Interviews

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

8157 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 29/04/2025. 663 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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Gianluca Matarrese • Director of GEN_

“Parenthood and gender identity are universal themes which are at risk of being exploited”

Gianluca Matarrese • Director of GEN_

The director chatted with us about his documentary on the Milan-based doctor who helps patients along the challenging journeys of assisted conception and...  

27/03/2025 | /France/Italy/Switzerland

Alessandro Piva • Director of Cradle Siblings

“In Italy, a significant number of people were raised in residential institutions, a phenomenon which shouldn’t be relegated to just a handful of news articles”

Alessandro Piva • Director of Cradle Siblings

We met with the director to talk about abandoned children, female emancipation and the search for one’s roots, themes which are central to his documentary...  

27/03/2025 | Bif&st 2025

Natxo Leuza • Director of Black Water

“There is a lot of reciprocity between fiction and documentary”

Natxo Leuza • Director of Black Water

The Spanish filmmaker breaks down his documentary, which makes an urgent call through the story of a struggling family in Bangladesh  

27/03/2025 | CPH:DOX 2025

Arash T Riahi, Verena Soltiz • Directors of Girls and Gods

“We wanted to give some space to all of these women who are actually revolutionising our society within their religions”

Arash T Riahi, Verena Soltiz • Directors of Girls and Gods

The duo of directors talk about working together with their protagonist, activist Inna Shevchenko, and what it took to make a film out of conversations  

26/03/2025 | CPH:DOX 2025

Monica Strømdahl • Director of Flophouse America

“When I come and say: ‘I’m here to document,’ they know what that means better than I do”

Monica Strømdahl • Director of Flophouse America

The Norwegian director discusses her unflinching portrait of one of the thousands of families living on the margins amidst the USA’s housing crisis  

26/03/2025 | CPH:DOX 2025

Audrey-Ann Dupuis-Pierre • Producer, Portage Films

“A break isn't a luxury but a necessity”

Audrey-Ann Dupuis-Pierre • Producer, Portage Films

The producer from Canada, this year's guest country of the Emerging Producers programme, discusses the personal responsibility that comes with filmmaking...  

26/03/2025 | Emerging Producers 2025

Vincent Breedeveld • Distributor, The Searchers

“It’s difficult to predict whether the same enthusiasm will be shared between Wallonia and Flanders, but sometimes it is, and that’s rewarding for us”

Vincent Breedeveld • Distributor, The Searchers

The head of operations for the Benelux outfit focused on US independent films spoke about how the company strategises to distribute titles across its...  

26/03/2025 | Distributor of the Month

Silvio Soldini • Director of The Tasters

“This type of violence and oppression doesn’t belong to the past, we see it every day, it’s scary”

Silvio Soldini • Director of The Tasters

We talked to the Italian director about his new film, inspired by the story of Hitler’s last taster, and about the fact that it could be set in the near future  

25/03/2025 | Bif&st 2025

Jonas Benhaiem and Jean-Félix Dealberto • Producers of Tokyo Crush

“There’s a rather huge cultural gap between France and Japan conducive to dramaturgy and comedy”

Jonas Benhaiem and Jean-Félix Dealberto • Producers of Tokyo Crush

The directors of Salle Commune Productions unveiled the genesis of their French-Japanese project presented at the Co-Pro Pitching Sessions of the Series...  

25/03/2025 | Series Mania 2025 | Series Mania Forum

Dries Phlypo and Antoine Simkine • Producers of Heist

“The biggest bank heist of all time while a civil war is unfolding”

Dries Phlypo and Antoine Simkine • Producers of Heist

The directors of Belgian outfit A Private View and of French company Les Films d’Antoine discuss the project presented at the Co-Pro Pitching Sessions of...  

25/03/2025 | Series Mania 2025 | Series Mania Forum

Mariia Ponomarova • Producer

“We have to denormalise workaholism and challenge unhealthy work structures”

Mariia Ponomarova • Producer

The Ukrainian-born, Netherlands-based director and producer, whose recent documentary Nice Ladies keeps on travelling through the world, discusses her...  

25/03/2025 | Emerging Producers 2025

Eugen Jebeleanu • Director of Internal Zero

“I wanted to explore being vulnerable as an actor, director and viewer”

Eugen Jebeleanu • Director of Internal Zero

The filmmaker offers a behind-the-scenes perspective on his second feature, which explores the precariousness of professional and personal life for...  

25/03/2025 | Vilnius 2025

Mireille Tremblay-Caron • Head, Marché du court, Festival Regard

“We are sometimes seen as the little brother on the other side of the ocean”

Mireille Tremblay-Caron • Head, Marché du court, Festival Regard

We spoke to the head of Canada’s only short-film market, which hosts a number of public activities, and networking events for local and international...  

25/03/2025 | /Canada/Europe

Arthur Franck • Director of The Helsinki Effect

“It’s the slow and boring diplomacy that actually changes the world”

Arthur Franck • Director of The Helsinki Effect

The Finnish filmmaker’s latest documentary tells the story of a very significant but boring-sounding and mostly forgotten political event in a playful and...  

25/03/2025 | CPH:DOX 2025

Frederik Daem, Deben Van Dam • Writer-creator and writer of Putain

“We want to shock people when they’re still laughing”

Frederik Daem, Deben Van Dam • Writer-creator and writer of Putain

The pair discuss their Streamz series that tackles the homelessness crisis head on but never forgets the dark humour  

25/03/2025 | Series Mania 2025

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