Interviews

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

8287 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 01/07/2025. 664 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Costanza Quatriglio  • Director of Just Like My Son

"The film's narrative structure reflects my own journey of knowledge"

Costanza Quatriglio • Director of Just Like My Son

We caught up with the Italian filmmaker Costanza Quatriglio, whose film Just Like My Son screened in competition at the Zagreb Film Festival, after...  

21/11/2018 | Zagreb 2018

Markku Pölönen  • Director of Land of Hope

“I walk on the sunny side of the street”

Markku Pölönen • Director of Land of Hope

We met up with Finnish helmer Markku Pölönen to discuss his latest period film, Land of Hope, which is out now in Finnish theatres  

20/11/2018

Steve McQueen  • Director of Widows

“I don’t know: what is me? I just try to do the best I can”

Steve McQueen • Director of Widows

As his fourth film, Widows, hits cinemas around Europe, we chat to British director Steve McQueen about the process behind making the movie  

20/11/2018

Tito Rodríguez  • Head of FICX Industry Days, Gijón International Film Festival

“It’s a bit of a collaborative effort”

Tito Rodríguez • Head of FICX Industry Days, Gijón International Film Festival

We interviewed Tito Rodríguez, head of FICX Industry days — the professional platform at the Gijón International Film Festival, now into its second year  

19/11/2018 | Gijón 2018 | Industry

Marta Ribeiro and Joana Peralta  • Director and producer of Undergrown

“The main element that characterises the film are those youthful emotional impulses”

Marta Ribeiro and Joana Peralta • Director and producer of Undergrown

The winners of the Eurimages Lab Project Award at Thessaloniki, director Marta Ribeiro and producer Joana Peralta, discuss their project Undergrown with us  

19/11/2018 | Thessaloniki 2018 | Industry

Anna Odell  • Director of X&Y

“I have decided that art is more important than fear”

Anna Odell • Director of X&Y

We sat down with Swedish director Anna Odell to talk about how she explores gender identity in a limitless world between fiction and reality in X&Y  

16/11/2018 | Stockholm 2018

Frédéric Brillion  • President, Union of Film Producers

"There's no good or bad side"

Frédéric Brillion • President, Union of Film Producers

Producer Frédéric Brillion, president of France's Union of Film Producers, gives his point of view on the new agreement linking Canal+ to the French film...  

15/11/2018

Víctor Moreno  • Director of The Hidden City

"Going back to the roots of cinema by constructing with images and sound"

Víctor Moreno • Director of The Hidden City

Tenerife-born Víctor Moreno is in competition at Seville with The Hidden City, which takes us on a sensory and symphonic voyage down to the dark,...  

14/11/2018 | Seville 2018

Orwa Nyrabia  • Artistic director, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

"During the process of watching the films, we started to see our world as it is today"

Orwa Nyrabia • Artistic director, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

We chatted to the IDFA’s new artistic director, Orwa Nyrabia, about how he curates the world’s largest documentary film festival  

14/11/2018 | IDFA 2018

Almudena Carracedo, Esther García  • Director and producer of The Silence of Others

"I hope this film will stir people’s consciences and help to stimulate dialogue"

Almudena Carracedo, Esther García • Director and producer of The Silence of Others

We spoke to co-director Almudena Carracedo and producer Esther García, two of the most important people behind The Silence of Others, which has been...  

14/11/2018 | Seville 2018

Liina Trishkina-Vanhatalo  • Director of Take It or Leave It

"Being a parent goes beyond the simple notions of being a mother or father"

Liina Trishkina-Vanhatalo • Director of Take It or Leave It

Liina Trishkina-Vanhatalo talks about her first feature film, Take It or Leave It, awarded at Arras and nominated to represent Estonia at the Oscars  

13/11/2018 | Black Nights 2018 | Estonian Film Competition

Marjorie Bendeck  • Director, connecting cottbus

"Now the participants get their feedback before the pitches"

Marjorie Bendeck • Director, connecting cottbus

Marjorie Bendeck, the new director of coco, looks back on the 20th edition of the event, which has just taken place, and describes how she approached it  

13/11/2018 | Cottbus 2018 | Industry

Sven Taddicken  • Director of The Most Beautiful Couple

"Can we really forget the bad things people have done to us?"

Sven Taddicken • Director of The Most Beautiful Couple

German director Sven Taddicken talks about his dramatic thriller The Most Beautiful Couple, unveiled at Toronto and screened at Arras  

13/11/2018 | Arras 2018

Carmel Winters  • Director of Float Like a Butterfly

“Our idea of women needs to include our total capacity for action and leadership”

Carmel Winters • Director of Float Like a Butterfly

We met up with Carmel Winters as she opened the Cork Film Festival with Float Like a Butterfly, which won the FIPRESCI Discovery Prize at Toronto  

13/11/2018

Darya Zhuk  • Director of Crystal Swan

"In Belarus, the idea of changing country to pursue a better life is still floating around"

Darya Zhuk • Director of Crystal Swan

We met Belarusian director Darya Zhuk at the Film Festival Cottbus, where her debut feature, Crystal Swan, was selected for the international competition  

12/11/2018 | Cottbus 2018

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