Interviews

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

8507 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 10/11/2025. 645 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Sarah Blaßkiewitz  • Director of Precious Ivie

“For me, being a filmmaker in Germany means being involved in shaping the present and having an impact”

Sarah Blaßkiewitz • Director of Precious Ivie

The German director has just completed her first feature film, premiering at this year's Filmfest München  

24/06/2021 | /Germany

Erol Mintaş  • Founder and artistic director, Academy of Moving People and Images

“The initiative has stimulated debate on diversity issues and inclusion within the Finnish industry”

Erol Mintaş • Founder and artistic director, Academy of Moving People and Images

The non-institutional academy founded by the Helsinki-based filmmaker is an open platform teaching “mobile people” the crafts of filmmaking  

24/06/2021 | /Finland

Martin Šulík  • Director of The Man with Hare Ears

“I think that the life of every auteur director is reflected in his films, whether directly or not”

Martin Šulík • Director of The Man with Hare Ears

In his latest movie, the Slovak filmmaker takes a closer look at the titular man with hare ears, urging the audience not to be afraid of laughing  

24/06/2021 | Art Film Fest 2021

Jérémy Clapin  • Director

"Without this spotlight from the Critics' Week, you can easily end up staying under the radar"

Jérémy Clapin • Director

The French filmmaker, who won the Grand Prix in the 2019 Critics' Week, is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival's parallel section...  

24/06/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Critics' Week

Tiha K Gudac  • Director of The Wire

“None of the people in my film are activists; they just had to respond to the crisis they were caught up in”

Tiha K Gudac • Director of The Wire

The Croatian director takes on yet another makeshift border dividing Europe, showing how important it is to just listen sometimes  

23/06/2021 | ZagrebDox 2021

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

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