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.

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Tim Ellrich • Director of In My Parents’ House

“It’s important to show things we’re all afraid of”

Tim Ellrich • Director of In My Parents’ House

We sat down with the German director to delve into his story of a therapist who’s forced to balance the demands of her professional life with those of her...  

05/02/2025 | IFFR 2025 | Tiger Competition

Nicola Bellucci • Director of Quir

"Quir depicts a whole range of bodies, because the body is a political object"

Nicola Bellucci • Director of Quir

The director explains what it meant to him to meet a community which has chosen to turn pain into joy and how filming bodies can become a political act  

04/02/2025 | Solothurn 2025

Enrico Masi • Director of Terra incognita

“The film is a manifesto for a kind of cinema which finds the courage to go ‘hand-to-hand’ with the world’s conflicts”

Enrico Masi • Director of Terra incognita

Exploring the theme of energy supply, Masi’s new documentary is kicking off a tour of screenings in Italy’s biggest cities  

04/02/2025 | Trieste 2025

Maria Eriksson-Hecht • Director of Kevlar Soul

“I feel we have renegotiated what a child actually is these days”

Maria Eriksson-Hecht • Director of Kevlar Soul

The Swedish director, who has countless shorts and TV series under her belt, tells us more about the brand of social realism that she was after in her...  

04/02/2025 | Göteborg 2025

Ragnhild Ekner • Director of Ultras

“This is probably the grandest project I’ll ever realise – this was the one for me”

Ragnhild Ekner • Director of Ultras

The Swedish director tells us more about the background to her film examining global football fandom, which was seven years in the making  

04/02/2025 | Göteborg 2025

Maria Nicollier • Director of Road’s End in Taiwan

“I wrote the script while travelling”

Maria Nicollier • Director of Road’s End in Taiwan

The Swiss director explains why she decided to shoot her film in Taiwan and what were the challenges of having actors with very different personalities...  

04/02/2025 | Solothurn 2025

Peter Horan • Producer, Samson Films

“The most valuable outcome is the ability to sow the seeds of potential collaboration”

Peter Horan • Producer, Samson Films

The Irish producer discusses his firm's approach to co-production and its involvement in this week’s Share Your Slate Co-production Meeting, organised...  

03/02/2025 | /Ireland

Laura Casabé • Director of The Virgin of the Quarry Lake

“I wanted to show my own modern pop witches”

Laura Casabé • Director of The Virgin of the Quarry Lake

In her new film, the Argentinian director compels you to believe that women have special powers  

03/02/2025 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Rohan Parashuram Kanawade • Director of Cactus Pears

“It was important to show the moment of intimacy and tenderness between two men after the sexual act”

Rohan Parashuram Kanawade • Director of Cactus Pears

The Mumbai-born Marathi filmmaker shares his perspective on the importance of seeing quiet moments in intimate relationships on screen, after winning the...  

03/02/2025 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Fanny Ovesen • Director of Live a Little

“If there’s one message that I want this film to convey, it’s: ‘Let your friend help you if you’re facing hardship’”

Fanny Ovesen • Director of Live a Little

The Swedish director breaks down her debut feature, which dwells on the exploration of boundaries and sexual identity  

03/02/2025 | Göteborg 2025

Pia Lundberg • Artistic director, Göteborg Film Festival

"All this talk of cinema crises - none of that can be noticed during these ten days"

Pia Lundberg • Artistic director, Göteborg Film Festival

The Swedish festival’s newly appointed artistic director shares some highlights from her first year in office  

03/02/2025 | Göteborg 2025

Daniel Calparsoro • Director of Mikaela

“It is very important in life not to forget about yourself”

Daniel Calparsoro • Director of Mikaela

The Spanish filmmaker discusses the challenges of filming in the snow and explains why he chose Antonio Resines as the lead actor in his new film  

31/01/2025 | /Spain

Vanja Kaludjercic • Director, International Film Festival Rotterdam

“The freedom we have here, and the ability to put this programme together, is something that we cherish with pride, but also with great responsibility”

Vanja Kaludjercic • Director, International Film Festival Rotterdam

IFFR’s head discusses the upcoming edition and the festival’s vision, blending the finest of arthouse, festival hits, and the best of Dutch cinema  

30/01/2025 | IFFR 2025

Stefano Chiavarini • Producer, Piroetta

“The work carried out by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund represents an Italian 'best practice' that should be valued as much as possible”

Stefano Chiavarini • Producer, Piroetta

We met the Italian producer in Trieste, after his participation in the Streamers Ecosystem lab, which took place during the industry sessions of When East...  

30/01/2025 | Trieste 2025 | WEMW

Jan-Henrik Stahlberg • Director of Muxmäuschenstill X

“This film offers the viewer the rare and great gift of trusting them – nowadays, there is fear everywhere”

Jan-Henrik Stahlberg • Director of Muxmäuschenstill X

The German director tells us more about low-budget production conditions and about his motivations to make this sequel to 2003’s Quiet as a Mouse  

30/01/2025 | Max Ophüls Prize 2025

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