Interviews

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

8568 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 05/12/2025. 643 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Lucile Hadžihalilović • Director of The Ice Tower

“It’s a classical story of a teenager who is now old enough to think that she can discover the milieu of adults and the world itself”

Lucile Hadžihalilović • Director of The Ice Tower

BERLINALE 2025: The French director talks about the symbolism of The Snow Queen as well as opening up about female idols from her own youth  

19/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Competition

Michel Gondry • Director of Maya, Give Me a Title

“I have a brain that’s childish”

Michel Gondry • Director of Maya, Give Me a Title

BERLINALE 2025: The French director introduces a new kind of bedtime story in his animated stop-motion delight  

19/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Generation

Iván Fund • Director of The Message

"What family really means for me is the act of being present"

Iván Fund • Director of The Message

BERLINALE 2025: The Argentinian filmmaker talks about the genesis of his latest feature, working with both professional and non-professional actors, and his...  

18/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Competition

Sébastien Betbeder • Director of The Incredible Snow Woman

"Comedy is the best angle for tackling serious subjects"

Sébastien Betbeder • Director of The Incredible Snow Woman

BERLINALE 2025: The French filmmaker reveals the ingredients for his very own personal recipe for a “dramedy” travelling from the French Jura to Greenland  

18/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Panorama

Yuri Semashko • Director of The Swan Song of Fedor Ozerov

“Writing a film is like being a gold miner. You work hard everyday, but when you finally find the gem you’ve been searching for so long, it feels like enlightenment”

Yuri Semashko • Director of The Swan Song of Fedor Ozerov

BERLINALE 2025: The Belarusian director told us about the musical, personal and artistic inspirations behind his feature debut  

18/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Forum

Alissa Jung • Director of Paternal Leave

“There can be so much love between parents and children, so much support and so much hurt”

Alissa Jung • Director of Paternal Leave

BERLINALE 2025: We talked to the German filmmaker about her determined child protagonist, her perspective on family and her casting process  

17/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Generation

Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski • Director of The Memory of Butterflies

"This showed once again to me, that documentary is never objective, it's always about the perspective"

Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski • Director of The Memory of Butterflies

BERLINALE 2025: We talked to the Peruvian filmmaker about her documentary, how she got interested in its subject and how she approached archive images  

17/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Forum

Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay  • Director of Hysteria

“I wanted to describe my world as I know it, and this film is a continuation of that”

Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay • Director of Hysteria

BERLINALE 2025: The German-Turkish director breaks down his new drama feature and the need for humans to be able to communicate  

17/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Panorama

Eva Libertad • Director of Deaf

“A couple’s relationship is put to the test when they face problems”

Eva Libertad • Director of Deaf

BERLINALE 2025: The Spanish filmmaker explains why she decided to explore the complex relationships between hearing people and those with disabilities, like...  

16/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Panorama

Čejen Černić Čanak • Director of Sandbag Dam

“We think that tolerance and acceptance are a given; that’s not true”

Čejen Černić Čanak • Director of Sandbag Dam

BERLINALE 2025: A small village is threatened by a looming flood – and by love – in the Croatian director’s film  

16/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Generation

Valentine Cadic • Director of That Summer in Paris

“When you are alone, you are vulnerable, but you are open to the people around you”

Valentine Cadic • Director of That Summer in Paris

BERLINALE 2025: The French director delves into the intricacies of how she made her debut feature during the Paris Olympics  

16/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Perspectives

Léonor Serraille • Director of Ari

"We’re not looking at a person, we’re with them"

Léonor Serraille • Director of Ari

BERLINALE 2025: The French director unpicks her new movie, a magnetic and organic portrait born out of a very particular working approach with students from...  

16/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Competition

Rebecca Lenkiewicz • Director of Hot Milk

“The pain we go through sometimes creates an alchemy that can become release or self-realisation, but we don't know that at the time”

Rebecca Lenkiewicz • Director of Hot Milk

BERLINALE 2025: The British filmmaker discusses the importance of ambivalence, love and metaphors in her directorial debut  

16/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Competition

Bálint Dániel Sós • Director of Growing Down

"We felt that this is a kind of timeless tragedy"

Bálint Dániel Sós • Director of Growing Down

BERLINALE 2025: We talked to the Hungarian filmmaker about what inspired his debut feature, which tackles the moral and emotional dilemmas faced by parents  

15/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Perspectives

Elmar Imanov • Director of The Kiss of the Grasshopper

“It’s crucial for me to work with people I get along with”

Elmar Imanov • Director of The Kiss of the Grasshopper

BERLINALE 2025: The German-Azeri filmmaker reveals details about the intimate atmosphere in which he creates his cinema and elaborates on the shift to...  

15/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Forum

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