Interviews

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

8743 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 23/03/2026. 638 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Vasilis Kekatos • Director of Our Wildest Days

“It’s a sad world, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be beautiful”

Vasilis Kekatos • Director of Our Wildest Days

BERLINALE 2025: The Greek director breaks down his film, which he describes as both happy and sad, and which says a lot about his devasted home country  

13/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Generation

Martina Bleis • Head, Berlinale Co-Production Market

“Supporting underrepresented voices means ensuring these projects have both artistic and structural strength”

Martina Bleis • Head, Berlinale Co-Production Market

BERLINALE 2025: The head of the market offers some insights into this year’s diverse selection and the ever-evolving challenges of international co-productions  

13/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | EFM

Ibrahim “Snoopy” Ahmad, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed, Rawia Alhag, Phil Cox • Directors of Khartoum

“Now, we hope that people will know how we dance, how we ride bikes, how we protest, how we fight, how we live and how we love”

Ibrahim “Snoopy” Ahmad, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed, Rawia Alhag, Phil Cox • Directors of Khartoum

BERLINALE 2025: Four members of the directorial team break down their mixed techniques and how the circumstances on the ground transformed their work  

13/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Panorama

Robin Coops • Director of One Charming Night

“Filmmaking is thinking through images; it doesn’t matter if you use a big camera, an iPhone or a virtual camera to create your work”

Robin Coops • Director of One Charming Night

The winner of the Eurimages New Lab: Innovation Award tells us more about his exploration of consent, privacy and intimacy in the digital sphere  

12/02/2025 | IFFR 2025 | IFFR Pro

Mala Reinhardt • Director of Mother/Language

“The stories I want to tell seem to interest people, and this motivates me to continue making films”

Mala Reinhardt • Director of Mother/Language

After last year’s Familiar Places, the German helmer continues exploring questions of identity and origins from an intimate perspective in her upcoming feature  

12/02/2025 | /Germany

Tim Kuhn • Cinematographer on 22 Bahnen

“I'm always looking for something authentic – for realism in the world we create on film”

Tim Kuhn • Cinematographer on 22 Bahnen

The German DoP discusses the challenges of his current project, an adaptation of Caroline Wahl’s novel of the same name, helmed by director Mia Maariel Meyer  

12/02/2025 | /Germany

Mariko Minoguchi • Director of Die andere Seite

“For me, cinema was always a place where I could learn to feel”

Mariko Minoguchi • Director of Die andere Seite

The German director tells us more about her upcoming film, starring Nina Hoss, and about her approach to storytelling in general  

12/02/2025 | /Germany

Mareike Engelhardt • Director of Rabia

“I took inspiration from several totalitarian systems to talk about our ability to turn into monsters”

Mareike Engelhardt • Director of Rabia

Cineuropa met with the filmmaker to talk about her debut feature, a nerve racking thriller about the indoctrination of a young girl by the Islamic State  

12/02/2025 | /France/Germany/Belgium

Olivier Barbier, Ola Byszuk and Lenny Porte • Sales agents, Lucky Number

"We have to provide distributors with strategies, give them the keys"

Olivier Barbier, Ola Byszuk and Lenny Porte • Sales agents, Lucky Number

We homed in on the current situation and aims of the new French international sales agent which is unveiling its first ever line-up in Berlin, boasting two...  

11/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | EFM

Ignasi Camós • Director general, ICAA

“One of our main focuses is to strengthen the presence of our films at international festivals and markets”

Ignasi Camós • Director general, ICAA

The director general of the Spanish institution shares insights into its activities and Spain's participation as the guest country at the European Film Market  

11/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | EFM

Christine von Fragstein • Co-initiator, Fair Play Film + Culture

"We have to educate and encourage people to speak up when injustice occurs"

Christine von Fragstein • Co-initiator, Fair Play Film + Culture

We talked to one of the founders of the new network of coaches aiming to make the German film industry a fairer workplace  

11/02/2025 | /Germany

Tricia Tuttle • Director, Berlin Film Festival

"It excites me to think about the way that we can continue to serve existing cinema-goers, but also bring new, particularly younger, people and turn them into cinephiles"

Tricia Tuttle • Director, Berlin Film Festival

BERLINALE 2025: The newly appointed artistic director talks about her approach to the German festival as well as its programme, its politics and its future  

11/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025

Tanja Meissner • Director, Berlinale Pro

“This role allows me to bring together all the passions and skills I’ve cultivated over the last 20-25 years”

Tanja Meissner • Director, Berlinale Pro

BERLINALE 2025: The new industry head discusses the events and opportunities awaiting professionals travelling to Berlin in the next few days  

11/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | EFM

Vincenzo Bugno • Head, World Cinema Fund

“Right now, our priority is to reaffirm our existence”

Vincenzo Bugno • Head, World Cinema Fund

BERLINALE 2025: We talked to the head of the World Cinema Fund about its work, its goals and the upcoming Berlinale  

11/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025

Lois Patiño • Director of Ariel

“My desire was to work in this double experience of reality and fiction, and explore the way they mix”

Lois Patiño • Director of Ariel

The Galician director reflects on his fourth feature, a meta-cinematic exploration of Shakespeare’s theatre threading together many of his previous...  

10/02/2025 | IFFR 2025 | Harbour

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