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.

 
Vladimir Katcharava  • Head of industry selection, Svaneti International Film Festival

“This year, we focused on selecting projects whose auteurs do not have extensive international experience”

Vladimir Katcharava • Head of industry selection, Svaneti International Film Festival

The Georgian industry professional reveals the strategic concepts behind the event and elaborates on the possible domestic contribution to the international...  

15/07/2024 | /Georgia

Frank L Stavik • Distributor, Fidalgo

“Today, it’s more about popcorn than it is about art”

Frank L Stavik • Distributor, Fidalgo

We spoke to the Norwegian distributor, who touched on his company’s editorial policy, his country’s theatrical market and the role of festivals, among other...  

11/07/2024 | Distributor of the Month

José Manuel Zamora • Director, Abycine

“We’ve made it so that films that need their TLC can be exhibited under better conditions”

José Manuel Zamora • Director, Abycine

The director of the Albacete-based indie film festival talks about its Abycine Lanza on the Road initiative, which releases movies on a circuit of...  

11/07/2024 | /Spain

Anja Kreis  • Director of The Alienated

"The power of evil is not only in the government but also in the mentality of people"

Anja Kreis • Director of The Alienated

The Russian-born filmmaker discusses her second feature and the uncomfortable questions it raises, about human conscience and morality, as well as the...  

11/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Iveta Grófová  • Director of The Hungarian Dressmaker

"I wanted to get under the skin of my characters"

Iveta Grófová • Director of The Hungarian Dressmaker

The Slovak filmmaker discusses her period drama set in the challenging wartime, which forced people to confront highly complex dilemmas  

11/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Vadim Jendreyko  • Director of The Song of Others – A Search for Europe

"This was a very personal research into other options for living together as a society"

Vadim Jendreyko • Director of The Song of Others – A Search for Europe

The German filmmaker unpicks his topical essay, in which he travels through the European identity, wondering if the continent is condemned to be stuck in a...  

11/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Special Screenings

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

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