Interviews

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

8709 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 09/03/2026. 633 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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

Ruxandra Ghiţescu • Director of Otto the Barbarian

“Any less-than-perfect reality tends to be marginalised and hidden away”

Ruxandra Ghiţescu • Director of Otto the Barbarian

Romanian director Ruxandra Ghiţescu tells us about her film Otto the Barbarian, centred on a 17-year-old punk whose girlfriend has just committed suicide  

19/08/2020 | Sarajevo 2020 | Competition

Djuro Gavran • Director of One of Us

"This film is about social reactions to discovering a case of sexual abuse of children"

Djuro Gavran • Director of One of Us

Croatia's Djuro Gavran talked about his documentary One of Us, which revolves around speaking about a horror with which we are faced but cannot come to...  

19/08/2020 | Sarajevo 2020 | Documentary Competition

Maïmouna Doucouré • Director of Cuties

“This isn’t a health & safety ad”

Maïmouna Doucouré • Director of Cuties

French filmmaker Maïmouna Doucouré tells us about her feature debut, Cuties, awarded at Sundance and Berlin and acquired by Netflix, now landing in French...  

18/08/2020 | /France

More Raça • Director of Andromeda Galaxy

"This is the struggle for basic existence of a common middle-aged man in Kosovo"

More Raça • Director of Andromeda Galaxy

We have talked to Kosovan director More Raça, who has world-premiered her first feature film Andromeda Galaxy at the Sarajevo Film Festival  

18/08/2020 | Sarajevo 2020 | Competition

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