Interviews

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

8300 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 08/07/2025. 655 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Fabio and Damiano D’Innocenzo  • Directors of Bad Tales

“We wanted to put the viewers in a position of uneasiness”

Fabio and Damiano D’Innocenzo • Directors of Bad Tales

BERLINALE 2020: We met up with Fabio and Damiano D’Innocenzo, back in Berlin with Bad Tales, the most unnerving fairy tale in the main competition  

28/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Competition

Ella Rumpf • Actress

"By playing a character, I look for what we are when we're totally naked"

Ella Rumpf • Actress

BERLINALE 2020: We have chatted to Ella Rumpf, the Swiss participant in the 2020 Shooting Stars, about her career  

28/02/2020 | European Shooting Stars 2020

Bartosz Bielenia • Actor

"When you scratch a bit under the surface of the Oscars you find something else…"

Bartosz Bielenia • Actor

BERLINALE 2020: Poland's Shooting Star Bartosz Bielenia talks to us about himself, his work and where his career might lead him to  

28/02/2020 | European Shooting Stars 2020

Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel  • Directors of Notes From the Underworld

“Black-and-white images have the advantage that the viewer is less distracted”

Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel • Directors of Notes From the Underworld

BERLINALE 2020: We chatted to Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel, directors of the documentary Notes From the Underworld, which premiered in the Panorama section  

28/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Panorama

André Øvredal • Director of Mortal

"In addition to the legendary aspect of Mortal, there are also some spectacular elements"

André Øvredal • Director of Mortal

Norwegian director André Øvredal talked to us about his latest feature, Mortal, which is released today in cinemas in Norway  

28/02/2020 | Norway

Patricia D’Intino • Producer, Good Kids

”A producer needs persistence and patience”

Patricia D’Intino • Producer, Good Kids

Interview with Patricia D’Intino, producer for Hungarian company Good Kids and selected for the 2020 Emerging Producers programme  

28/02/2020 | Emerging Producers 2020

Patrick Sobelman and Hugo Sobelman  • Directors of Golda Maria

“This story is bigger than our family”

Patrick Sobelman and Hugo Sobelman • Directors of Golda Maria

BERLINALE 2020: We spoke to Patrick and Hugo Sobelman about their Golda Maria, which brings together three generations  

27/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Berlinale Special

Adrian Cioflâncă  • Co-director of The Exit of the Trains

“The film’s long running time is a humble form of respect”

Adrian Cioflâncă • Co-director of The Exit of the Trains

BERLINALE 2020: The Exit of the Trains, a harrowing documentary essay about the killing of thousands of Jews in 1941, has screened in Forum, and we spoke to...  

27/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Forum

Lisa Weber  • Director of Running on Empty

"It was difficult for me to watch how they were missing every opportunity to get things done, but I learned to accept it"

Lisa Weber • Director of Running on Empty

BERLINALE 2020: We sat down with Lisa Weber, the director of the documentary Running on Empty, which has premiered in the Panorama section  

27/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Panorama

Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond  • Directors of My Little Sister

“We are always cleaning our friendship garden”

Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond • Directors of My Little Sister

BERLINALE 2020: We talked to Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond, the directorial duo behind the main competition title My Little Sister  

27/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Competition

Guillaume Brac • Director of All Hands on Deck

"I need political and social issues to be smuggled in, behind a screen of lightheartedness and comedy"

Guillaume Brac • Director of All Hands on Deck

BERLINALE 2020: French director Guillaume Brac reveals the origins of his cheerful work All Hands on Deck, unveiled in the Panorama line-up  

27/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Panorama

Jitka Kotrlová • Producer, Frame Films

“It’s very hard to find a distributor for art-house films”

Jitka Kotrlová • Producer, Frame Films

Interview with Jitka Kotrlová, producer for Czech company Frame Films and selected for the 2020 Emerging Producers programme  

27/02/2020 | Emerging Producers 2020

Irene Gutiérrez  • Director of Between Dog and Wolf

“My lead characters represent a way of being in the world which has been lost”

Irene Gutiérrez • Director of Between Dog and Wolf

BERLINALE 2020: In the Forum section, Spanish filmmaker Irene Gutiérrez presents her second feature film, Between Dog and Wolf , starring three real-life...  

26/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Forum

Constanze Ruhm • Director of The Notes of Anna Azzori/A Mirror that Travels through Time

"A fresh, feminist perspective on an old art film"

Constanze Ruhm • Director of The Notes of Anna Azzori/A Mirror that Travels through Time

BERLINALE 2020: Austrian artist Constanze Ruhm discusses her essay film The Notes of Anna Azzori/A Mirror that Travels through Time, screening in the Forum...  

26/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Forum

Bettina Böhler • Director of Schlingensief – A Voice that Shook the Silence

"If we were a little bit more courageous we could change something"

Bettina Böhler • Director of Schlingensief – A Voice that Shook the Silence

BERLINALE 2020: German director Bettina Böhler talks about her documentary about artist Christoph Schlingensief, Schlingensief – A Voice that Shook the...  

26/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Panorama

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