Interviews

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

8313 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 11/07/2025. 654 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
David Trueba • Director of A este lado del mundo

"We outsource our most embarrassing side”

David Trueba • Director of A este lado del mundo

With A este lado del mundo David Trueba critically tackles the issue of immigration, and to do so he transfers his inept main character to the border town...  

01/09/2020 | Málaga 2020

Ulla Heikkilä • Director of Eden

“Spirituality lives in all kinds of beauty rather than in churches or fear”

Ulla Heikkilä • Director of Eden

We chatted to Ulla Heikkilä, the director of Eden, currently in Finnish cinemas  

31/08/2020 | /Finland

Šemsudin Radončić • Director of Conspiracy

"The majority of Montenegrin citizens still believes that all this is fabricated"

Šemsudin Radončić • Director of Conspiracy

Journalist and filmmaker Šemsudin Radončić talked to us about his Sarajevo-premiered documentary Conspiracy, which investigates the attempted coup d’état in...  

31/08/2020 | Sarajevo 2020 | Documentary Competition

Janusz Kijowski •  Artistic Director, Koszalin Debut Film Festival

“There is no festival without conversation”

Janusz Kijowski • Artistic Director, Koszalin Debut Film Festival

We talked to Janusz Kijowski, the artistic director of “The Youth and Film” – The Festival of Film Debuts in Koszalin  

31/08/2020 | /Poland

Teemu Nikki and Jani Pösö •  Director and Producer of A Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic

“We want to show something that’s almost impossible to show in the cinema”

Teemu Nikki and Jani Pösö • Director and Producer of A Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic

We talked to Finland's Teemu Nikki and Jani Pösö, winners of the Eurimages Lab Project Award at Haugesund for their project A Blind Man Who Did Not Want to...  

31/08/2020 | Haugesund 2020

Alberto Barbera • Director, Venice Film Festival

"We wanted to give a sign of strong support and solidarity to the film industry"

Alberto Barbera • Director, Venice Film Festival

Venice Film Festival director Alberto Barbera talks about the anti-COVID system in place at this year's gathering  

31/08/2020 | Venice 2020

Johan von Sydow  • Director of Tiny Tim – King for a Day

“Tiny Tim could blend anywhere, even though he was so extreme”

Johan von Sydow • Director of Tiny Tim – King for a Day

We talked to Swedish director Johan von Sydow about his documentary Tiny Tim – King for a Day and a man who didn’t belong on this Earth  

28/08/2020 | Fantasia 2020

Nicole Gerhards  • Producer, NiKo Film

“The kind of films I produce are more important than ever in the current climate”

Nicole Gerhards • Producer, NiKo Film

German Films talked to NiKo Film producer Nicole Gerhards about her career and her approach to cinema  

28/08/2020 | /Germany

Ilze Burkovska Jacobsen  • Director of My Favorite War

“We were manipulated to love war”

Ilze Burkovska Jacobsen • Director of My Favorite War

We talked to Ilze Burkovska Jacobsen, the director of My Favorite War, about living in two realities  

27/08/2020 | Haugesund 2020

Pilar Palomero  • Director of Schoolgirls

“Throughout the shooting, with my actresses, I felt like a little kid again”

Pilar Palomero • Director of Schoolgirls

Pilar Palomero premiered her first film, Schoolgirls , at the Berlin Film Festival, and is now the clear favourite to win the 23rd Málaga Film Festival  

27/08/2020 | Málaga 2020

Antoine Zeind  • Distributor, A-Z Films

“If a foreign film doesn’t work in Quebec, it is very tough to release it anywhere else in Canada”

Antoine Zeind • Distributor, A-Z Films

We chatted with Canada’s A-Z Films founder and CEO Antoine Zeind to discuss the challenges of releasing European and foreign-language films in Canada  

27/08/2020 | /Canada

Philipp Kadelbach  • Director of We Children From Bahnhof Zoo

“I want to see what my team offers - if it’s better than my idea, we leave it”

Philipp Kadelbach • Director of We Children From Bahnhof Zoo

German director Philipp Kadelbach talked to German Films after having finished his Amazon series We Children From Bahnhof Zoo  

27/08/2020 | /Germany

Srđan Vuletić  • Director of The Otter

"The film deals with self-acceptance and the process of reinventing yourself, an empowering story that will be relatable to a larger audience"

Srđan Vuletić • Director of The Otter

Bosnian writer-director Srđan Vuletić tell us about The Otter, winner of the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award at this year’s CineLink Co-Production...  

27/08/2020 | Sarajevo 2020 | CineLink Industry Days

Daniel Calparsoro  • Director of Sky High

"The streets are a reflection of life”

Daniel Calparsoro • Director of Sky High

Action, music, passion and robberies liven up Sky High, the new film by Daniel Calparsoro competing at the Málaga Film Festival, and we talked to him about...  

26/08/2020 | Málaga 2020

Asia Dér, Sári Haragonics • Directors of Her Mothers

"A rainbow family adopts a child in Hungary"

Asia Dér, Sári Haragonics • Directors of Her Mothers

We talked to directing duo Asia Dér and Sári Haragonics, who took their eye-opening documentary Her Mothers to the Sarajevo Film Festival  

25/08/2020 | Sarajevo 2020 | Documentary Competition

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