Interviews

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

8317 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 15/07/2025. 656 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Radu Jude  • Director of Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

“I consider all of my films to be essentially honest comedies”

Radu Jude • Director of Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

BERLINALE 2021: The prolific Romanian director breaks down what is perhaps the naughtiest feature in this year’s competition  

02/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Competition

Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck  • Head, Berlinale Shorts

“A short film can be so much freer in its choice of tools”

Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck • Head, Berlinale Shorts

The head of Berlinale Shorts guides us through the 2021 programme and ponders the changes to the short-film world in the past 12 months  

02/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Berlinale Shorts

Alba Baptista  • Actress

"Observing Isabelle Huppert on set taught me to be more confident with my own instincts"

Alba Baptista • Actress

BERLINALE 2021: We met up with the young Portuguese actress to talk about her career and the films she starred in, as well as the director she would love to...  

01/03/2021 | European Shooting Stars 2021

Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige  • Directors of Memory Box

“Our character feels her mother's secrets – kids can do that”

Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige • Directors of Memory Box

BERLINALE 2021: Shown in the Golden Bear competition, this film puts paid to Cher's claim that you can't turn back time  

01/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Competition

Susana Nobre  • Director of Jack's Ride

"The static camera corresponds best to the way I think of the images and the sequences"

Susana Nobre • Director of Jack's Ride

BERLINALE 2021: The Portuguese director presented her documentary with fictional elements in this year's Forum section  

01/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Forum

Daniel Brühl  • Director of Next Door

“Famous people always say how horrible it is to be recognised and approached, but what's worse is not being recognised or approached”

Daniel Brühl • Director of Next Door

BERLINALE 2021: In his directorial debut, starring himself and Peter Kurth, the German-Spanish actor finally takes his revenge  

01/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Competition

Nicolas Maury  • Actor

"If you get everything served, then existence is boring"

Nicolas Maury • Actor

BERLINALE 2021: The French actor, writer and director tells us about the biggest challenges in his career, and what he would like to do with it in the future  

01/03/2021 | European Shooting Stars 2021

Martijn Lakemeier  • Actor

"Acting is a craft, something you can practice"

Martijn Lakemeier • Actor

BERLINALE 2021: The young Dutch actor talks the beginning of his career, challenges and role-picking, as well as the directors he would love to work with  

26/02/2021 | European Shooting Stars 2021

Firat Sezgin • Producer, Institute of Time

“It’s hard to calculate what the impact of online networking will be“

Firat Sezgin • Producer, Institute of Time

Selected for the 2021 Emerging Producers, the Amsterdam-based producer discusses the role of documentary in the current society  

26/02/2021 | Emerging Producers 2021

Bogdan Theodor Olteanu • Director of Mia Misses Her Revenge

“The characters and the plots are a collage of various situations I witnessed or heard about around me”

Bogdan Theodor Olteanu • Director of Mia Misses Her Revenge

We talked to the Romanian director about his low-budget tragicomedy, which screened at this year's online edition of Slamdance  

26/02/2021 | Slamdance 2021

Michele Pennetta • Director of Il mio corpo

“The neglect I show in my doc mirrors the type we see in Europe”

Michele Pennetta • Director of Il mio corpo

The Italian director discusses the documentary he shot in Sicily, which is a Silver Ribbon nominee and is released on-demand in Italy today, 26 February  

26/02/2021 | /Switzerland/Italy

Antonella Di Nocera • Producer, Paralello 41

“The pandemic epoque will have an effect on people’s habits”

Antonella Di Nocera • Producer, Paralello 41

The Italian producer, selected for the 2021 Emerging Producers, discusses the present and future of documentary film  

25/02/2021 | Emerging Producers 2021

Seidi Haarla  • Actress

"I think that actors can be good directors"

Seidi Haarla • Actress

BERLINALE 2021: The emerging Finnish actress talks about her artistic drive and how it's shaping her career, as well as who she wishes to work with  

25/02/2021 | European Shooting Stars 2021

Oana Furdea • Distributor, Transilvania Film

“There is an enthusiasm for cinema-going that we haven’t seen for a very, very long time”

Oana Furdea • Distributor, Transilvania Film

The distribution manager of the Bucharest-based company discussed the current challenges posed by the pandemic and the Romanian film distribution landscape  

25/02/2021 | /Romania

Niccolò Castelli • Director of Atlas

“A universal story to tackle fear of what is different”

Niccolò Castelli • Director of Atlas

We met with the director of this movie starring Matilda De Angelis, which is competing in the 2021 Swiss Film Prize and will be presented at the EFM by...  

24/02/2021 | /Switzerland/Belgium/Italy

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