveriani • Director of Wet Sand

"Censorship, terror and silence won’t stop us"

Elene Naveriani • Director of Wet Sand

The Georgian director’s drama recounts a love story between two men who are forced to hide for decades  

24/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Cineasti del Presente

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

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