Interviews

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

8308 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 09/07/2025. 655 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Cherien Dabis • Director of All That's Left of You

“One of my deepest desires with this film from the beginning has always been to create something that has the power to heal”

Cherien Dabis • Director of All That's Left of You

The Palestinian-Jordanian-US director talks about production design, family histories and generating narratives of healing amidst landscapes of trauma  

26/01/2025 | Sundance 2025 | Premieres

Nadia Fall • Director of Brides

“In film, it's very hard to represent social media poetically, without it feeling forced and a bit embarrassing”

Nadia Fall • Director of Brides

The British director unpicks her feature debut, which tells the story of two young women in search of what they think will be a better life  

25/01/2025 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Georgi M Unkovski • Director of DJ Ahmet

“One of the first images I had in my head was of this shepherd running into a techno rave in the forest”

Georgi M Unkovski • Director of DJ Ahmet

The Macedonian director spoke with Cineuropa about the striking sonic inspirations behind his feature debut, leading to an inventive take on the...  

24/01/2025 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Tarik Saleh • Director

"It’s our duty to ensure greater value is placed on film"

Tarik Saleh • Director

We met with the director behind The Nile Hilton Incident and Boy from Heaven, who’s also a member of the filmmakers’ jury at MyFrenchFilmFestival, while in...  

24/01/2025 | /Sweden/France

Edgardo Pistone • Director of Ciao bambino

“Adults are the biggest adversaries of freedom because they don’t let adolescents enjoy being carefree”

Edgardo Pistone • Director of Ciao bambino

We sat down with the Neapolitan director to discuss harmful inheritance, impossible love and non-places  

23/01/2025 | /Italy

Monica Felea, Stefan Bradea • Distributors, Bad Unicorn

“We’ve never lost our enthusiasm, nor our desire to share cinematic gems”

Monica Felea, Stefan Bradea • Distributors, Bad Unicorn

The two distributors speak about the Romanian market, the firm’s eclectic catalogue and their growing efforts to intercept young audiences  

22/01/2025 | Distributor of the Month

Chiara Fleischhacker • Director of Vena

“I went through pregnancy and childbirth myself for the first time, but had never seen it represented like this in cinema”

Chiara Fleischhacker • Director of Vena

The winner of the First Steps Award tells us about her motivation to tell this particular story and about her realistic approach to the topics it broaches  

22/01/2025 | /Germany

Fleur Fortuné • Director of The Assessment

“As a director, there's always the conscious aspects you bring with you as well as the unconscious you”

Fleur Fortuné • Director of The Assessment

The French music video director-turned-feature filmmaker talks about her debut film’s crucial component parts, including its talented core trio of actors  

21/01/2025 | Tromsø 2025

GoCritic! Interview: Zane Oborenko • Director of short film Kafka in Love

“All of this is about translation”

GoCritic! Interview: Zane Oborenko • Director of short film Kafka in Love

The Latvian animator discusses adaptation and romantic truths in relation to her short film inspired by Franz Kafka’s love letters to writer and journalist...  

16/01/2025 | GoCritic! | Animateka 2024

Louise Lindlar  • Head, MOP-Industry

“What young filmmakers need the most is visibility”

Louise Lindlar • Head, MOP-Industry

The freshly appointed director of the Max Ophüls Prize’s industry strand breaks down the highlights of this year’s programme  

15/01/2025 | Max Ophüls Prize 2025 | MOP-Industry

Duván Duque  • Producer of Stink Eye

“I was surprised and excited by such a unique portrayal of contemporary girlhood”

Duván Duque • Producer of Stink Eye

The Continente Pictures head discusses his work with director Cristina Sánchez Salamanca on the project that won the Coprocity Development Prize in November  

14/01/2025 | Coprocity 2024

Ibrahim Nash’at  • Director of Hollywoodgate

“The most critical obstacle we faced during the production was the decision not to film with civilians”

Ibrahim Nash’at • Director of Hollywoodgate

The Berlin-based Egyptian director discusses his approach to balancing his personal vision as a filmmaker with the responsibility of representing the...  

13/01/2025 | /Germany/USA

Directors Talks @ European Film Awards 2024

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Directors Talks @ European Film Awards 2024

We have caught up with Saule Bliuvaite, Magnus von Horn and Mohammad Rasoulof to discuss their films, nominated at the European Film Awards  

10/01/2025 | European Film Awards 2024

Red Carpet @ European Film Awards 2024

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Red Carpet @ European Film Awards 2024

At the European Film Awards, we crossed paths with stars, directors and European Film Academy heads, including new president Juliette Binoche  

10/01/2025 | European Film Awards 2024

Isabel Herguera • Director of Sultana's Dream

"Finally, these boundaries between techniques are little by little being thrown down"

Isabel Herguera • Director of Sultana's Dream

The Spanish filmmaker delves into her film, which was nominated for European Animated Feature Film, and consequently, for European Film  

09/01/2025 | European Film Awards 2024

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