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. 646 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Srdan Golubović  • Director of Father

"It’s a Balkan-style Paris, Texas of sorts"

Srdan Golubović • Director of Father

BERLINALE 2020: We talked to Srdan Golubović, whose latest film, Father, world-premiered in Panorama, where it won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the...  

04/03/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Panorama

Mariusz Wilczyński  • Director of Kill It and Leave This Town

“I can see that the universal themes in my film shine through”

Mariusz Wilczyński • Director of Kill It and Leave This Town

BERLINALE 2020: Cineuropa met up with Polish director Mariusz Wilczyński to discuss his animation Kill It and Leave this Town, which was part of the newly...  

04/03/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Encounters

Faraz Shariat  • Director of No Hard Feelings

“People suffer everyday racism in the form of not being entitled to decide themselves who they are”

Faraz Shariat • Director of No Hard Feelings

BERLINALE 2020: We discussed the feature No Hard Feelings with its director, Faraz Shariat, to find out more about its themes and its origins  

04/03/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Panorama

Aneil Karia  • Director of Surge

"I wanted the film to be first and foremost a kind of experience and a ride, more than governed by the plot"

Aneil Karia • Director of Surge

BERLINALE 2020: We sat down with British writer-director Aneil Karia to chat about Surge, urban spaces and the frustrations of modern society  

04/03/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Panorama

Fawzia Mahmood • Producer, NW Pictures

“As filmmakers, we have to be always vigilant about what we’re lending our hand to”

Fawzia Mahmood • Producer, NW Pictures

Interview with Fawzia Mahmood, producer for British company NW Pictures and selected for the 2020 Emerging Producers programme  

04/03/2020 | Emerging Producers 2020

Victoria Carmen Sonne • Actress

"Cancelling a project is just like losing a great love"

Victoria Carmen Sonne • Actress

BERLINALE 2020: Denmark's Shooting Star Victoria Carmen Sonne talks to us about herself, her work and where her career might lead her to  

04/03/2020 | European Shooting Stars 2020

Pääru Oja • Actor

"Since the reality star became a ruler of the free world, the responsibility of the actor is to represent good taste"

Pääru Oja • Actor

BERLINALE 2020: We sat down with Estonian actor Pääru Oja, selected for the 2020 Shooting Stars  

04/03/2020 | European Shooting Stars 2020

Jonas Dassler • Actor

"Acting is for me to be there with your partner"

Jonas Dassler • Actor

BERLINALE 2020: German actor Jonas Dassler, one of the 2020 Shooting Stars, talks to us about his work experience  

04/03/2020 | European Shooting Stars 2020

Bassam Tariq  • Director of Mogul Mowgli

"Dark humour and things that are quite black are really exciting for me"

Bassam Tariq • Director of Mogul Mowgli

BERLINALE 2020: We chatted to Bassam Tariq about his new effort Mogul Mowgli, working with Riz Ahmed and imbuing the film with black humour  

03/03/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Panorama

David Zamagni and Nadia Ranocchi • Directors of Zeus Machine. The Invincible

“We started by re-writing the Twelve Labours, adapting them to our modern-day reality and the world around us”

David Zamagni and Nadia Ranocchi • Directors of Zeus Machine. The Invincible

BERLINALE 2020: We interviewed David Zamagni and Nadia Ranocchi, the directors of the highly original reinterpretation of the myth of Hercules Zeus Machine....  

03/03/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Forum

Martina Apostolova • Actress

"I'm always imagining the life of my character before we met"

Martina Apostolova • Actress

BERLINALE 2020: Bulgarian Shooting Star Martina Apostolova talks to us about her emerging film career  

03/03/2020 | European Shooting Stars 2020

Oleg Sentsov  • Director of Numbers

“When you are able to topple the old regime, that does not automatically mean you are able to build a better one”

Oleg Sentsov • Director of Numbers

BERLINALE 2020: Ukrainian helmer Oleh Sentsov, who made his new film, Numbers, while in prison, talked to us about working on set remotely and his love of...  

03/03/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Berlinale Special

Zita Hanrot • Actress

"I want to shoot my own movie in London and I'm looking for a producer"

Zita Hanrot • Actress

BERLINALE 2020: We have chatted to Zita Hanrot, the French participant in the 2020 Shooting Stars, about her career and her new projects  

03/03/2020 | European Shooting Stars 2020

Puk Eisenhardt • Producer, GotFat Production

“We all need to hear about the next Malala, Greta or Rosa”

Puk Eisenhardt • Producer, GotFat Production

Interview with Puk Eisenhardt, producer for Danish company GotFat Production and selected for the 2020 Emerging Producers programme  

03/03/2020 | Emerging Producers 2020

Matteo Garrone  • Director of Pinocchio

"The best way to surprise people was to go back to the original book"

Matteo Garrone • Director of Pinocchio

BERLINALE 2020: We caught up with Matteo Garrone to discover more about his Roberto Benigni-starring adaptation of Pinocchio, screening in the Berlinale...  

02/03/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Berlinale Special

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