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8443 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 18/09/2025. 647 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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KVIFF Eastern Promises Industry Days award winners

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KVIFF Eastern Promises Industry Days award winners

We interviewed the winners of the Works in Progress and Docs in Progress awards at the KVIFF Eastern Promises Industry Days of the 54th Karlovy Vary...  

08/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | KVIFF Eastern Promises

Serhat Karaaslan • Director of Passed By Censor

"There are two things in my film: the world the character lives in and the world he's creating in his mind"

Serhat Karaaslan • Director of Passed By Censor

Turkish first-time filmmaker Serhat Karaaslan visited the East of the West competition of Karlovy Vary with his Turkish-German-French co-production Passed...  

06/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | East of the West

Laila Pakalnina • Director of Spoon

"If we talk to people through emotions, from soul to soul, it's maybe even more effective than TV and journalism"

Laila Pakalnina • Director of Spoon

Latvian filmmaker Laila Pakalnina discusses with us her latest title, Spoon, world-premiered in the Documentary Competition of Karlovy Vary  

06/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | Documentary Competition

Ksenia Okhapkina • Director of Immortal

"We adapt to our environment because we need to survive, it’s our instinct"

Ksenia Okhapkina • Director of Immortal

We have interviewed Russian filmmaker Ksenia Okhapkina, who has just won the Grand Prix in the Documentary Competition at Karlovy Vary with her...  

06/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | Documentary Competition

Vardis Marinakis • Director of Zizotek

"Longing for love is the main core of the film"

Vardis Marinakis • Director of Zizotek

Greek filmmaker Vardis Marinakis returned to Karlovy Vary to present his new film, Zizotek, in the East of the West competition - and we asked him some...  

06/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | East of the West

Stefan Malesevic • Director of Mamonga

"My experience in life is that tragedies are never only tragedies"

Stefan Malesevic • Director of Mamonga

Serbian director Stefan Malesevic has presented his first feature Mamonga in the East of the West competition at Karlovy Vary, and we discussed it with him  

06/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | East of the West

GoCritic! Interview: Tim Mielants • Director of Patrick

"I used the five stages of grief as my structure: denial, anger, paranoia, depression and finally, acceptance"

GoCritic! Interview: Tim Mielants • Director of Patrick

GoCritic! chatted with the Belgian filmmaker whose first feature film world-premiered in Karlovy Vary Competition  

05/07/2019 | GoCritic! | Karlovy Vary 2019

GoCritic! Interview: Kıvanç Sezer • Director of La Belle Indifference

“We can all succumb to denial as a defence mechanism, but if it goes too far it can ruin your life”

GoCritic! Interview: Kıvanç Sezer • Director of La Belle Indifference

We talked with the Turkish director whose second feature has world-premiered in Karlovy Vary Competition  

05/07/2019 | GoCritic! | Karlovy Vary 2019

Tim Mielants • Director of Patrick

"I just like the juxtaposition between a big, romantic scope and this simple character"

Tim Mielants • Director of Patrick

Belgian filmmaker Tim Mielants presented his first feature, Patrick, in competition at Karlovy Vary, and he talked to us about it  

05/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | Competition

Jan Ole Gerster • Director of Lara

"I'm still fascinated by the process of editing and the unexplainable magic that can happen to the film"

Jan Ole Gerster • Director of Lara

We met up with German filmmaker Jan Ole Gerster at Karlovy Vary to discuss Lara, the follow-up to his 2012 hit Oh Boy, presented in the Crystal Globe...  

05/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | Competition

GoCritic! Interview: Jan-Ole Gerster • Director of Lara

"The process of working on Lara was the other way around from the one on Oh Boy"

GoCritic! Interview: Jan-Ole Gerster • Director of Lara

We chatted with the German director whose highly anticipated sophomore feature screened in Karlovy Vary Competition  

04/07/2019 | GoCritic! | Karlovy Vary 2019

Natalie Cubides-Brady • Director of Beyond the North Winds: A Post Nuclear Reverie

"Fictions can illuminate what’s real, just as documentary can capture human fictions”

Natalie Cubides-Brady • Director of Beyond the North Winds: A Post Nuclear Reverie

British filmmaker Natalie Cubides-Brady talked to us about her short film Beyond the North Winds: A Post Nuclear Reverie, screened as part of EFP’s Future...  

04/07/2019 | Future Frames 2019

Martti Helde • Director of Scandinavian Silence

"If you have all the options, tools and creative choices in the world, it’s not really a creative process"

Martti Helde • Director of Scandinavian Silence

Estonian director Martti Helde discusses the challenges of making his sophomore effort, Scandinavian Silence, screening in Karlovy Vary’s East of the West...  

04/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | East of the West

Karolis Kaupinis • Director of Nova Lituania

“You recognise yourself better in the past than in the present”

Karolis Kaupinis • Director of Nova Lituania

We caught up with Lithuanian director Karolis Kaupinis to delve deeper into his feature debut, Nova Lituania  

04/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | East of the West

Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov • Directors of The Father

"We were fascinated by how easily an otherwise completely rational person could fall for the supernatural"

Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov • Directors of The Father

Bulgarian directors Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov talked to us about their absurdist tale The Father, world-premiered in competition at Karlovy Vary  

03/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | Competition

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