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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Ben Rivers • Director of Bogancloch

"Oftentimes, you look at cinema and it's all about content, or all about the form, but I want them to work together in order to create a universe"

Ben Rivers • Director of Bogancloch

The British filmmaker tells us about his interest in repetition, as evidenced in his latest film, and his editing process  

13/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Tato Kotetishvili • Director of Holy Electricity

"As my background is in cinematography, it was hard to let someone else shoot it"

Tato Kotetishvili • Director of Holy Electricity

The Georgian cinematographer-turned-director talks about his feature directorial debut, a production for which he wears multiple hats, serving as director,...  

13/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del Presente

Aislinn Clarke • Director of Fréwaka

"A lot of Irish women are very polite in public but, internally, they are screaming, they are funny, irreverent and sometimes rude and it is so refreshing"

Aislinn Clarke • Director of Fréwaka

We met with the Irish director whose latest film, starring two amazing female characters, is about inherited trauma and how we deal with it  

13/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Out of Competition

Mar Coll • Director of Salve Maria

"We wanted to make a moving film, instead of being critical or distant"

Mar Coll • Director of Salve Maria

The Catalan filmmaker discusses her newest film, a genre-bending look at postpartum depression and the irrational aspects of motherhood  

13/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Silvia Luzi and Luca Bellino • Directors of Luce

“Marianna Fontana's face is the film's landscape”

Silvia Luzi and Luca Bellino • Directors of Luce

The directing duo talks to Cineuropa about the film's spectacular lead and the archetypal figure she plays  

12/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

César Díaz • Director of Mexico 86

"In the collective imaginary, a father who leaves home to fight is a hero, whereas a mother who does the same is irresponsible"

César Díaz • Director of Mexico 86

We met with the Belgian-Guatemalan director who’s making his return with an spy film exploring the origins of the civil war which devastated his homeland...  

10/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Piazza Grande

Simon Jaquemet • Director of Electric Child

“I don't fear the end of the world, but the consequences for our society will surely be dire if power is distributed unequally”

Simon Jaquemet • Director of Electric Child

In his third feature, the Swiss director dives into the abyss of an AI-generated world  

09/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Piazza Grande

Gianluca Jodice • Director of The Flood

“Showing everything without indulging in sentimentalism meant taking a big risk, and I was perfectly aware of that”

Gianluca Jodice • Director of The Flood

The Naples-born director zooms in on the final months of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI’s lives during the French Revolution  

09/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Piazza Grande

Christoph Hochhäusler • Director of Death Will Come

“I find it easier to set fiction, like a gangster film, in a city that I don't know so well”

Christoph Hochhäusler • Director of Death Will Come

The German director follows a gangster through Brussels in his new movie, a mixture of crime story and existentialist drama  

08/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Olivier Masset-Depasse • Director of The Price of Money: A Largo Winch Adventure

"We wanted each and every action scene to play a part in telling the story"

Olivier Masset-Depasse • Director of The Price of Money: A Largo Winch Adventure

We met with the Belgian filmmaker upon the release of the third movie about the adventures embarked upon by the billionaire hero created by Jean Van Hamme,...  

31/07/2024 | /France/Belgium

Rozálie Kohoutová • Director and writer of Antonie

“Humour is essential, especially when dealing with heavy topics”

Rozálie Kohoutová • Director and writer of Antonie

The director of the Czech project that won the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at KVIFF discusses her documentary background, humour and how to...  

18/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | KVIFF Eastern Promises

Ewa Szabłowska • Artistic director, mBank New Horizons IFF

“Our competition this year is more about psychonautic exploration”

Ewa Szabłowska • Artistic director, mBank New Horizons IFF

One of the artistic directors of the Polish gathering outlines this year’s programme and explains the festival’s theme of “cinema that leads”  

18/07/2024 | New Horizons 2024

Emily Mkrtichian • Director of There Was, There Was Not

“I hope these images of Artsakh will be more than just an archive of the past, but also a dream for the future”

Emily Mkrtichian • Director of There Was, There Was Not

The Armenian filmmaker provides insights into her relationship with her characters and into the complex process of documenting living history  

17/07/2024 | Golden Apricot 2024

Christos Nikou • Director of Fingernails

“I strongly believe that films belong in theatres, not on streaming platforms”

Christos Nikou • Director of Fingernails

The Greek director opens up about his career and about working with Apple TV on his second feature, starring Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed, which closed...  

16/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024

Bassam Alasad • Head of industry, Amman Film Days

“There is a huge network of great producers in Europe who work with Arab films and who understand the culture”

Bassam Alasad • Head of industry, Amman Film Days

The head of industry talks about crafting the Amman Film Days’ programme for up-and-coming filmmakers from Jordan and the Arab region, and its relevance to...  

15/07/2024 | /Jordan/Europe/Middle East

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