Interviews

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

8316 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 14/07/2025. 657 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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Jorge Coira • Director of Hierro

“Justice is far from perfect”

Jorge Coira • Director of Hierro

The Galician filmmaker returned to the titular Canary Island, which won the Award for Best European Film Location in 2019, in order to shoot season two of...  

16/02/2021 | /Spain/France

Jakob Abrahamsson • Distributor, NonStop Entertainment

“Cinemas won’t be as cramped with blockbusters, which may mean there is more room for independent releases”

Jakob Abrahamsson • Distributor, NonStop Entertainment

We spoke to the president & CEO of the Swedish distribution company about the complexities of their market and the measures put in place during the pandemic  

16/02/2021 | /Sweden

Maximilian Haslberger • Producer, Amerikafilm

“There is no such thing as being apolitical”

Maximilian Haslberger • Producer, Amerikafilm

The German producer, selected for the 2021 Emerging Producers programme, discussed documentary production in the current situation  

15/02/2021 | Emerging Producers 2021

Yoav Abramovich • Joint director general, Israel Cinema Project - Rabinovich Foundation

“We believe Israeli cinema has much more to offer to the world, and that co-productions and collaboration are the best way to enable this”

Yoav Abramovich • Joint director general, Israel Cinema Project - Rabinovich Foundation

We found out more about the role of the fund in Israeli cinema, the importance of co-productions for the local industry, and the significance of...  

15/02/2021 | /Israel

Aleksandra Hirszfeld • Director of Female Enthusiasts

“These women prove that such a world can exist, a world where you can realise your ambitions while also thinking of others”

Aleksandra Hirszfeld • Director of Female Enthusiasts

We talked to the director of a new feminist documentary series that features conversations with 100 influential Polish women  

15/02/2021 | /Poland

Evi Kalogiropoulou and Amanda Livanou • Director and producer of Cora

“It’s a feminist-orientated project tackling gender issues”

Evi Kalogiropoulou and Amanda Livanou • Director and producer of Cora

We chatted to the winners of the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at IFFR's CineMart Co-production Market to talk through their new project  

15/02/2021 | IFFR 2021 | IFFR Pro

Cosima Spender • Director of SanPa: Sins of the Savior

“The documentary genre is experiencing a rebirth”

Cosima Spender • Director of SanPa: Sins of the Savior

We chatted with the director of the Netflix original docu-series which has encountered great success in Italy  

11/02/2021 | /Italy

Juja Dobrachkous • Director of Bebia, à mon seul désir

"I personally believe that to create real art, you need to make a superhuman effort"

Juja Dobrachkous • Director of Bebia, à mon seul désir

We talked to the Georgian director, whose feature debut was shown at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in the Tiger Competition  

10/02/2021 | IFFR 2021 | Tiger Competition

Dāvis Sīmanis • Director of The Year Before the War

“From the beginning, I wanted to focus on an eclectic visual style”

Dāvis Sīmanis • Director of The Year Before the War

We talked to the Latvian director, who presented his third feature film at the International Film Festival Rotterdam  

10/02/2021 | IFFR 2021 | Big Screen Competition

Tim Leyendekker • Director of Feast

"The film is not a fictionalised documentary, not so much an account of what really happened. It's a set of proposals"

Tim Leyendekker • Director of Feast

The Dutch filmmaker takes on the Groningen HIV case, which saw three men deliberately injecting others with HIV-infected blood during sex parties  

10/02/2021 | IFFR 2021 | Tiger Competition

Alex Camilleri • Director of Luzzu

“For Malta to be itself, I chose locations that stayed away from the ‘picture postcard’ views of the island”

Alex Camilleri • Director of Luzzu

We talked to the Maltese director on the occasion of the premiere of his first feature at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival  

10/02/2021 | Sundance 2021 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

David Verbeek • Director of Dead & Beautiful

“It's not a vampire film, it's not a teenage coming-of-age film, it's not an arthouse film. I don't know what it is!”

David Verbeek • Director of Dead & Beautiful

We talked to the Dutch filmmaker, who has attempted to reach a broader audience with his new film  

09/02/2021 | IFFR 2021 | Limelight

Thomas Verkaeren • Distributor, O’Brother

“We have an incredible line-up ready and we cannot release anything”

Thomas Verkaeren • Distributor, O’Brother

We have met up with the Belgian company's general manager to talk about the Belgian distribution market and its current situation  

09/02/2021 | /Belgium

Kaweh Modiri • Director of Mitra

“For safety reasons, we couldn’t cast Iranian actors working or living in Iran, so we cast internationally”

Kaweh Modiri • Director of Mitra

We talked to the Dutch director about his second feature film, premiering at International Film Festival Rotterdam  

09/02/2021 | IFFR 2021 | Limelight

Anders Thomas Jensen • Director of Riders of Justice

“I love awkward situations, like when you have a funeral and everyone starts laughing”

Anders Thomas Jensen • Director of Riders of Justice

We talked to the director of the 2021 IFFR opening title, fresh off its wins at Denmark's Robert Awards  

09/02/2021 | IFFR 2021 | Limelight

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