Interviews

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

8507 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 10/11/2025. 647 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Marta Popivoda • Director of Landscapes of Resistance

"In my work, I always deal with the tension between memory and history"

Marta Popivoda • Director of Landscapes of Resistance

The Serbian director tells us about the genesis of her film playing at Rotterdam, the choice not to use archive footage, and more  

05/02/2021 | IFFR 2021 | Tiger Competition

Lisa Jespersen • Director of Persona Non Grata

“It's a humorous observation, not a degradation”

Lisa Jespersen • Director of Persona Non Grata

We talked to the Danish director to get the low-down on her film, celebrating its world premiere at the Göteborg Film Festival  

05/02/2021 | Göteborg 2021

Hogir Hirori • Director of Sabaya

“There were some dangerous situations, and I was stunned when I realised that they are part of the everyday life of the people there”

Hogir Hirori • Director of Sabaya

We talked to the Swedish director, whose documentary was shown at Sundance, in the World Cinema Documentary Competition  

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

Pascal Tagnati  • Director of I Comete – A Corsican Summer

"There are no real half measures when it comes to being and living in Corsica"

Pascal Tagnati • Director of I Comete – A Corsican Summer

The French director talks to us about his debut, an unusual and very well-made feature film which, world-premiered in the 49th IFFR’s Tiger competition  

05/02/2021 | IFFR 2021 | Tiger Competition

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

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