Interviews

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

8313 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 12/07/2025. 654 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Antonin Peretjatko • Director of Voyage Along the War

“When I was in Ukraine before, I wasn’t that concerned with my roots, but it has changed since the war started”

Antonin Peretjatko • Director of Voyage Along the War

The French director discusses how he went about searching for his identity in the place where his grandfather was born  

10/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Special Screenings

Klára Tasovská  • Director of I’m Not Everything I Want to Be

“This film is Libuše Jarcovjáková’s biggest exhibition”

Klára Tasovská • Director of I’m Not Everything I Want to Be

The forgotten Czech photographer finally gets her due – and tells her own story – in this intriguing documentary  

09/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Special Screenings

Victoria Verseau • Director of Trans Memoria

“The more I work with time, the less I understand it”

Victoria Verseau • Director of Trans Memoria

The Swedish artist and filmmaker talks about returning to Thailand and to her memories, and to the early stages of a (never-ending) transition  

09/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Alessandra Celesia • Director of The Flats

“Art can be a healing force, offering a positive way to process trauma”

Alessandra Celesia • Director of The Flats

The director gives us an in-depth overview of her documentary focusing on a housing estate in Belfast and its inhabitants, who are still coping with...  

09/07/2024 | Docs Ireland 2024

Nelicia Low • Director of Pierce

"As a sibling of a person with a mental issue, I know you're born into it and process it differently than an adult person"

Nelicia Low • Director of Pierce

The Singaporean filmmaker talks about her first feature, a thriller revolving around the ideals of brotherly love and the illusions that we project onto...  

08/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Lilja Ingolfsdottir  • Director of Loveable

"I wanted to work with the poetics of emotional realities"

Lilja Ingolfsdottir • Director of Loveable

The Norwegian filmmaker discusses her first feature, in which she examines contemporary ideas of romance, equality and womanhood  

08/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Jiří Mádl • Director of Waves

"If you are a parent, the important issue may not be your kids' survival, but living meaningfully"

Jiří Mádl • Director of Waves

The Czech director gives us an insight on his latest film, which focuses on a group of journalists who risk everything to provide independent news in the...  

08/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Special Screenings

Marie-Magdalena Kochová • Director of 3MWh

“It means a lot to any filmmaker to see that their film resonates with an audience coming from a different cultural and historical background”

Marie-Magdalena Kochová • Director of 3MWh

The Czech director chatted with us about her self-described ‘film poem’ revolving around a nuclear power plant worker, screening as part of EFP's Future Frames  

08/07/2024 | Future Frames 2024

Zhengfan Yang • Director of Stranger

“I don't need to belong to a certain place or country”

Zhengfan Yang • Director of Stranger

The Chinese-born director homes in on the hotel room as a non-space and epicentre of non-belonging  

08/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Mark Cousins  • Director of A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

"Looking into the world can take you out of yourself and into something bigger"

Mark Cousins • Director of A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

The filmmaker talks about his new work, an exploration of British modernist painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham's perspective after her experience atop the...  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Claire Burger  • Director of Foreign Language

“I wanted to show beautiful things amongst the youth, even if the current moment is complicated”

Claire Burger • Director of Foreign Language

The French director talks about her second solo feature film, a vivid and subtle portrait of today’s youth  

05/07/2024 | BRIFF 2024

Bruno Anković  • Director of Celebration

"This is a story from 100 years ago, but unfortunately, it is also about today and maybe even tomorrow"

Bruno Anković • Director of Celebration

The Croatian director delves into his first feature, a film that shows the reasons why innocent people become easy quarry for ideological crusaders  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Noaz Deshe  • Director of Xoftex

"I wanted to document the progression of the mental state of stateless people in a refugee camp"

Noaz Deshe • Director of Xoftex

The director tells us more about his new film, in which he portrays refugees filming satirical sketches and preparing for a zombie horror flick while...  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

George Sikharulidze  • Director of Panopticon

"I was interested in exploring the clash between a young boy's soul and his exploding sexuality"

George Sikharulidze • Director of Panopticon

The Georgian filmmaker discusses his first film, about an introvert teenager embarking on a journey of self-discovery, opening up both to an ultra-right...  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Paolo Tizón • Director of Night Has Come

"But life goes on, like in an Abbas Kiarostami movie"

Paolo Tizón • Director of Night Has Come

We sat down with the Peruvian director to discuss his debut feature offering an intimate look at one of the most challenging military trainings in Latin America  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

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