Interviews

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

8584 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 26/12/2025. 636 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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Maximilian Haslberger • Producer, Amerikafilm

“There is no such thing as being apolitical”

Maximilian Haslberger • Producer, Amerikafilm

The German producer, selected for the 2021 Emerging Producers programme, discussed documentary production in the current situation  

15/02/2021 | Emerging Producers 2021

Yoav Abramovich • Joint director general, Israel Cinema Project - Rabinovich Foundation

“We believe Israeli cinema has much more to offer to the world, and that co-productions and collaboration are the best way to enable this”

Yoav Abramovich • Joint director general, Israel Cinema Project - Rabinovich Foundation

We found out more about the role of the fund in Israeli cinema, the importance of co-productions for the local industry, and the significance of...  

15/02/2021 | /Israel

Aleksandra Hirszfeld • Director of Female Enthusiasts

“These women prove that such a world can exist, a world where you can realise your ambitions while also thinking of others”

Aleksandra Hirszfeld • Director of Female Enthusiasts

We talked to the director of a new feminist documentary series that features conversations with 100 influential Polish women  

15/02/2021 | /Poland

Evi Kalogiropoulou and Amanda Livanou • Director and producer of Gorgonà

“It’s a feminist-orientated project tackling gender issues”

Evi Kalogiropoulou and Amanda Livanou • Director and producer of Gorgonà

We chatted to the winners of the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at IFFR's CineMart Co-production Market to talk through their new project  

15/02/2021 | IFFR 2021 | IFFR Pro

Cosima Spender • Director of SanPa: Sins of the Savior

“The documentary genre is experiencing a rebirth”

Cosima Spender • Director of SanPa: Sins of the Savior

We chatted with the director of the Netflix original docu-series which has encountered great success in Italy  

11/02/2021 | /Italy

Juja Dobrachkous • Director of Bebia, à mon seul désir

"I personally believe that to create real art, you need to make a superhuman effort"

Juja Dobrachkous • Director of Bebia, à mon seul désir

We talked to the Georgian director, whose feature debut was shown at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in the Tiger Competition  

10/02/2021 | IFFR 2021 | Tiger Competition

Dāvis Sīmanis • Director of The Year Before the War

“From the beginning, I wanted to focus on an eclectic visual style”

Dāvis Sīmanis • Director of The Year Before the War

We talked to the Latvian director, who presented his third feature film at the International Film Festival Rotterdam  

10/02/2021 | IFFR 2021 | Big Screen Competition

Tim Leyendekker • Director of Feast

"The film is not a fictionalised documentary, not so much an account of what really happened. It's a set of proposals"

Tim Leyendekker • Director of Feast

The Dutch filmmaker takes on the Groningen HIV case, which saw three men deliberately injecting others with HIV-infected blood during sex parties  

10/02/2021 | IFFR 2021 | Tiger Competition

Alex Camilleri • Director of Luzzu

“For Malta to be itself, I chose locations that stayed away from the ‘picture postcard’ views of the island”

Alex Camilleri • Director of Luzzu

We talked to the Maltese director on the occasion of the premiere of his first feature at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival  

10/02/2021 | Sundance 2021 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

David Verbeek • Director of Dead & Beautiful

“It's not a vampire film, it's not a teenage coming-of-age film, it's not an arthouse film. I don't know what it is!”

David Verbeek • Director of Dead & Beautiful

We talked to the Dutch filmmaker, who has attempted to reach a broader audience with his new film  

09/02/2021 | IFFR 2021 | Limelight

Thomas Verkaeren • Distributor, O’Brother

“We have an incredible line-up ready and we cannot release anything”

Thomas Verkaeren • Distributor, O’Brother

We have met up with the Belgian company's general manager to talk about the Belgian distribution market and its current situation  

09/02/2021 | /Belgium

Kaweh Modiri • Director of Mitra

“For safety reasons, we couldn’t cast Iranian actors working or living in Iran, so we cast internationally”

Kaweh Modiri • Director of Mitra

We talked to the Dutch director about his second feature film, premiering at International Film Festival Rotterdam  

09/02/2021 | IFFR 2021 | Limelight

Anders Thomas Jensen • Director of Riders of Justice

“I love awkward situations, like when you have a funeral and everyone starts laughing”

Anders Thomas Jensen • Director of Riders of Justice

We talked to the director of the 2021 IFFR opening title, fresh off its wins at Denmark's Robert Awards  

09/02/2021 | IFFR 2021 | Limelight

Blerta Basholli • Director of Hive

“Kosovo is changing, but much more needs to be done to improve the status of women everywhere”

Blerta Basholli • Director of Hive

The Kosovar director talked to us to unpick her recent Sundance-winning feature debut  

09/02/2021 | Sundance 2021 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Zaida Bergroth • Director of Tove

“Intimacy was what we were after”

Zaida Bergroth • Director of Tove

We talked to the Finnish director about her latest film, chosen as the Finnish submission to the Oscars  

08/02/2021 | Göteborg 2021

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