Interviews

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

8308 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 09/07/2025. 655 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
GoCritic! Interview: José Luis Ágreda  • Art director, Robot Dreams

"Sometimes you think fewer features make animation easier, but it's the opposite – you have fewer tools to express emotion"

GoCritic! Interview: José Luis Ágreda • Art director, Robot Dreams

The Spanish illustrator, cartoonist and art director shares his perspective on animation, adaptation and emotion through drawing  

02/12/2024 | GoCritic! | Animest 2024

Ignas Miškinis • Director of The Southern Chronicles

“Lithuanian cinema has liberated itself, and become braver and younger”

Ignas Miškinis • Director of The Southern Chronicles

We talked to Black Nights’ Baltic Film Competition winner about his film following one young man’s dreams of sporting glory and his first loves in the 1990s  

02/12/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Baltic Film Competition

GoCritic! Interview: Peter Dodd  • Animation director, Kensuke's Kingdom

"The whole film is actually about a guy that really needs a hug... and I think that hug is the best part of the film"

GoCritic! Interview: Peter Dodd • Animation director, Kensuke's Kingdom

The UK-based animation director sat down with GoCritic! to talk about the subtle artistry behind the film’s emotional impact  

02/12/2024 | GoCritic! | Animest 2024

GoCritic! Interview: Pierre-Luc Granjon  • Director

"What I like about my techniques is working with my hands, rather than spending life in front of a computer"

GoCritic! Interview: Pierre-Luc Granjon • Director

The French director discussed his approach to different animation techniques, elaborating on a masterclass conducted at Animest  

02/12/2024 | GoCritic! | Animest 2024

Laura Hojman  • Director of Un hombre libre

"Memory is a fundamental part of building a future"

Laura Hojman • Director of Un hombre libre

The director discusses her documentary, in which she examines the figure of Spanish author Agustín Gómez Arcos, who fled his country during the dictatorship...  

30/11/2024 | Seville 2024

José Manuel Carrasco  • Director of Myocardium

"I wanted to send a message of optimism with this film"

José Manuel Carrasco • Director of Myocardium

The Spanish director breaks down his second feature, in which he follows a couple consisting of an actress and an author who delve into their past  

30/11/2024 | Seville 2024

Eliza Petkova, Nicolas Kronauer • Director and producer of The Worker

“The film stands for the dissonance between what we hope for and what actually awaits us in the world”

Eliza Petkova, Nicolas Kronauer • Director and producer of The Worker

The Bulgarian director and German producer break down their upcoming film, which won the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at Industry@Tallinn &...  

29/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event

Paul Kowalski • Director of Sardinia

“There’s something to be said for the uniqueness of each struggle shaping the final creative product”

Paul Kowalski • Director of Sardinia

The UK-born director of Polish heritage breaks down his short film, which has been longlisted for the 2025 Academy Awards  

29/11/2024 | /USA/Poland

Maciej J Drygas • Director of Trains

“This film has a dark conclusion: we don’t learn from our mistakes; we repeat them”

Maciej J Drygas • Director of Trains

We chatted to the Polish documentary director, whose recent IDFA winner reflects on the atrocities and joys of the 20th century  

29/11/2024 | IDFA 2024

Kamal Aljafari • Director of A Fidai Film

"This film is not only about Palestine, but about any place that has been occupied and any people subjected to oppression"

Kamal Aljafari • Director of A Fidai Film

The Palestinian director talks about his feature built from archival images looted by the Israeli army that the filmmaker reworked to express the reality of...  

28/11/2024 | IDFA 2024

Gábor Böszörményi • Distributor, Mozinet

“We are witnessing the rise of Hungarian independent films”

Gábor Böszörményi • Distributor, Mozinet

The distributor spoke about his firm’s business model, some of its successful campaigns and the peculiarities of the Hungarian market, among other topics  

28/11/2024 | Distributor of the Month

Sacha Amaral • Director of The Pleasure Is Mine

“I’ve always had in mind an ambiguous character who doesn’t know the meaning of his path yet but wants something”

Sacha Amaral • Director of The Pleasure Is Mine

The Buenos Aires-based Brazilian director discusses the desires and motivations of his enigmatic 20-year-old protagonist  

28/11/2024 | Gijón 2024

Pelayo Muñiz Cabal • Director of Boreal

“We wanted the viewer to ask themselves: ‘Who am I, and how many different people can I be?’”

Pelayo Muñiz Cabal • Director of Boreal

With his sci-fi feature debut, the Asturian director zooms in on a family that falls apart under strange circumstances  

28/11/2024 | Gijón 2024

Najiba Noori, Rasul Noori • Director and co-director of Writing Hawa

“It’s not just my mum's story; it’s also the story of so many other women who have been through the same experiences”

Najiba Noori, Rasul Noori • Director and co-director of Writing Hawa

The director and co-director, also siblings, describe the shared intentions behind their film, a personal look at their mother’s life and three generations...  

27/11/2024 | IDFA 2024

Anna Recalde Miranda • Director of Green Is the New Red

“The label of activism is the best one in the world”

Anna Recalde Miranda • Director of Green Is the New Red

The Italian-Paraguayan director analyses her sharp, critical look at Paraguay’s political past and present  

27/11/2024 | IDFA 2024

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