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.

 
Thomas Daneskov  • Director of Wild Men

“Boys are raised not to talk about their feelings”

Thomas Daneskov • Director of Wild Men

Forget the motorcycle – in Wild Men, midlife crisis is all about a bow and some animal skins  

15/06/2021 | Tribeca 2021

Levan Koguashvili  • Director of Brighton 4th

“I strongly believe in faces”

Levan Koguashvili • Director of Brighton 4th

The Georgian director shows that when you live in Brighton Beach, you don’t really live in America; you only go to America sometimes  

11/06/2021 | Tribeca 2021

Michel Zana  • Distributor, Dulac Distribution

“In order to overcome this period, we need long-term financial backing, as well as more flexibility on existing funds”

Michel Zana • Distributor, Dulac Distribution

The head of distribution of the French company shares his views on the country’s market and the specific Covid-recovery measures  

10/06/2021 | /France

Shariff Korver  • Director of Do Not Hesitate

“I didn't want to make a film about the bigger picture of the military, but to focus on the experience of being a soldier”

Shariff Korver • Director of Do Not Hesitate

The Dutch-Venezuelan director is at Tribeca to present his new film dealing with the trauma suffered by young soldiers  

10/06/2021 | Tribeca 2021

Marc Putman  • Project coordinator, UxP

“We’re working on a WordPress for VoD platforms”

Marc Putman • Project coordinator, UxP

During our discussion, we found out more about UxP’s mission to save European independent VoD platforms time and money through the development of a useful...  

09/06/2021 | /Europe

Thomas Robsahm  • Director of A-HA – The Movie

“What I like the most about documentaries is that you don't know exactly how the film is going to turn out in the end”

Thomas Robsahm • Director of A-HA – The Movie

The Norwegian filmmaker offers a homage to one of the most successful European bands of all time  

09/06/2021 | Tribeca 2021

Adrián Silvestre  • Director of Sediments

“There are so many clichés in films on transsexual topics”

Adrián Silvestre • Director of Sediments

The Spanish filmmaker breaks down various aspects of his second feature, starring six trans women on the road, which is competing in the documentary section...  

08/06/2021 | Málaga 2021

Nenad Puhovski  • Director, ZagrebDox

“It will take time to fight again for the lost individual identities and peculiarities of our medium-sized and small festivals”

Nenad Puhovski • Director, ZagrebDox

We had a chance to talk with the founder and director of ZagrebDox to get some insights into the 17th edition of the documentary gathering, set to unspool...  

08/06/2021 | ZagrebDox 2021

Charles Tesson  • Artistic Director, Critics’ Week

"Stories seem to unfold out of private, family predicaments"

Charles Tesson • Artistic Director, Critics’ Week

The artistic director of Cannes Film Festival’s Critics’ Week comments on his selection for this year’s revival edition, following the various peaks of the...  

07/06/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Critics’ Week

Eoin Macken  • Director of Here Are the Young Men

“When you’re in a night club, listening to music, nothing else matters apart from your world and its orbit”

Eoin Macken • Director of Here Are the Young Men

DMovies sat down with the Irish filmmaker to talk about the adaptation of Rob Doyle’s novel, the challenges involved in transposing it to the silver screen,...  

07/06/2021 | /Ireland/USA

Minnie Ferrara  • Director, Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti

“It’s essential that education establishes a direct link with the world of work and that we focus on training the professionals demanded by the market”

Minnie Ferrara • Director, Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti

We seized the opportunity to chat with the film school director about the options offered by the prestigious Milanese institution  

04/06/2021 | /Italy

Zuzana Piussi  • Director of Unbalanced

“Rather than thematise mental illness and diagnoses, I see a question about the value of a shared world and what holds it together”

Zuzana Piussi • Director of Unbalanced

The acclaimed veteran Slovak documentarian, who is preparing her feature-length fiction debut, discusses the story of the film and the means of bringing it...  

02/06/2021 | Febiofest Bratislava 2021 | Febiofest Industry Days

Carlos Conceição  • Director

"Cinema is what we want it to be"

Carlos Conceição • Director

The Portuguese director details some of the several projects currently on his plate  

02/06/2021 | /Portugal

Nine Antico  • Director of Playlist

"It’s similar to lots of women who are trying to enjoy their freedom"

Nine Antico • Director of Playlist

A well-known name in the world of French comic books, Antico tells us about her first steps as a director and explains her heart-warming film exploring a...  

02/06/2021 | /France

Mathieu Béjot  • Director of strategy and development, Sunny Side of the Doc

"The platforms are shaking up the formats and narrative modes of the documentary"

Mathieu Béjot • Director of strategy and development, Sunny Side of the Doc

The director of strategy and development of the event discusses the 32nd edition (from 21 to 24 June) and current trends in the market and financing of...  

01/06/2021 | Sunny Side of the Doc 2021

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