Interviews

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

8293 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 03/07/2025. 661 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Lun Sevnik  • Director of Playing

“I am not really a fan of ‘hope’, but I will be glad if the film can open up discussion”

Lun Sevnik • Director of Playing

As his Czech short film Playing prepared to screen at EFP’s Future Frames at Karlovy Vary, we caught up with Slovenian director Lun Sevnik to talk about it  

21/06/2019 | Future Frames 2019

Pamela Tola • Director of Ladies of Steel

“I have forced myself to face my own fears”

Pamela Tola • Director of Ladies of Steel

Cineuropa talked to one of Finland’s most recognisable actresses about her second feature film as a director, Ladies of Steel, currently in production  

20/06/2019

Irfan Avdić  • Director of Precious

"The fact I went out and studied film and theatre directing, and not law, engineering, economy or medicine, was a somewhat irresponsible gamble"

Irfan Avdić • Director of Precious

As his short film Precious prepared to screen at EFP’s Future Frames at Karlovy Vary, we caught up with Bosnian filmmaker Irfan Avdić to talk about it  

20/06/2019 | Future Frames 2019

GoCritic! Interview: José Luis Ágreda  • Art director of Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles

“We didn’t want to embellish anything”

GoCritic! Interview: José Luis Ágreda • Art director of Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles

GoCritic! talked to the art director of Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles, which screened at Animafest Zagreb and was awarded at Annecy  

19/06/2019 | GoCritic! | Animafest Zagreb 2019

Gregor Valentovič  • Director of Kid

“There’s beauty in the small details we tend to overlook”

Gregor Valentovič • Director of Kid

As his short film Kid prepared to screen at EFP’s Future Frames at Karlovy Vary, we caught up with Slovak filmmaker Gregor Valentovič to talk about it  

19/06/2019 | Future Frames 2019

Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre  • Director of The Mustang

“It is by taking root in reality that I manage to create fiction”

Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre • Director of The Mustang

French director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre tells us about her debut feature, The Mustang, shot in the United States, first screened at Sundance, and now out...  

19/06/2019

Jonatan Etzler  • Director of Get Ready With Me

"Film is a powerful tool, and now suddenly we’re in a time of social media when everybody’s a filmmaker"

Jonatan Etzler • Director of Get Ready With Me

As his short film Get Ready With Me prepared to screen at EFP’s Future Frames at Karlovy Vary, we caught up with Swedish filmmaker Jonatan Etzler to talk...  

18/06/2019 | Future Frames 2019

David Duponchel  • Director, Al Este Film Festival, Lima

"The main objective is to keep putting on the festival and continue to grow as we have done so far"

David Duponchel • Director, Al Este Film Festival, Lima

We met up with David Duponchel, director of the Al Este Central and Eastern European Film Festival, to take stock of the first decade of the gathering’s...  

18/06/2019 | Al Este 2019

Orwa Nyrabia  • Artistic director, IDFA

"This is not us being nice, smart and progressive; this is us surviving"

Orwa Nyrabia • Artistic director, IDFA

We sat down with IDFA artistic director Orwa Nyrabia to get the low-down on the raft of changes that have just been announced for the upcoming edition  

17/06/2019 | IDFA 2019

Myriam Achard • Chief, New Media Partnerships and PR, Centre Phi

"We actively look to put our experience to good use by projecting it outwards"

Myriam Achard • Chief, New Media Partnerships and PR, Centre Phi

We met with the woman who plays a key role in exporting the expertise acquired by Montreal’s Phi Centre in the field of virtual reality: Myriam Achard  

17/06/2019

Ben Gibson  • Director, DFFB

“DFFB is consistently capturing real audiences for real filmmaking”

Ben Gibson • Director, DFFB

We sat down with British film producer Ben Gibson to chat about his experience so far as head of the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB)  

14/06/2019

Carlos Marques-Marcet • Director of The Days to Come

"The biggest challenge is to show what the characters are thinking"

Carlos Marques-Marcet • Director of The Days to Come

Carlos Marques-Marcet presented his third film The Days to Come at the 47th Huesca International Film Festival, two weeks ahead of its release in Spanish...  

13/06/2019

Dorina Oargă  • Project manager, TIFF Unlimited

“We aim to have a portfolio that is as dynamic as possible”

Dorina Oargă • Project manager, TIFF Unlimited

At its 18th edition, the Transilvania IFF became even more audience-friendly thanks to the VoD service TIFF Unlimited; project manager Dorina Oargă told us...  

12/06/2019 | Transilvania 2019

Mads Brügger • Director of Cold Case Hammarskjöld

“I love mysteries which refuse to be demystified”

Mads Brügger • Director of Cold Case Hammarskjöld

We spoke with the Danish journalist and filmmaker Mads Brügger about his Sundance-award-winning documentary Cold Case Hammarskjöld, now in competition at...  

12/06/2019 | Biografilm 2019

Gints Zilbalodis  • Director of Away

“I was working on it alone for a long time, and I really didn’t know if people would like it or not”

Gints Zilbalodis • Director of Away

We caught up with Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis to chat about his fairy tale-like animated adventure Away, which is screening at the Annecy Film Festival  

11/06/2019 | Annecy 2019

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