Interviews

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

8443 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 19/09/2025. 644 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Maria Schrader  • Director of I’m Your Man

“There might be some kind of manual here on how to improve our relationships”

Maria Schrader • Director of I’m Your Man

BERLINALE 2021: Nobody's perfect? They are in this film starring Maren Eggert and Dan Stevens, but according to the German director, that's part of the problem  

03/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Competition

Alice Diop  • Director of We

“I want to show that societies are changing constantly, just like the collective ‘we’”

Alice Diop • Director of We

BERLINALE 2021: In her new documentary, shown in the Encounters section, the French filmmaker once again investigates the French banlieue and its inhabitants  

02/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Encounters

Anne Zohra Berrached  • Director of Copilot

“For me, it's a film about love”

Anne Zohra Berrached • Director of Copilot

BERLINALE 2021: We talked to the German director about her film, which tells the story of one of the terrorists involved in 9/11  

02/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Panorama

Thomas Bertacche  • Distributor, Tucker Film

“Our recently-acquired restored movies will have a theatrical release, and we are selling the others to SVOD”

Thomas Bertacche • Distributor, Tucker Film

We had a chat with the co-founder of the Italian distribution company, specialised in European and Asian films  

02/03/2021 | /Italy

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

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