Interviews

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

8508 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 12/11/2025. 645 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Axelle Ropert • Director of Petite Solange

“In my opinion, emotions are transmitted through simplicity”

Axelle Ropert • Director of Petite Solange

A charismatic, young actress stars in the French director’s new film, dealing with divorce shown from the perspective of a child  

09/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Sabrina Sarabi • Director of No One's with the Calves

“I wanted to use the handheld camera to be closer to the protagonists and to be able to react spontaneously to the acting”

Sabrina Sarabi • Director of No One's with the Calves

In her Cineasti del Presente title, the German director follows a young woman on her way to emancipation  

09/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Cineasti del Presente

Neus Ballús • Director of The Odd-Job Men

“I think the experiences we all have behind us are fascinating”

Neus Ballús • Director of The Odd-Job Men

The Catalonian filmmaker talks to us about her third feature, another fiction-documentary hybrid that is toplined by non-professional actors  

09/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Lorenz Merz • Director of Soul of a Beast

“My movies don’t just function on an intellectual level”

Lorenz Merz • Director of Soul of a Beast

The young Swiss director talks to us about his second feature, which is competing in the Locarno Film Festival’s International Competition  

06/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Stefan Ruzowitzky • Director of Hinterland

“My protagonist feels the world is twisted and distorted; German Expressionists wanted to communicate the same thing”

Stefan Ruzowitzky • Director of Hinterland

Selected for the Piazza Grande section of Locarno, the Austrian helmer’s new film shows the landscape after World War I  

06/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Piazza Grande

Srđan Dragojević • Director of Heavens Above

“I am very proud that all six republics of the former Yugoslavia are involved in the production"

Srđan Dragojević • Director of Heavens Above

With his new film, the Serbian director presents a satire on religion mirroring the essential social themes of the Balkan countries  

06/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Stefan Jäger • Director of Monte Verità

“It’s funny that we in Switzerland created the first hippie commune”

Stefan Jäger • Director of Monte Verità

The Swiss director invites everyone to revisit “The Mountain of Truth”, a utopian colony that welcomed all of the unconventional thinkers  

05/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Piazza Grande

Ferdinando Cito Filomarino • Director of Beckett

"I wanted to explore this genre, the manhunt-thriller"

Ferdinando Cito Filomarino • Director of Beckett

The director tells Cineuropa about the European background of his second feature and why he chose Greece as a location  

05/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Piazza Grande

Nathalie Coste Cerdan • General director, La Fémis

“Students attending our school can benefit from strong links with the French and international film industry”

Nathalie Coste Cerdan • General director, La Fémis

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

05/08/2021 | /France

Carlos Pardo Ros • Producer, DVEIN Films

“It’s healthy to surround yourself with points of view and energies you can share in and add to”

Carlos Pardo Ros • Producer, DVEIN Films

We round off our series of chats with the three Spanish production professionals who are taking part in this year’s Match Me! programme, run by Locarno Pro  

04/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Locarno Pro

Rocco Di Mento • Director of The Blunder of Love

"Using all of my grandfather's private archive material, I tried to deconstruct the idea of love"

Rocco Di Mento • Director of The Blunder of Love

CANNES 2021: We chatted to the winner of the Doc Alliance Award for Best Feature Film at this year's Marché du Film in Cannes  

04/08/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Marché du Film

Maciej Hamela • Co-director of Bless You!

"My co-director, Tatiana Chistova, and I depict the situation endured by Russian pensioners during the pandemic"

Maciej Hamela • Co-director of Bless You!

CANNES 2021: We talked to the winner of the brand-new Doc Alliance Award for Best Short Film at this year's Marché du Film in Cannes  

04/08/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Marché du Film

Susanne Stürmer • President, KONRAD WOLF Film University of Babelsberg

“We are the largest and oldest film school in Germany”

Susanne Stürmer • President, KONRAD WOLF Film University of Babelsberg

Our conversation focused on the main learning opportunities offered to prospective students by Germany’s oldest and largest film school  

03/08/2021 | /Germany

Cristina Hergueta • Producer, Garde Films

“Despite the situation at the moment, impressive films are still coming along every year”

Cristina Hergueta • Producer, Garde Films

We continue our conversations with the Spanish production professionals who are taking part in this year’s Match Me! programme, in order to find out more...  

03/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Locarno Pro

Markus Duffner • Head, Locarno Pro

“This year, we wanted to observe the industry from the inside, to see how we’re doing now, but also how we were doing pre-Covid”

Markus Duffner • Head, Locarno Pro

Cineuropa met with the head of Locarno Pro, appointed 1 January 2021, who spoke enthusiastically about the event’s upcoming edition  

03/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Locarno Pro

Privacy Policy