Interviews

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

8480 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 13/10/2025. 656 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Raphaël Brunschwig  • COO of Locarno Film Festival

“A film festival is a collective project, it’s part of an ecosystem based on many layers”

Raphaël Brunschwig • COO of Locarno Film Festival

Raphaël Brunschwig breaks down the particularities of the Locarno Film Festival, which is one of the longest-running film festivals and screens movies at...  

23/02/2020 | Euro Film Fest

Hrönn Marinósdóttir  • Director of Reykjavik International Film Festival

In Iceland we have this special regulation which allows the cinema owners to also be distributors

Hrönn Marinósdóttir • Director of Reykjavik International Film Festival

Hrönn Marinósdóttir tells us how she founded the Reykjavik International Film Festival in 2004  

23/02/2020 | Euro Film Fest

Emilie Boucheteil  • Director of Cinema Department Institut français

We work daily with the international sales agents because we buy film rights for public screenings so it’s non-commercial but it is still a deal

Emilie Boucheteil • Director of Cinema Department Institut français

Emilie Boucheteil describes the role of the cinema department at the Institut français  

23/02/2020 | Euro Film Fest

Teboho Edkins • Director of Days of Cannibalism

"I try to become a part of the community - that’s the only way I can tell the stories"

Teboho Edkins • Director of Days of Cannibalism

BERLINALE 2020: We met up with Teboho Edkins to discuss his documentary Days of Cannibalism, screening in Panorama, which delves deep into the...  

22/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Panorama

Giedrė Burokaitė • Producer, Meno Avilys

“Documentary is a dangerous form of storytelling”

Giedrė Burokaitė • Producer, Meno Avilys

Interview with Giedrė Burokaitė, producer for Lithuanian company Meno Avilys and selected for the 2020 Emerging Producers programme  

22/02/2020 | Emerging Producers 2020

Louis Henderson • Director of Ouvertures

"This film is an hybrid production between art and cinema"

Louis Henderson • Director of Ouvertures

BERLINALE 2020: British filmmaker Louis Henderson, member of The Living and the Dead Ensemble, talks about their Forum-screened documentary Ouvertures,...  

22/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Forum

Véronique Encrenaz  • Head of MIFA

“There is a big audience for children animation films but concerning adult animation films, it is more difficult because audiences are not used to it yet”

Véronique Encrenaz • Head of MIFA

Véronique Encrenaz explains MIFA’s different markets and the important role that students play during the festival  

22/02/2020 | Euro Film Fest

Brigid O'Shea  • Founder, Documentary Association of Europe

"DAE is all about closing the gaps"

Brigid O'Shea • Founder, Documentary Association of Europe

BERLINALE 2020: We talked to Brigid O'Shea, one of the founders of the Documentary Association of Europe, which is having its official launch at the...  

21/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | EFM

Lin Sternal • Director of Perro

"The lives of indigenous people are constantly threatened by higher forces, controlled by power and greed"

Lin Sternal • Director of Perro

BERLINALE 2020: German director Lin Sternal talks to us about her documentary Perro, which revolves around a threatened indigenous community in Nicaragua...  

21/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Generation

Jon Holmberg  • Director of Sune – Best Man

“My ambition was just to make a good film”

Jon Holmberg • Director of Sune – Best Man

BERLINALE 2020: Cineuropa talked to Jon Holmberg, the director behind the Sune franchise, just before he headed off to Berlin for the second time  

21/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Generation

Martina Bleis  • Director, Berlinale Co-Production Market

“We always try to be on top of what producers and their projects need”

Martina Bleis • Director, Berlinale Co-Production Market

BERLINALE 2020: We spoke to the head of the Berlinale Co-Production Market, Martina Bleis, to find out what’s in store at this year’s edition of the...  

21/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | EFM

Jean-Baptiste Fribourg • Producer, La Société des Apaches

“Influence on social and political debates should not be the only purpose of documentaries”

Jean-Baptiste Fribourg • Producer, La Société des Apaches

Interview with Jean-Baptiste Fribourg, producer for French company La Société des Apaches and selected for the 2020 Emerging Producers programme  

21/02/2020 | Emerging Producers 2020

Polo Menárguez • Director of The Plan

"There are some very dangerous ways of understanding masculinity"

Polo Menárguez • Director of The Plan

With his feature debut, The Plan, which is released today in Spanish cinemas, Polo Menárguez has brought Ignasi Vidal’s successful stage play of the same...  

21/02/2020 | Spain

Roberto Cavallini • Producer, Altrove Films

“The most important thing though is to fall in love with a story and its universe”

Roberto Cavallini • Producer, Altrove Films

Interview with Roberto Cavallini, producer for Italian company Altrove Films and selected for the 2020 Emerging Producers programme  

21/02/2020 | Emerging Producers 2020

Anna Falguères and John Shank • Directors of Pompei

"We wanted to free ourselves from a modern-day form of realism so as to broaden the film’s scope"

Anna Falguères and John Shank • Directors of Pompei

BERLINALE 2020: We met with Anna Falguères and John Shank whose first feature film Pompéi is screening within the Generation 14plus line-up  

20/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Generation

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