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.

 
Harpo and Lenny Guit  • Directors of Mother Schmuckers

"The constraints allowed us to develop a style that we really like”

Harpo and Lenny Guit • Directors of Mother Schmuckers

We met up with the Belgian directors to talk about their feature debut, which was selected in the Midnight section of the Sundance Film Festival  

05/02/2021 | Sundance 2021 | Midnight

Ninja Thyberg • Director of Pleasure

“Porn can be a good thing; it's just important to do it in an ethical way”

Ninja Thyberg • Director of Pleasure

We talked to the Swedish director about business and... pleasure  

05/02/2021 | Sundance 2021 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Salomé Jashi • Director of Taming the Garden

“There were so many sub-stories and unspoken feelings that remained hidden behind the fences”

Salomé Jashi • Director of Taming the Garden

We spoke to Georgian director about her poetic film, which documents the incredible journey undertaken by some centuries-old trees  

04/02/2021 | Sundance 2021 | World Cinema Documentary Competition

Carlo A Sigon • President, AIR3 - Italian Directors Guild

“We need to respond to the crisis by working together to cope with change”

Carlo A Sigon • President, AIR3 - Italian Directors Guild

We discussed the crisis and new product preferences emerging within the industry with the president of the association aiming to support Italian film...  

04/02/2021 | /Italy

Jakub Piątek • Director of Prime Time

“We would often refer to the suitcase from Pulp Fiction: you don't know what's inside it either”

Jakub Piątek • Director of Prime Time

We talked to the Polish director about his debut feature, which revolves around a hijack situation at a TV studio  

04/02/2021 | Sundance 2021 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Maria Belen Poncio and Rosario Perazolo Masjoan • Director and co-director of 4 Feet High

“We prioritised authenticity, and we wanted people to find beauty in this diverse body”

Maria Belen Poncio and Rosario Perazolo Masjoan • Director and co-director of 4 Feet High

We had the chance to talk to the two filmmakers behind the Argentinian transmedia series  

03/02/2021 | Sundance 2021 | Indie Series

Sam Hobkinson  • Director of Misha and the Wolves

“It's a story about storytelling”

Sam Hobkinson • Director of Misha and the Wolves

We talked to the director about his documentary, in which the actual canines are finally not the villains  

03/02/2021 | Sundance 2021 | World Cinema Documentary Competition

Edgar Wright  • Director of The Sparks Brothers

“Once you are into them, you don't grow out of them”

Edgar Wright • Director of The Sparks Brothers

We chatted to the British director about his feature, which documents the incredible career of Ron and Russell Mael  

03/02/2021 | Sundance 2021 | Premieres

Camilla Nielsson  • Director of President

“Democracy is an organism – if we don't nurture it, it will die, and faster than you think”

Camilla Nielsson • Director of President

We talked to acclaimed documentary filmmaker about her Sundance-screened feature, in which she throws people in at the deep end once again  

03/02/2021 | Sundance 2021 | World Cinema Documentary Competition

Ainhoa Rodríguez  • Director of Mighty Flash

“Every people still has its cross to bear”

Ainhoa Rodríguez • Director of Mighty Flash

The Spanish filmmaker is competing for the Tiger Award at Rotterdam with her feature debut, which won prizes at post-production forums and secured the...  

02/02/2021 | IFFR 2021 | Tiger Competition

York-Fabian Raabe  • Director of Borga

“I try to think from many different perspectives as a director”

York-Fabian Raabe • Director of Borga

We spoke to the German director, who won the Award for Best Feature Film at the Max Ophüls Prize in Saarbrücken with his debut feature  

02/02/2021 | Max Ophüls Prize 2021

Prano Bailey-Bond • Director of Censor

“I’m obsessed with the video-nasty era”

Prano Bailey-Bond • Director of Censor

We caught up with the Welsh director to talk about her atmospheric feature debut, the opening-night film of Sundance’s haunting Midnight section  

01/02/2021 | Sundance 2021 | Midnight

Frida Kempff • Director of Knocking

“There are elements here that invite us to delve deep into, and gradually get lost in, the story”

Frida Kempff • Director of Knocking

We chatted to the Swedish director about her feature debut, a tense thriller about mysterious goings-on in an apartment building  

01/02/2021 | Sundance 2021 | Midnight

Emanuele Nespeca  • Producer of Glassboy

“Magic is the key word for children, who are the audience of the future”

Emanuele Nespeca • Producer of Glassboy

We chatted with the producer of the children’s film, which triumphed at Tallinn Black Nights FF and is released today on Italian VOD platforms  

01/02/2021 | /Italy/Switzerland/Austria

Ronnie Sandahl • Director of Tigers

“Football is a carnival of toxic masculinity. And in a way, that's fantastic!”

Ronnie Sandahl • Director of Tigers

We talked to the Swedish director about his latest film, now showing in Göteborg’s Nordic Competition  

29/01/2021 | Göteborg 2021

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