Interviews

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

8303 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 08/07/2025. 653 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Ina Weisse • Director of Cicadas

"We all have two sides; women, and men, can be soft and they can be strong"

Ina Weisse • Director of Cicadas

BERLINALE 2025: We talked to the German director about the origins of her latest feature, which reunites her with Nina Hoss and on which she also worked...  

20/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Panorama

Marcin Wierzchowski • Director of Das Deutsche Volk

“The whole story of humankind is a story of migration”

Marcin Wierzchowski • Director of Das Deutsche Volk

BERLINALE 2025: The Polish-born, German-raised director explains his take on structural racism as he breaks down his documentary about a hate crime in Hanau  

20/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Berlinale Special

Lionel Baier • Director of The Safe House

“I was able to talk about the Holocaust without having to make a historical film”

Lionel Baier • Director of The Safe House

BERLINALE 2025: The Swiss director unpicks his understanding of fiction and his artistic approach to the literary source of his feature, an autobiographical...  

20/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Competition

Petra Volpe • Director of Late Shift

"The film is a declaration of love for the nursing profession"

Petra Volpe • Director of Late Shift

BERLINALE 2025: We talked to the Swiss-Italian filmmaker about the inspiration and intention behind her latest feature, as well as her research and writing...  

19/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Berlinale Special

Mohamed Rashad • Director of The Settlement

“This man was building his future on the death of his father”

Mohamed Rashad • Director of The Settlement

BERLINALE 2025: The Alexandria-based filmmaker breaks down his narrative debut, which was born of a fascination with industrial environments  

19/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Perspectives

Lucile Hadžihalilović • Director of The Ice Tower

“It’s a classical story of a teenager who is now old enough to think that she can discover the milieu of adults and the world itself”

Lucile Hadžihalilović • Director of The Ice Tower

BERLINALE 2025: The French director talks about the symbolism of The Snow Queen as well as opening up about female idols from her own youth  

19/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Competition

Michel Gondry • Director of Maya, Give Me a Title

“I have a brain that’s childish”

Michel Gondry • Director of Maya, Give Me a Title

BERLINALE 2025: The French director introduces a new kind of bedtime story in his animated stop-motion delight  

19/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Generation

Iván Fund • Director of The Message

"What family really means for me is the act of being present"

Iván Fund • Director of The Message

BERLINALE 2025: The Argentinian filmmaker talks about the genesis of his latest feature, working with both professional and non-professional actors, and his...  

18/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Competition

Sébastien Betbeder • Director of The Incredible Snow Woman

"Comedy is the best angle for tackling serious subjects"

Sébastien Betbeder • Director of The Incredible Snow Woman

BERLINALE 2025: The French filmmaker reveals the ingredients for his very own personal recipe for a “dramedy” travelling from the French Jura to Greenland  

18/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Panorama

Yuri Semashko • Director of The Swan Song of Fedor Ozerov

“Writing a film is like being a gold miner. You work hard everyday, but when you finally find the gem you’ve been searching for so long, it feels like enlightenment”

Yuri Semashko • Director of The Swan Song of Fedor Ozerov

BERLINALE 2025: The Belarusian director told us about the musical, personal and artistic inspirations behind his feature debut  

18/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Forum

Alissa Jung • Director of Paternal Leave

“There can be so much love between parents and children, so much support and so much hurt”

Alissa Jung • Director of Paternal Leave

BERLINALE 2025: We talked to the German filmmaker about her determined child protagonist, her perspective on family and her casting process  

17/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Generation

Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski • Director of The Memory of Butterflies

"This showed once again to me, that documentary is never objective, it's always about the perspective"

Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski • Director of The Memory of Butterflies

BERLINALE 2025: We talked to the Peruvian filmmaker about her documentary, how she got interested in its subject and how she approached archive images  

17/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Forum

Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay  • Director of Hysteria

“I wanted to describe my world as I know it, and this film is a continuation of that”

Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay • Director of Hysteria

BERLINALE 2025: The German-Turkish director breaks down his new drama feature and the need for humans to be able to communicate  

17/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Panorama

Eva Libertad • Director of Deaf

“A couple’s relationship is put to the test when they face problems”

Eva Libertad • Director of Deaf

BERLINALE 2025: The Spanish filmmaker explains why she decided to explore the complex relationships between hearing people and those with disabilities, like...  

16/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Panorama

Čejen Černić Čanak • Director of Sandbag Dam

“We think that tolerance and acceptance are a given; that’s not true”

Čejen Černić Čanak • Director of Sandbag Dam

BERLINALE 2025: A small village is threatened by a looming flood – and by love – in the Croatian director’s film  

16/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Generation

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