Interviews

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

8319 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 15/07/2025. 658 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Antonia Kilian  • Director of The Other Side of the River

“There is this hope for changing something for the better as a woman, for other women”

Antonia Kilian • Director of The Other Side of the River

In this documentary by the German filmmaker, the real fight for women continues away from the frontlines  

27/04/2021 | CPH:DOX 2021 | F:Act Award

Isabel Coixet  • Director

"Films are a collective experience, no matter what we say about the benefits of the online world"

Isabel Coixet • Director

The popular Catalan director looks forward to her participation as Jury President of the In Movie Fest's inaugural edition  

27/04/2021 | In Movie Fest 2021

Ditte Daugbjerg Christensen  • Distributor, Øst for Paradis

“My main focus is getting people to go to the cinema, but I would appreciate if more space was devoted to arthouse films on platforms”

Ditte Daugbjerg Christensen • Distributor, Øst for Paradis

The Managing Co-Director of the Danish company discusses the distribution market and its current tendencies related to streaming  

27/04/2021 | /Denmark

Vera Lacková  • Director of How I Became a Partisan

“I hope my film will inspire historians to keep excavating this strand of history”

Vera Lacková • Director of How I Became a Partisan

The Slovak filmmaker discusses her resistance against oblivion and unearthing a hidden past from Roma history  

26/04/2021 | goEast 2021

Aïcha Macky • Director of Zinder

“I am lucky to have in my possession a powerful tool that could help to make voices heard”

Aïcha Macky • Director of Zinder

The second feature-length documentary from the Nigerien filmmaker is set in her hometown Zinder  

23/04/2021 | Visions du Réel 2021 | Competition

Andrea Romeo • Distributor, I Wonder Pictures

“Not everything has changed, but we cannot predict all of the aspects of a transformation that is going to radically reshape the process of fruition”

Andrea Romeo • Distributor, I Wonder Pictures

The General Manager and Head of Acquisitions at the Italian distribution company discusses its distribution and marketing strategies  

22/04/2021 | /Italy

Telmo Esnal • Director of URtzen

“You can’t stick a label on this film with a single adjective”

Telmo Esnal • Director of URtzen

The Basque filmmaker talks about his latest documentary, presented with Greenpeace’s Lurra Award at San Sebastian for its environmental message and on...  

22/04/2021 | /Spain

Nadja  Radojevic • Director, ifs international filmschool cologne

“We offer international students a very open structure to study and be creative in their project work with the most advanced technology”

Nadja Radojevic • Director, ifs international filmschool cologne

We had a conversation about the main learning opportunities offered to prospective students by the ifs international filmschool cologne  

22/04/2021 | /Germany

Svetlana Aleksijevic  • Writer, journalist

"Art, with its broad imagination and ability to make guesses, should envision what may happen to us in the future"

Svetlana Aleksijevic • Writer, journalist

The Belarusian writer and journalist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, is one of the official patrons of the Italian festival  

21/04/2021 | In Movie Fest 2021

Olivier Wotling  • Head of Drama, Arte France

“We want to favour new approaches in series writing”

Olivier Wotling • Head of Drama, Arte France

The Head of Drama of Arte France decrypts the partnership with Le Groupe Ouest over three workshops, including a Franco-Danish lab, and evokes the current...  

21/04/2021 | /France

Laura Luchetti  • Director of Nudes

“The lack of education over other people’s personal space and the inability to manage emotions like anger and jealousy is a ticking time-bomb waiting to explode”

Laura Luchetti • Director of Nudes

The Italian director talks to us about her debut in the world of series, which sees her adapting a Norwegian production on the thorny topic of revenge porn  

20/04/2021 | /Italy

Corinne Rossi  • Distributor, Praesens

“People are now used to having everything everywhere, so cinemas will probably have to offer new options as well”

Corinne Rossi • Distributor, Praesens

The CEO of the Swiss distribution company highlighted the need to be prepared when cinemas reopen  

20/04/2021 | /Switzerland

Liesbeth  De Ceulaer  • Director of Holgut

“By shooting at night or at twilight, I wanted to get away from reality to evoke a more dreamlike and mythical world”

Liesbeth De Ceulaer • Director of Holgut

The Belgian director talked with us about her experience shooting her documentary in Siberia  

20/04/2021 | Visions du Réel 2021 | Competition

Alessandro Tonda  • Director of The Shift

“The film is dedicated to all those who fight without using weapons”

Alessandro Tonda • Director of The Shift

The Italian director talks about his fast-paced thriller, telling the story of a young man driven by fundamentalists to threaten the city of Brussels with a...  

20/04/2021 | BIFFF 2021

Marion Neumann • Director of The Mushroom Speaks

“The mushroom is an organism situated between life and death, and I was fascinated by it”

Marion Neumann • Director of The Mushroom Speaks

In the documentary by the German-born Swiss-based filmmaker, it's time to get to know your fungi  

19/04/2021 | Visions du Réel 2021 | National Competition

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