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.

 
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 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 Otter

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

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

Michalis Konstantatos • Director of All The Pretty Little Horses

"The biggest crimes happen in the light of the day"

Michalis Konstantatos • Director of All The Pretty Little Horses

We talked to Greek filmmaker Michalis Konstantatos, who screened his feature All The Pretty Little Horses in Competition for the Heart of Sarajevo  

24/08/2020 | Sarajevo 2020 | Competition

Ru Hasanov • Director of The Island Within

"Making this film was a long and intimate process, it reflects my relations to my family and my country"

Ru Hasanov • Director of The Island Within

We have interviewed Azerbaijani director Ru Hasanov, who won the award for Best Director at Sarajevo's Feature Competition for his strangely specific The...  

21/08/2020 | Sarajevo 2020 | Competition

Benjamin Ree • Director of The Painter and the Thief

“So many surprises I would never have dreamed of punctuated the creative process”

Benjamin Ree • Director of The Painter and the Thief

Norwegian director Benjamin Ree talks to us about his documentary playing at the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund, The Painter and the...  

21/08/2020 | Haugesund 2020

Danijela Stajnfeld • Director of Hold Me Right

"Making this film was a healing process in the aftermath of a sexual assault"

Danijela Stajnfeld • Director of Hold Me Right

Serbia's Danijela Stajnfeld talked to us about her deeply personal Hold Me Right, screening as part of the Documentary Competition of the Sarajevo Film Festival  

21/08/2020 | Sarajevo 2020 | Documentary Competition

Alexandra Likhacheva and Anna Shalashina  • Director and producer of Kretsul

"You see a person who lives a rich, fulfilling life, and not everyone can boast of such an existence"

Alexandra Likhacheva and Anna Shalashina • Director and producer of Kretsul

Russian writer-director Alexandra Likhacheva and producer Anna Shalashina tell us about Kretsul, winner of the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award at...  

20/08/2020 | Transilvania 2020 | TIFF Industry

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