Interviews

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

8322 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 17/07/2025. 659 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Anouk Fortunier • Director of My Dad Is a Sausage

"I really didn’t want to make a cute film"

Anouk Fortunier • Director of My Dad Is a Sausage

The Belgian director tells us about her feature debut, a subtle and relevant film for the whole family, about the freedom to reinvent oneself, and to better...  

22/06/2021 | /Belgium/Netherlands/Germany

Alexa Bakony  • Director of Colors of Tobi

“I wanted to encourage communication, to find what unites us and not what tears us apart”

Alexa Bakony • Director of Colors of Tobi

The Hungarian director talks about her film centred on a transgender teen and their family  

21/06/2021 | ZagrebDox 2021

Andreas Koefoed  • Director of The Lost Leonardo

“Humans have an urge to experience art and use it to bring meaning to their lives”

Andreas Koefoed • Director of The Lost Leonardo

The Danish director has presented his new documentary, depicting the turbulent tale of a lost Leonardo da Vinci painting, at Tribeca  

21/06/2021 | Tribeca 2021

Robert Salvestrin  • International Sales, Lucky You

"TV channels are now more open to international styles"

Robert Salvestrin • International Sales, Lucky You

A few days away from Sunny Side of the Doc, the head of Lucky You, the international distribution branch of Bonne Pioche, describes the trends of the market...  

18/06/2021 | Sunny Side of the Doc 2021

Danny Krausz and Oliver Kunz  • Heads, Film Academy Vienna

“The Film Academy Vienna sees itself as a place of action”

Danny Krausz and Oliver Kunz • Heads, Film Academy Vienna

Our conversation revolved around the main opportunities offered to prospective students by the prestigious Austrian film school  

17/06/2021 | /Austria

Elie Wajeman  • Director of A Night Doctor

"I wanted to treat him like some sort of private detective, winding his way through the dangerous, big city"

Elie Wajeman • Director of A Night Doctor

The director discusses his brilliant, existentialist film noir which was decorated with Cannes’ Official Selection label in 2020 and is finally on general...  

16/06/2021 | /France

Arman T Riahi  • Director of Fox in a Hole

“My film is an homage to how impactful teachers can be, but also how human and how broken they are”

Arman T Riahi • Director of Fox in a Hole

The opening film of Austria’s Diagonale goes full-on Dangerous Minds, but this time in prison  

16/06/2021 | Diagonale 2021

Marcus H Rosenmüller and Santiago López Jover  • Directors of Snotty Boy

“I’m curious to see whether audiences return to cinemas”

Marcus H Rosenmüller and Santiago López Jover • Directors of Snotty Boy

The German-Spanish directing duo discuss their animated satirical comedy inspired by the life and art of Austrian cartoonist Manfred Deix  

15/06/2021 | Annecy 2021

Yves Blösche  • Distributor, Filmcoopi Zürich

“We need to face new ways of communication from a local and worldwide perspective”

Yves Blösche • Distributor, Filmcoopi Zürich

The Managing Partner at the Swiss distribution company discusses its distribution and marketing strategies  

15/06/2021 | /Switzerland

Paolo Moretti  • Delegate General, Directors’ Fortnight

"What we’re most interested in is representing aesthetic, poetic and political landscapes"

Paolo Moretti • Delegate General, Directors’ Fortnight

The delegate general of Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight comments on the films which have been chosen for the 2021 selection  

15/06/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Directors’ Fortnight

Thomas Daneskov  • Director of Wild Men

“Boys are raised not to talk about their feelings”

Thomas Daneskov • Director of Wild Men

Forget the motorcycle – in Wild Men, midlife crisis is all about a bow and some animal skins  

15/06/2021 | Tribeca 2021

Levan Koguashvili  • Director of Brighton 4th

“I strongly believe in faces”

Levan Koguashvili • Director of Brighton 4th

The Georgian director shows that when you live in Brighton Beach, you don’t really live in America; you only go to America sometimes  

11/06/2021 | Tribeca 2021

Michel Zana  • Distributor, Dulac Distribution

“In order to overcome this period, we need long-term financial backing, as well as more flexibility on existing funds”

Michel Zana • Distributor, Dulac Distribution

The head of distribution of the French company shares his views on the country’s market and the specific Covid-recovery measures  

10/06/2021 | /France

Shariff Korver  • Director of Do Not Hesitate

“I didn't want to make a film about the bigger picture of the military, but to focus on the experience of being a soldier”

Shariff Korver • Director of Do Not Hesitate

The Dutch-Venezuelan director is at Tribeca to present his new film dealing with the trauma suffered by young soldiers  

10/06/2021 | Tribeca 2021

Marc Putman  • Project coordinator, UxP

“We’re working on a WordPress for VoD platforms”

Marc Putman • Project coordinator, UxP

During our discussion, we found out more about UxP’s mission to save European independent VoD platforms time and money through the development of a useful...  

09/06/2021 | /Europe

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