Interviews

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

8636 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 12/02/2026. 628 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Marcus Carlsson • Director of The Quiet Beekeeper

“I have no connection to bees, but I certainly got educated along the way”

Marcus Carlsson • Director of The Quiet Beekeeper

The promising Swedish director discusses his humanistic tale about bees, their keeper and his family – a story with which he has several personal connections  

29/01/2026 | Göteborg 2026

Andrius Blaževičius • Director of How to Divorce During the War

“I wanted to create space for the viewer to think about what is happening and about what they would have done in this situation”

Andrius Blaževičius • Director of How to Divorce During the War

The writer-director mulls creative collaborations and finding the appropriate distance from which to reflect on the war in Ukraine – through a sharp...  

28/01/2026 | Sundance 2026 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Vanja Kaludjercic • Director, International Film Festival Rotterdam

“Our programme doesn’t simply mirror reality as framed by existing power structures; it proposes other, fairer and more imaginative ways of living”

Vanja Kaludjercic • Director, International Film Festival Rotterdam

The IFFR head describes the upcoming edition as a meeting point between emerging voices, returning auteurs and films that challenge dominant narratives  

27/01/2026 | IFFR 2026

Visar Morina • Director of Shame and Money

“If everything becomes exchanged in terms of money, the first thing that dies will be what we call being human”

Visar Morina • Director of Shame and Money

The Kosovo-born director breaks down his third feature, which sees an older couple from the countryside forced to keep pace in an uber-commodified urban present  

27/01/2026 | Sundance 2026 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Sakaris Stórá • Director of The Last Paradise on Earth

“In Faroese, we have a word for ‘longing for the bigger world’ that I don’t think other languages have”

Sakaris Stórá • Director of The Last Paradise on Earth

We sat down with the filmmaker to discuss his newest work amidst the landscape of a burgeoning Faroese film culture and industry  

27/01/2026 | Tromsø 2026

Jonas Lawes • Director of The Watchmaker

“I really enjoyed working things out – directing is just like solving a problem”

Jonas Lawes • Director of The Watchmaker

The Swedish filmmaker tells us about the creation of his thriller, which uses its small scale to its advantage  

26/01/2026 | Tromsø 2026

Josef Kullengård, Cia Edström • Head of Industry and head of TV Drama Vision, Göteborg Film Festival

“Audiences are often far more open than the market assumes”

Josef Kullengård, Cia Edström • Head of Industry and head of TV Drama Vision, Göteborg Film Festival

At a time of market uncertainty and format fluidity, the heads of Göteborg Industry discuss audience-first thinking, creative risk and the evolving role of...  

22/01/2026 | Göteborg 2026 | Göteborg Industry

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi • Actress in Duse

"Empathy is not a religious or sentimental word; it is the only way we can survive"

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi • Actress in Duse

The European Actress nominee reflected on the relevance of art as a vital force, linking Eleonora Duse’s era to our own moment  

22/01/2026 | European Film Awards 2026

Kamal Aljafari • Director of With Hasan in Gaza

"The film leaves the viewer a lot of space to connect with the reality of today"

Kamal Aljafari • Director of With Hasan in Gaza

The Palestinian filmmaker spoke about transforming found footage into a film that invites viewers to engage with the present  

22/01/2026 | European Film Awards 2026

Andres Veiel • Director of Riefenstahl

"Riefenstahl was very contemporary on many levels, not only in relation to the production of fake news"

Andres Veiel • Director of Riefenstahl

The German director speaks about why a figure like Leni Riefenstahl still hits a nerve today, and why her story refuses to stay in the past  

22/01/2026 | European Film Awards 2026

Irene Iborra Rizo • Director of Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake

"It’s better to talk about problems rather than hide them — even when the audience is children"

Irene Iborra Rizo • Director of Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake

The Spanish director speaks about using animation to openly address social issues, even for young audiences, and about stop motion as a personal way of...  

22/01/2026 | European Film Awards 2026

Sergi López • Actor in Sirāt

"It’s a privilege to read a script that can’t be compared to anything else"

Sergi López • Actor in Sirāt

The European Actor nominee described the rare pull of a script that stands on its own, and the total physical and emotional immersion it called for  

21/01/2026 | European Film Awards 2026

Igor Bezinović • Director of Fiume o morte!

"History is not just assembly of different facts, history is storytelling"

Igor Bezinović • Director of Fiume o morte!

We caught up with the Croatian filmmaker, who used his local community network to question how history is constructed and remembered  

21/01/2026 | European Film Awards 2026

Laura Carreira • Director of On Falling

"There is immense power in being able to look at the world in a fresh way, and cinema does that"

Laura Carreira • Director of On Falling

Winner of the European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI, the Portuguese director speaks about cinema as a social force  

21/01/2026 | European Film Awards 2026

Ada Solomon • Producer and Chair of European Film Academy board

"Arthouse cinema will be less affected by upcoming crisis than large-scale commercial productions"

Ada Solomon • Producer and Chair of European Film Academy board

We sat down with the newly elected Chair of the European Film Academy board to discuss her priorities and future plans for the institution  

21/01/2026 | European Film Awards 2026

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