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Helmut Jänes • Director, Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival

“During the festival, Haapsalu transforms into a Twin Peaks-esque town where strange things start to happen”

Helmut Jänes • Director, Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival

The Estonian festival’s director talks about rewarding Aldo Tammsaar and giving his all during the Walpurgis Night Race

05/05/2026 | HOFF 2026

Carlo Cresto-Dina • Producer, Tempesta

“A shrinking number of players now decide which stories are told, how and by whom”

Carlo Cresto-Dina • Producer, Tempesta

The Italian producer reflects on authorship, market pressures and why European cinema risks losing its biodiversity

04/05/2026 | Indie Producer Focus/Italy

Kasper Juhl, Michael Kunov, Michael Panduro • Directors of Adorable Humans

“Hans Christian Andersen’s stories were supposed to prepare people for a world that can be very cruel”

Kasper Juhl, Michael Kunov, Michael Panduro • Directors of Adorable Humans

The Danish directors discuss their film, which presents Hans Christian Andersen like you’ve never seen him before

04/05/2026 | HOFF 2026

Vilja Keskimäki, Ima Iduozee • Screenwriter and director of Sneakermania

“Young people are taking the initiative to follow their dreams and start businesses, which wasn’t common when we were young”

Vilja Keskimäki, Ima Iduozee • Screenwriter and director of Sneakermania

The writer and the director of the Finnish series take a look at today’s teenagers – and praise their ambition

04/05/2026 | Canneseries 2026

Alex Reinberg, Leni Gruber • Creators of Sheep

“You can’t be too subtle when you’re working with real sheep”

Alex Reinberg, Leni Gruber • Creators of Sheep

The winner of the Student Award at Canneseries, the show portrays sheep who think they have domesticated humans – until they’re forced to fight them

04/05/2026 | Canneseries 2026

Christoph Jörg, Andreas Dalsgaard • Co-creators of The Oligarch and the Art Dealer

“It felt like entering a real-life James Bond universe”

Christoph Jörg, Andreas Dalsgaard • Co-creators of The Oligarch and the Art Dealer

The producer and director break down their show about the shocking collaboration and subsequent fight between art dealer Yves Bouvier and oligarch Dmitri...

30/04/2026 | Canneseries 2026

Anna-Sophia Lumpe • President, German Voice Over Artists’ Association (VDS)

“I have the feeling that we find ourselves in a situation where we have to explain to people what a human being is”

Anna-Sophia Lumpe • President, German Voice Over Artists’ Association (VDS)

The German voice-over professional discusses the current situation with Netflix and whether it is possible to work with AI-generated voices in an ethical way

30/04/2026 | /Germany

Romain Daudet-Jahan • Director of Kyma

“Kyma is my answer to US movies: it’s about a mysterious being that doesn’t arrive in Manhattan or in Los Angeles, but in my region in France”

Romain Daudet-Jahan • Director of Kyma

The French director breaks down his story about three teenagers trying to save a mysterious, sound-based entity from secret agents who intend to weaponise it

30/04/2026 | BIFFF 2026

Vivien Vande Kerckhove • Distributor, O’Brother

“Our mission has always been to shed light on what Belgian film is”

Vivien Vande Kerckhove • Distributor, O’Brother

We had the opportunity to learn more about the Liège- and Brussels-based company’s approach to distributing the works it champions

30/04/2026 | Distributor of the Month

Jacob Santana • Director of Evil Dress

“As an assistant director, I developed an understanding of the emotional atmosphere on set, and that makes me freer in my approach”

Jacob Santana • Director of Evil Dress

The filmmaker tells us what he learned from working with other Spanish directors and breaks down his experience of making a movie with child actors

29/04/2026 | BIFFF 2026

Philbert Aimé Mbabazi Sharangabo • Filmmaker and CICAE alumnus

“We wanted to create a home for Rwandan auteur cinema – films that often travel internationally but are rarely seen locally”

Philbert Aimé Mbabazi Sharangabo • Filmmaker and CICAE alumnus

The CICAE alumnus chats to us about his ambitious venture of rebuilding Kigali’s oldest cinema and turning it into a new home for independent film

28/04/2026 | /Rwanda

Participants and organisers, Slow Pitch industry programme, ZagrebDox

"Perhaps the industry should have other solutions, other ways of thinking beyond pitching forums; we are not offering a solution, just a break"

Participants and organisers, Slow Pitch industry programme, ZagrebDox

We sat down with the participants and organisers of the Slow Pitch industry programme at ZagrebDox, which provides a refreshing alternative to conventional...

27/04/2026 | ZagrebDox 2026 | ZagrebDox Pro

Marc Isaacs • Director of Synthetic Sincerity

"I want you to get lost in my story, but also not to get lost at the same time; I’m disrupting the narrative"

Marc Isaacs • Director of Synthetic Sincerity

We caught up with the British director to discuss his latest film, which unfolds in a “fake” laboratory, where scientists feed an AI programme with ever...

27/04/2026 | ZagrebDox 2026

Giedrė Žickytė • Director of A Goodnight Kiss

“These people’s loyalty to their values is a life lesson; in today’s world, we lack such role models”

Giedrė Žickytė • Director of A Goodnight Kiss

The Lithuanian filmmaker’s latest documentary poignantly highlights how history repeats itself, through the devastating story of an inspiring intellectual

24/04/2026 | goEast 2026

Laila Pakalnina • Director of Cat on My Mind

“It was as if the photos were saying to me: ‘Make a film!’”

Laila Pakalnina • Director of Cat on My Mind

The prolific Latvian director talks about imagining a poetic world around a set of anonymous photos and shares some curious glimpses into her process

24/04/2026 | goEast 2026

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