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.

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Patricia Pérez and Heidi Hassan • Directors of In a Whisper

“Our film knows no borders”

Patricia Pérez and Heidi Hassan • Directors of In a Whisper

We caught up with Patricia Pérez and Heidi Hassan at MajorDocs to talk about their new film, In a Whisper — one of the season’s most moving and sensitive...  

06/10/2020 | /Spain/France/Switzerland/Cuba

Jasmine Trinca • Actress, director of Being My Mom

“This film is an attempt to turn pain and absence into something creative”

Jasmine Trinca • Actress, director of Being My Mom

Actress Jasmine Trinca makes the move to film direction with her short work Being My Mom, a metaphorical meandering through the lives of two women, a mother...  

05/10/2020 | /Italy

Julia Sinkevych • Executive producer, Odesa International Film Festival

“This time, we had to invent something new”

Julia Sinkevych • Executive producer, Odesa International Film Festival

We talked to the Odesa International Film Festival’s executive producer Julia Sinkevych about this year’s online edition  

05/10/2020 | Odesa 2020

Stefan Haupt • Director of Zurich Diary

“It's our responsibility to make this place as good as it can be, and not just for us”

Stefan Haupt • Director of Zurich Diary

We talked to Stefan Haupt, the director of Zurich Diary, after the film’s world premiere in his home town  

05/10/2020 | Zurich 2020

Olena Yershova Yıldız • Head, Antalya Film Forum

“Strong stories that have an international scope, told by talented filmmakers, are still needed”

Olena Yershova Yıldız • Head, Antalya Film Forum

We talked to Olena Yershova Yıldız, head of the Antalya Film Forum, to get an overview of the Turkish industry event, which kicks off imminently  

02/10/2020 | Antalya 2020 | Antalya Film Forum

Bettina Oberli • Director of My Wonderful Wanda

“Humour can come out of desperation”

Bettina Oberli • Director of My Wonderful Wanda

We talked to Swiss director Bettina Oberli, who opened the 16th edition of the Zurich Film Festival with My Wonderful Wanda  

02/10/2020 | Zurich 2020

Liene Treimane and Sonora Broka • Festival director and artistic director, Riga IFF

“We’ll continue working on our mission to create a cinema event that enriches the Northern European cultural space”

Liene Treimane and Sonora Broka • Festival director and artistic director, Riga IFF

We spoke to Riga IFF’s festival director and artistic director, Liene Treimane and Sonora Broka, to get the low-down on the 7th edition of the gathering,...  

02/10/2020 | Riga 2020

Óscar Bernàcer • Director of The Recipe for Balance

"It’s natural that cinema and gastronomy should get along famously"

Óscar Bernàcer • Director of The Recipe for Balance

We chatted to Óscar Bernàcer, whose documentary The Recipe for Balance shows how a famous Spanish chef and his team had to adapt to the new, post-COVID reality  

01/10/2020 | San Sebastián 2020

Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh • Directors of Gagarin

“To our character, this building is like a spaceship: if you go out, you can’t breathe”

Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh • Directors of Gagarin

We met up with Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh, the directors of Gagarin, to talk about their central character, Youri, and his intergalactic ambitions  

30/09/2020 | Zurich 2020

Hans König • Distributor, Polyfilm

“Arthouse cinemas in Austria are mainly funded by the federal states and the cities”

Hans König • Distributor, Polyfilm

We spoke to Hans König, Head of Distribution at Polyfilm, who shared with us some of the main traits of the Austrian market for independent film distribution  

29/09/2020 | /Austria

David Dufresne • Director of The Monopoly of Violence

"To still believe in the virtues of dialogue, even if it’s increasingly difficult to do so"

David Dufresne • Director of The Monopoly of Violence

David Dufresne discusses The Monopoly of Violence, a socially engaged documentary dissecting the current philosophy behind law enforcement in France  

29/09/2020 | /France

Dea Kulumbegashvili • Director of Beginning

“In Georgia, as a woman, you're trained to accept that you don't really matter”

Dea Kulumbegashvili • Director of Beginning

We spoke to Dea Kulumbegashvili about her debut film, Beginning, which swept the board at San Sebastián, winning the Golden Shell, Best Director, Best...  

28/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Competition

Gregory Kershaw and Michael Dweck • Directors of The Truffle Hunters

“Truffle hunters would never tell another truffle hunter that they’d found a truffle”

Gregory Kershaw and Michael Dweck • Directors of The Truffle Hunters

We talked to Gregory Kershaw and Michael Dweck, the duo behind one of the biggest delights of the year, The Truffle Hunters  

28/09/2020 | Zurich 2020

Ben Sharrock • Director of Limbo

“I started to question the dehumanising representations of refugees”

Ben Sharrock • Director of Limbo

Director Ben Sharrock reveals how his second feature, Limbo, became a refugee story told in a deadpan comedic style  

28/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | New Directors

Imanol Rayo • Director of Death Knell

"My film eschews the commonplace"

Imanol Rayo • Director of Death Knell

We chatted to Imanol Rayo at San Sebastián after he presented his second film, Death Knell, which glides effortlessly between thriller and tragedy  

28/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | New Directors

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