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.

 
Emmanuelle Nicot, Julie Esparbes and Delphine Schmit • Director and producers of Dalva

“The MIA Market gave us both the confidence and the energy to follow through with the next steps”

Emmanuelle Nicot, Julie Esparbes and Delphine Schmit • Director and producers of Dalva

The winners of the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at the MIA Market, Emmanuelle Nicot, Julie Esparbes and Delphine Schmit, discuss their winning...  

04/12/2020 | MIA 2020

Richard Mowe • Distributor, CinéFile

"The more interest there is in cinema in general across the board, the better for everyone in the industry"

Richard Mowe • Distributor, CinéFile

Richard Mowe, co-director of CinéFile, tells us about the company’s strategy and its response to the challenges of the pandemic  

03/12/2020 | /UK

Kathrin Kohlstedde • Head of Programme, Filmfest Hamburg

“Though there are many differences between them, the students find out they also have a lot in common, and the films help them to discover and articulate that”

Kathrin Kohlstedde • Head of Programme, Filmfest Hamburg

Filmfest Hamburg head Kathrin Kohlstedde tells us about the European University Film Award, the 2020 winner of which will be announced on 10 December  

03/12/2020 | European Film Awards 2020

Maia Martiniak • Director of Unseen

“I cannot tolerate violence against women in any form”

Maia Martiniak • Director of Unseen

Cineuropa talks to Slovakian director Maia Martiniak, whose latest, award-winning work, Unseen, looks at different forms of violence against women during...  

02/12/2020 | /Slovakia

Florian Zeller • Director of The Father

"Anthony Hopkins is the greatest actor alive today"

Florian Zeller • Director of The Father

The author of the most widely performed French plays in the world, Florian Zeller chats to us about his directorial debut The Father, brilliantly acted by...  

02/12/2020 | Cairo 2020

MML Collective • Directors of Tracking Satyrs

“An atypical film such as ours, questioning freedom and played by social outcasts, does not really fit the profile of industry cinema”

MML Collective • Directors of Tracking Satyrs

The winners of the Eurimages Lab Project Award at Thessaloniki, MML Collective - Michał Mądracki, Maciej Mądracki and Gilles Lepore - discuss their winning...  

01/12/2020 | Thessaloniki 2020 | Agora

Renzo Martens • Director of White Cube

“My goal was not to paint another portrait of how things can not work, but how, despite everything, they possibly can”

Renzo Martens • Director of White Cube

We talked to Dutch artist and director Renzo Martens about his film White Cube, which premiered at IDFA  

01/12/2020 | IDFA 2020

João Paulo Abreu • Distributor, Films4You

“The film business is a people’s business”

João Paulo Abreu • Distributor, Films4You

João Paulo Abreu, managing director of Films4You, tells us about current tendencies in the field of independent distribution in Portugal and the impact of...  

01/12/2020 | /Portugal

Zeynep Dadak • Director of Electric Sleep

“People are more interested in hybrid genre films than ever before”

Zeynep Dadak • Director of Electric Sleep

We talked to Zeynep Dadak, the winner of the Eurimages Co-production Development Award for Best Project at Tallinn Black Nights, ready to take a closer look...  

01/12/2020 | Black Nights 2020 | Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event

Viestur Kairish  • Director of The Sign Painter

"How can you survive as a human and not sell your soul"

Viestur Kairish • Director of The Sign Painter

We met up with Latvian director Viestur Kairish to discuss his latest film The Sign Painter, which screened in Competition at Tallinn's Black Nights Film...  

01/12/2020 | Black Nights 2020 | Competition

Oliver Rihs  • Director of Caged Birds

"We tell the story of these two opposite characters and their dream of freedom"

Oliver Rihs • Director of Caged Birds

Swiss filmmaker Oliver Rihs talks to us about his latest feature film, Caged Birds, which was screened in Competition at Tallinn's Black Nights Film Festival  

01/12/2020 | Black Nights 2020 | Competition

Dora Šustic and Maja Pek-Brünjes • Director and producer of Afterparty

“Unlike most TV shows about female friendships, we don’t shy away from feminism; we explore it”

Dora Šustic and Maja Pek-Brünjes • Director and producer of Afterparty

We asked Dora Šustic and Maja Pek-Brünjes, the winners of the MIDPOINT TV Launch HBO Award, about their future plans for the series Afterparty  

30/11/2020 | MIDPOINT 2020

Veiko Õunpuu • Director of The Last Ones

“I wish we could return to a sort of animism in our thinking”

Veiko Õunpuu • Director of The Last Ones

We chatted to Estonian director Veiko Õunpuu, whose The Last Ones takes on the people on the lower rung of society. And Roxette  

30/11/2020 | Black Nights 2020 | Baltic Film Competition

Dalibor Matanić • Director of The Dawn

“Compassion, love and tolerance remove all the toxins”

Dalibor Matanić • Director of The Dawn

We talked to Croatian filmmaker Dalibor Matanić on the occasion of the world premiere of his newest film The Dawn in competition at Tallinn Black Nights  

30/11/2020 | Black Nights 2020 | Competition

Peeter Simm • Director of On the Water

“Children helped and complemented each other with surprising professionalism”

Peeter Simm • Director of On the Water

We spoke to veteran Estonian filmmaker Peeter Simm, who presented his new coming-of-age dramedy On the Water in Tallinn  

30/11/2020 | Black Nights 2020 | Competition

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