Interviews

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

8369 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 27/08/2025. 656 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Yuri Semashko • Director of The Swan Song of Fedor Ozerov

“Writing a film is like being a gold miner. You work hard everyday, but when you finally find the gem you’ve been searching for so long, it feels like enlightenment”

Yuri Semashko • Director of The Swan Song of Fedor Ozerov

BERLINALE 2025: The Belarusian director told us about the musical, personal and artistic inspirations behind his feature debut  

18/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Forum

Alissa Jung • Director of Paternal Leave

“There can be so much love between parents and children, so much support and so much hurt”

Alissa Jung • Director of Paternal Leave

BERLINALE 2025: We talked to the German filmmaker about her determined child protagonist, her perspective on family and her casting process  

17/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Generation

Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski • Director of The Memory of Butterflies

"This showed once again to me, that documentary is never objective, it's always about the perspective"

Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski • Director of The Memory of Butterflies

BERLINALE 2025: We talked to the Peruvian filmmaker about her documentary, how she got interested in its subject and how she approached archive images  

17/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Forum

Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay  • Director of Hysteria

“I wanted to describe my world as I know it, and this film is a continuation of that”

Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay • Director of Hysteria

BERLINALE 2025: The German-Turkish director breaks down his new drama feature and the need for humans to be able to communicate  

17/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Panorama

Eva Libertad • Director of Deaf

“A couple’s relationship is put to the test when they face problems”

Eva Libertad • Director of Deaf

BERLINALE 2025: The Spanish filmmaker explains why she decided to explore the complex relationships between hearing people and those with disabilities, like...  

16/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Panorama

Čejen Černić Čanak • Director of Sandbag Dam

“We think that tolerance and acceptance are a given; that’s not true”

Čejen Černić Čanak • Director of Sandbag Dam

BERLINALE 2025: A small village is threatened by a looming flood – and by love – in the Croatian director’s film  

16/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Generation

Valentine Cadic • Director of That Summer in Paris

“When you are alone, you are vulnerable, but you are open to the people around you”

Valentine Cadic • Director of That Summer in Paris

BERLINALE 2025: The French director delves into the intricacies of how she made her debut feature during the Paris Olympics  

16/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Perspectives

Léonor Serraille • Director of Ari

"We’re not looking at a person, we’re with them"

Léonor Serraille • Director of Ari

BERLINALE 2025: The French director unpicks her new movie, a magnetic and organic portrait born out of a very particular working approach with students from...  

16/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Competition

Rebecca Lenkiewicz • Director of Hot Milk

“The pain we go through sometimes creates an alchemy that can become release or self-realisation, but we don't know that at the time”

Rebecca Lenkiewicz • Director of Hot Milk

BERLINALE 2025: The British filmmaker discusses the importance of ambivalence, love and metaphors in her directorial debut  

16/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Competition

Bálint Dániel Sós • Director of Growing Down

"We felt that this is a kind of timeless tragedy"

Bálint Dániel Sós • Director of Growing Down

BERLINALE 2025: We talked to the Hungarian filmmaker about what inspired his debut feature, which tackles the moral and emotional dilemmas faced by parents  

15/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Perspectives

Elmar Imanov • Director of The Kiss of the Grasshopper

“It’s crucial for me to work with people I get along with”

Elmar Imanov • Director of The Kiss of the Grasshopper

BERLINALE 2025: The German-Azeri filmmaker reveals details about the intimate atmosphere in which he creates his cinema and elaborates on the shift to...  

15/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Forum

Robin Petré • Director of Only on Earth

“I couldn’t have predicted the urgency of this film”

Robin Petré • Director of Only on Earth

BERLINALE 2025: With her new documentary feature, the Danish-Swedish director proves that beauty and destruction go hand in hand  

15/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Generation

Brendan Canty • Director of Christy

“It’s a film about a community”

Brendan Canty • Director of Christy

BERLINALE 2025: The Irish director unpicks his tender drama film about a teenage boy who has to exchange a suburban foster home for a much less comfortable...  

15/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Generation

Frelle Petersen • Director of Home Sweet Home

"That was probably the most life-affirming experience I've had in a job"

Frelle Petersen • Director of Home Sweet Home

BERLINALE 2025: We talked to the Danish filmmaker about the intense research that went into the making of his latest feature, which centres on a home care...  

14/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Panorama

Vasilis Kekatos • Director of Our Wildest Days

“It’s a sad world, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be beautiful”

Vasilis Kekatos • Director of Our Wildest Days

BERLINALE 2025: The Greek director breaks down his film, which he describes as both happy and sad, and which says a lot about his devasted home country  

13/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Generation

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