Interviews

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

8330 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 24/07/2025. 665 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
David  Duponchel  •  Festival Director Al Este Festival

The three festivals have all similiraties but each are adaptated to the country

David Duponchel • Festival Director Al Este Festival

The director of Al Este David Duponchel talks about the three different editions of the festival, their locations, their similarities and their differences  

25/06/2025 | Euro Film Fest

Pauliina Ståhlberg & Outi _Rehn  •  CEO and Programme director of Helsinki Film Festival

“What is special about Love & Anarchy is that we strive to bring diversity and gender equality into our programme”

Pauliina Ståhlberg & Outi _Rehn • CEO and Programme director of Helsinki Film Festival

Pauliina Ståhlberg and Outi Rehn talk about the 38th edition of the Helsinki film festival.  

25/06/2025 | Euro Film Fest

Manon Kerjean  •  Founder of Lost in Frenchlation

"Today we have screened more than 500 films with English subtitles"

Manon Kerjean • Founder of Lost in Frenchlation

Manon Kerjean is the founder of Lost in Frenchlation which is a cineclub organising French films screenings with English subtitles in France  

25/06/2025 | Euro Film Fest

Alberto Morais • Director of La terra negra

“I do not love my neighbour, but my fellow man”

Alberto Morais • Director of La terra negra

The Spanish director discusses his co-production with Panama, imbued with humanism and featuring actors who have become friends  

25/06/2025 | Cinema Jove 2025

Valéry Rosier • Director of Rano

“Water represents the characters’ feminine side, a side they have to learn to embrace as the story advances”

Valéry Rosier • Director of Rano

The Belgian filmmaker chatted to us about his new movie, which is co-directed by Farellia Tahina Venance and which focuses on two grieving characters in a...  

25/06/2025 | BRIFF 2025

Eve Duchemin • Director of Petit Rempart

"The aim is to help these homeless women, but we’re also making them weaker"

Eve Duchemin • Director of Petit Rempart

The director chatted with us about her intense yet brilliant portrayal of a woman who finds refuge in an emergency shelter following a brutal change in...  

25/06/2025 | BRIFF 2025

Jean-Pascal Zadi • Director of Black to the Future

"I wanted to write science fiction, but from a new perspective: African and environmental"

Jean-Pascal Zadi • Director of Black to the Future

The actor-director talks to us about his adventure comedy, which imagines that the race to conquer space is led by a crew trained and financed in Africa  

25/06/2025 | BRIFF 2025

Song Pham, Martin Laurent • Producers, Temps noir

"What our films have in common is that they question the way the world works by seeking out the political dimension"

Song Pham, Martin Laurent • Producers, Temps noir

Selected for the Sunny Side of the Doc pitch with Greenland, The Icy Eldorado, the Parisian production company is brimming with projects  

24/06/2025 | Sunny Side of the Doc 2025

Lucas Belvaux • Director of The Haunted Minds

"Genre allows you to smuggle ideas in, to tell stories about society without appearing to do so"

Lucas Belvaux • Director of The Haunted Minds

The Belgian filmmaker talks to us about his latest film, the story of a disturbing manhunt that ventures into metaphysical reflections on life  

24/06/2025 | BRIFF 2025

Johann Grech • Malta film commissioner

“The Mediterrane Film Festival is not only a business opportunity, but also a chance to raise awareness, engage the public and celebrate the art of cinema”

Johann Grech • Malta film commissioner

The professional breaks down how Malta has transitioned into a full-fledged film industry under his administration as well as the growing strategic role of...  

24/06/2025 | /Malta

Giovanni Columbu • Director of Balentes

“You can’t rely solely on words; you have to be prepared to pay attention to emotions and to the material itself”

Giovanni Columbu • Director of Balentes

The Sardinian director spoke with us about his latest animated movie which was seven years in the making  

24/06/2025 | Annecy 2025

Angeliki Vergou • Head, Agora

“Even if we had the budget to bring more people to Evia, the aim would always be to maintain a small bubble of connections”

Angeliki Vergou • Head, Agora

We spoke to the head of the Agora industry section about the Evia Film Project's focus on sustainability, wellbeing, creativity, slow networking and...  

24/06/2025 | Thessaloniki 2025

Christoph Gröner, Julia Weigl • Festival director/CEO/artistic co-director and artistic co-director, Filmfest München

“We love the sense of surprise, and when different filmmaking approaches challenge and expand our idea of what cinema can be”

Christoph Gröner, Julia Weigl • Festival director/CEO/artistic co-director and artistic co-director, Filmfest München

The festival’s artistic co-directors continue to shape the identity and extend the reach of Germany’s most prominent summer gathering  

23/06/2025 | Filmfest München 2025

Guérin Van de Vorst, Sophie Muselle • Co-directors of On the Edge

"We wanted the film to be an immersive experience from the viewpoint of our heroine in the heart of a psychiatric hospital"

Guérin Van de Vorst, Sophie Muselle • Co-directors of On the Edge

The co-directors chatted with us about their story of a young trainee psychiatric nurse thrust into the beating heart of this institution, who learns about...  

23/06/2025 | BRIFF 2025

Eloy Calvo • Director of The Van

“Drawing is an intrinsic language in how I see the world”

Eloy Calvo • Director of The Van

Animation runs through the debut feature by this Catalan filmmaker, who explores themes such as precariousness, urban suburbs and the challenges of being a...  

20/06/2025 | /Spain

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