Interviews

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

7493 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 24/04/2024. 581 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Jukka-Pekka Laakso  •  Festival Director Tampere Film Festival

"Through decades, we have managed to grow into one of the significant festivals in Finland through interesting programming and events"

Jukka-Pekka Laakso • Festival Director Tampere Film Festival

Jukka-Pekka Laakso talks about the different programmes and competitions of the Tampere Film Festival.  

26/03/2024 | Euro Film Fest

Emilie Poirier  • Head of Short Films and Feature Films Programmer at Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal

“The short films I commission, especially experimental and avant-garde films, are highly inspiring for me to see and to show the audience what else cinema could be and become”

Emilie Poirier • Head of Short Films and Feature Films Programmer at Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal

Emilie Poirier outlines the different programmes of the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma which includes VR and XR programmes.  

26/03/2024 | Euro Film Fest

Julie  Nederkoorn  •  Project Coordinator and International Support of Movies that Matter Festival

“The core of our organization, and the Movies That Matter Festival that belongs to it, is supporting festivals and movies around human rights issues”

Julie Nederkoorn • Project Coordinator and International Support of Movies that Matter Festival

Julie Nederkoorn explains the programming of Movies that Matter and how they also support human rights film festivals outside of Europe.  

26/03/2024 | Euro Film Fest

Veronika Janatková  • Producer, Pandistan

“Empathy created by storytelling can be powerful fuel for action”

Veronika Janatková • Producer, Pandistan

The Czech producer delves into her approach to documentaries as a tool for activism  

26/03/2024 | Emerging Producers 2024

Vincent Perez • Director of Edge of the Blade

“The link between the characters is that they're all reconstructing themselves”

Vincent Perez • Director of Edge of the Blade

The Swiss actor discusses his fourth directorial effort, screened at Bari’s Bif&st, which takes us back to the golden age of duels, in a world going through...  

26/03/2024 | Bif&st 2024

Kateryna Gornostai • Director of Timestamp

“The main instrument of our work is observation”

Kateryna Gornostai • Director of Timestamp

The Ukrainian helmer breaks down the current status of her feature-length project, which won the prestigious Eurimages New Lab Award for Outreach at CPH:DOX  

25/03/2024 | CPH:DOX 2024 | CPH:DOX Industry

Svetislav Dragomirović  • Producer, Gray Tree Film

“I can't really remember a film that influenced any kind of a mass change”

Svetislav Dragomirović • Producer, Gray Tree Film

The Serbian producer sees documentary creation as a desire to broach something personal rather than one to make a political instrument of change  

25/03/2024 | Emerging Producers 2024

Tereza Nvotová and Miro Šifra • Director and Screenwriters of Our People

"We came to realise that the truth really is under threat"

Tereza Nvotová and Miro Šifra • Director and Screenwriters of Our People

We met with the Slovakian duo who triumphed in the Series Mania Forum Co-Pro Pitching Sessions with their series project, telling the true story of a...  

22/03/2024 | Series Mania 2024 | Series Mania Forum

Michelle Kranot • Co-director of Garden Alchemy

“Sharing knowledge is a key element in such an innovative and novel medium”

Michelle Kranot • Co-director of Garden Alchemy

The co-director breaks down the current status of her project, which won the prestigious Eurimages New Lab Award for Innovation at CPH:DOX  

22/03/2024 | CPH:DOX 2024 | CPH:DOX Industry

Rita Balogh  • Producer, Other Films

“Documentary is the most authentic language for expression”

Rita Balogh • Producer, Other Films

The Hungarian producer discusses facing challenges and being hard-working, brave and persistent to get her documentaries out there  

22/03/2024 | Emerging Producers 2024

Håvard Bustnes • Director of Phantoms of the Sierra Madre

“Our idea was to make a road movie, a bit in the style of Twin Peaks, with the protagonist meeting some strange people”

Håvard Bustnes • Director of Phantoms of the Sierra Madre

The Norwegian director assures us that everything we see in his surprising and twist-laden documentary happened just as he shows it  

22/03/2024 | CPH:DOX 2024

Orlane Dumas  • Producer, L'image d'après

“I work on films as if they were a work of art”

Orlane Dumas • Producer, L'image d'après

The French producer explains why she produces documentaries and where she finds audiences for them  

21/03/2024 | Emerging Producers 2024

Shaima Al-Tamimi  • Producer

“The process of making documentaries requires wearing various hats, but what stands out is its therapeutic quality”

Shaima Al-Tamimi • Producer

The producer from Qatar, a guest country of this year's edition, explains why producing documentaries is a deeply personal journey for her  

21/03/2024 | Emerging Producers 2024

Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin • Producer of Antilia

"All of this is encouraging creativity, with a French series industry going through a period of growth"

Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin • Producer of Antilia

The co-director of French company Ego Productions discusses his project, presented at the Series Mania Forum’s Co-Pro Pitching Sessions  

20/03/2024 | Series Mania 2024 | Series Mania Forum

Lone Scherfig • Director of The Movie Teller

“With Sara Becker, I had the sensation of seeing a star growing up, the same as I had when I directed Carey Mulligan in An Education

Lone Scherfig • Director of The Movie Teller

We met up with the Danish director to get the low-down on her new film, an ode to cinema shot in a mining village in the Chilean desert  

20/03/2024 | Bif&st 2024

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