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.

 
Themba Bhebhe  • Coordinator, Diversity & Inclusion, European Film Market

“One of the most powerful arguments for diversity and inclusion in the film industry is that of proportional representation”

Themba Bhebhe • Coordinator, Diversity & Inclusion, European Film Market

We spoke to Themba Bhebhe, who is in charge of the Diversity & Inclusion initiative at the European Film Market  

20/05/2019 | Euro Film Fest

Pamela Leu  • Founder and CEO, Be For Films

“I’m always happy for the movies to be shown in the most remote, craziest, and most difficult and different parts of the world”

Pamela Leu • Founder and CEO, Be For Films

We chatted to Pamela Leu, the founder of Be For Films, an independent film sales agent in Belgium  

20/05/2019 | Euro Film Fest

Marjorie Bendeck  • Director, Connecting Cottbus

“A clear concept and consistency over the years are good ingredients in order to bind and engage the audience”

Marjorie Bendeck • Director, Connecting Cottbus

In this interview, Marjorie Bendeck, the director of Connecting Cottbus, breaks down the inner workings of the co-production market and the local film industry  

20/05/2019 | Euro Film Fest

Johannes Ebert  • Secretary general, Goethe-Institut

“European film is what conveys the diversity of European culture”

Johannes Ebert • Secretary general, Goethe-Institut

The secretary general of the Goethe-Institut, Johannes Ebert, explains how the institute works and how it is involved in the “Support to EU Film Festivals”...  

20/05/2019 | Euro Film Fest

Jason Ryle  • Executive director, imagineNATIVE

“Programming is one of the most amazing, but also one of the most difficult, things about film-festival work”

Jason Ryle • Executive director, imagineNATIVE

The executive, artistic and managing director of the imagineNATIVE festival, Jason Ryle, talks about the submission and selection process, and the...  

20/05/2019 | Euro Film Fest

Guilhem Caillard | • Managing director, Cinemania

“Our funding system is a happy medium between US private and French public funding”

Guilhem Caillard | • Managing director, Cinemania

Guilhem Caillard talks about the organisation of side events, the financing of a film festival, programming and the use of social media to promote events  

20/05/2019 | Euro Film Fest

Anne Tallineau  • Executive director, Institut français

“We hope to give international audiences an idea of European values that are at the heart of European cinema”

Anne Tallineau • Executive director, Institut français

Anne Tallineau, executive director of the Institut français, talks about the aim and the work of the institute  

20/05/2019 | Euro Film Fest

René Louis Cacciuttolo • CEO, VRRoom

"Our goal is to meet many film festival programmers and organisers, producers and creators"

René Louis Cacciuttolo • CEO, VRRoom

CANNES 2019: We have met up with René Louis Cacciuttolo, CEO of VR-oriented media outlet VRRoom, at the innovation hub of the Marché du Film  

19/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Marché du Film

Yohan Bouché  • CEO, Onirix

"We have to create a virtual cycle between venues, studios and viewers"

Yohan Bouché • CEO, Onirix

CANNES 2019: At the Marché du Film, Onirix CEO Yohan Bouché talks about advancing mass adoption of cinematic VR through premium and comfortable technology  

19/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Marché du Film

Maciej Glowiak  • Project manager, Immersify

"It was great to be here and demonstrate our technologies"

Maciej Glowiak • Project manager, Immersify

CANNES 2019: We met up with Maciej Glowiak to talk about Immersify, a project providing cutting edge tools for the next generation of immersive media, at...  

19/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Marché du Film

Bertrand Bonello  • Director of Zombi Child

"Films are also made for communicating with spirits"

Bertrand Bonello • Director of Zombi Child

CANNES 2019: French filmmaker Bertrand Bonello explains the thinking behind Zombi Child which was unveiled in the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film...  

19/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

Hlynur Pálmason  • Director of A White, White Day

"I wanted to explore how it is to love and hate someone at the same time"

Hlynur Pálmason • Director of A White, White Day

CANNES 2019: Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason visits Cannes with his second feature A White, White Day, selected in the Critics' Week  

19/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Critics' Week

Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts  • Directors of For Sama

"We wanted this to be the story of the people who were there"

Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts • Directors of For Sama

CANNES 2019: Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts discuss their documentary For Sama, selected as a Special Screening at the French festival after having...  

19/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Special Screening

Jean-Yves Roubin  • Producer, Frakas Productions

"Genre cinema offers a lot of freedom in terms of form and discourse"

Jean-Yves Roubin • Producer, Frakas Productions

CANNES 2019: We met with Jean-Yves Roubin, founder of Frakas Productions, the co-producer of two films showcased in Cannes this year: Atlantics and Vivarium  

18/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Marché du film

Ladj Ly  • Director of Les Misérables

"People tend to tell our story in our name"

Ladj Ly • Director of Les Misérables

CANNES 2019: We have met up with French director Ladj Ly, whose debut feature Les Misérables has been selected to compete for the Palme d'Or  

18/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Competition

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