Interviews

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

8477 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 11/10/2025. 655 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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

Jorge Cadena  • Director of The Jarariju Sisters

“I want to bring out a new critical perspective of our patriarchal and heteronormative society”

Jorge Cadena • Director of The Jarariju Sisters

We asked Colombian director Jorge Cadena to help us explore his Swiss short film The Jarariju Sisters, which will be at the EFP’s Future Frames at Karlovy Vary  

01/07/2019 | Future Frames 2019

Marko Škop  • Director of Let There Be Light

Let There Be Light is my own authentic message”

Marko Škop • Director of Let There Be Light

Cineuropa talked to Slovakian writer-director Marko Škop about Let There Be Light, his follow-up to the critically acclaimed Eva Nová, the polarisation of...  

01/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | Competition

Hugo Rosák  • Head of industry, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

“Discovering new projects is a passion for our entire team”

Hugo Rosák • Head of industry, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Head of industry at KVIFF Hugo Rosák talks to us about the First Cut Lab, Eastern Promises and scouting new projects  

01/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | KVIFF Eastern Promises

Jonás Trueba • Director of The August Virgin

"I enjoy feeling like a tourist in my own city"

Jonás Trueba • Director of The August Virgin

Spanish filmmaker Jonás Trueba is visiting Karlovy Vary for the first time with his fifth film, The August Virgin, shot on the streets of Madrid during last...  

28/06/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019

GoCritic! Interview: Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre  • Director, scholar, founder of MJSTP Films

"It is our turn to re-envision the world"

GoCritic! Interview: Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre • Director, scholar, founder of MJSTP Films

We interviewed the acclaimed Canadian feminist director, producer and scholar who presented her PhD research on feminist discourse in the 1970s Quebec...  

27/06/2019 | GoCritic! | Animafest Zagreb 2019

Anna Roller • Director of The Last Children of Paradise

“I love to explore the things that are happening just inside our heads - and in a movie we can show them”

Anna Roller • Director of The Last Children of Paradise

Anna Roller spoke to Cineuropa about her short The Last Children of Paradise before it screens as part of EFP’s Future Frames at the Karlovy Vary...  

27/06/2019 | Future Frames 2019

Armand Rovira • Director of Letters to Paul Morrissey

"Pop culture is inside of me"

Armand Rovira • Director of Letters to Paul Morrissey

The Spanish filmmaker and teacher Armand Rovira attended the 34th Valencia International Film Festival Cinema Jove to present his risky, cinephile and...  

27/06/2019 | Cinema Jove 2019

Peter Sant  • Director of Of Time and the Sea

“Filmmaking is almost an extension of colonialism”

Peter Sant • Director of Of Time and the Sea

We sat down with Australian director Peter Sant, who broke down his Maltese-language feature debut, Of Time and the Sea, which screened at Valletta last week  

26/06/2019 | Valletta 2019

Signe Birkova • Director of He Was Called Chaos Bērziņš

“As long as there is silver on film strip – you cannot lose”

Signe Birkova • Director of He Was Called Chaos Bērziņš

As short film He Was Called Chaos Bērziņš looks forward to its international premiere at Karlovy Vary, as part of EFP's Future Frames, Cineuropa talked to...  

26/06/2019 | Future Frames 2019

Karel Och  • Artistic director, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

“We want to challenge the audience with a charming attack on the brain and the heart”

Karel Och • Artistic director, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Karel Och, the artistic director of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, discusses the expansion of its territorial scope and its “gently edgy”...  

26/06/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019

István Kovács • Director of A Siege

“The desperate search for our humanity and dignity is something we will never abandon”

István Kovács • Director of A Siege

Hungarian filmmaker István Kovács talked to us about his short film A Siege, which prepares to screen as part of EFP’s Future Frames at Karlovy Vary  

25/06/2019 | Future Frames 2019

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