Interviews

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

8509 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 12/11/2025. 645 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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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

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

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