Interviews

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

8334 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 04/08/2025. 666 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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Icíar Bollaín • Director of I Am Nevenka

“Even when they’re fiction, my stories draw inspiration from reality”

Icíar Bollaín • Director of I Am Nevenka

The Spanish actress-director is back with a film based on real events, about a trailblazer who defied those around her and dared to report a politician in...  

22/09/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | Competition

Antón Álvarez • Director of La guitarra flamenca de Yerai Cortés

“The film explains how we can make beautiful things out of tragedy”

Antón Álvarez • Director of La guitarra flamenca de Yerai Cortés

The artist known as C. Tangana talks about his motivations and influences as a first-time director  

21/09/2024 | San Sebastian 2024 | New Directors

Audrey Diwan • Director of Emmanuelle

“I wanted a story that slowly breaks the codes of this stifling world”

Audrey Diwan • Director of Emmanuelle

The French filmmaker reflects on the research and creative process behind her new film, inspired by Emmanuelle Arsan's novel of the same name  

20/09/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | Competition

Lina Vdovîi, Radu Ciorniciuc • Directors of Tata

“We must be willing to hold ourselves accountable and create safe spaces so that others can speak out against abuse”

Lina Vdovîi, Radu Ciorniciuc • Directors of Tata

The pair of directors tell us how they made their documentary, which combines Vdovîi’s painful family story with the tale of her father’s abuse at the hands...  

19/09/2024 | Toronto 2024 | TIFF Docs

Frida Kempff • Director of The Swedish Torpedo

“A woman who crosses the English Channel just five days before the outbreak of World War II? That’s a film I’d like to see”

Frida Kempff • Director of The Swedish Torpedo

The Swedish director discusses how she intended to pay tribute to her fellow countrywoman who shared her affinity for water  

17/09/2024 | Toronto 2024 | Centrepiece

Wouter Quartier • Head of Digital, Transformation and Platforms, European Broadcasting Union

“We prioritise animated series for kids in early development”

Wouter Quartier • Head of Digital, Transformation and Platforms, European Broadcasting Union

At Toulouse’s Cartoon Forum, the executive talked us through some of the details of the EBU’s brand-new Co-Development Initiative  

17/09/2024 | Cartoon 2024 | Cartoon Forum

Akinmuyiwa Bisola, Okechukwu Samuel, Mathew Cerf, James Tayler • Directors of The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos

“An individual has to put their selfish interests aside to focus on the beautiful goal that we aim to achieve”

Akinmuyiwa Bisola, Okechukwu Samuel, Mathew Cerf, James Tayler • Directors of The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos

Four members of the Agbajowo Collective speak about their debut fiction feature and how their filmmaking intersects with their grassroots social advocacy...  

16/09/2024 | Toronto 2024 | Centrepiece

Fabian Stumm • Director of Sad Jokes

“I wanted to see what happens when you turn up the sad volume and the funny volume, and then let them collide”

Fabian Stumm • Director of Sad Jokes

The German writer-actor-director gives us more information about the translatability of humour, his working methods and how to keep the creative spark alive  

16/09/2024 | Toronto 2024 | Discovery

Damian Kocur • Director of Under the Volcano

“I’m always trying to keep my eyes and ears open, and to follow the things I perceive to be truthful”

Damian Kocur • Director of Under the Volcano

The Polish director behind the award-winning Bread and Salt breaks down his writing process and evocative approach to filmmaking  

16/09/2024 | Toronto 2024 | Centrepiece

Tallulah H Schwab, Crispin Glover • Director of and actor in Mr. K

“What is very important about the story is that it tells us about how people try to control and understand the world”

Tallulah H Schwab, Crispin Glover • Director of and actor in Mr. K

The director and star converse about their film and their mutual desire to let the audience interpret it for themselves  

16/09/2024 | Toronto 2024 | Platform

Edhem Fočo • Festival director, AJB DOC

“Since we are in the field all the time, we hear the people, and we feel their pulse”

Edhem Fočo • Festival director, AJB DOC

We sat down with the director of the Al Jazeera Balkans International Documentary Festival, which this year bears the motto "JUSTICE?" and focuses on Palestine  

13/09/2024 | AJB DOC 2024

Isabella Torre • Director of Basileia

"It was Aspromonte that inspired me: it is much more than a refuge of Mafia activity, which is what people usually know it for"

Isabella Torre • Director of Basileia

VENICE 2024: In the Italian director's feature debut, an archaeologist is searching for treasure in the rugged natural surroundings of the Calabrian...  

12/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Francesca Pirani • Director of Vakhim

"I don't reveal the events in advance; the viewer is by my side, as if it were all happening at that very moment"

Francesca Pirani • Director of Vakhim

VENEZIA 2024: The Italian director talks about her highly personal documentary, which follows the journey of a four-year-old boy who was adopted in Cambodia...  

12/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Quay Brothers • Directors of Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

"Schulz was a gift for the Polish language, because of his richness and the metaphors he used"

Quay Brothers • Directors of Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

VENICE 2024: The US directorial duo talk about their exploration of the themes dealt with in the mythopeic writings of great Polish author Bruno Schulz  

12/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Alessandro Cassigoli and Casey Kauffman • Directors of Vittoria

“We didn’t know anything about adoption, Jasmine took us inside this vast and complex world”

Alessandro Cassigoli and Casey Kauffman • Directors of Vittoria

VENICE 2024: The directorial duo told us about the making of their second feature film, which reconnects with a character from their debut movie to explore...  

11/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti Extra

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