Interviews

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

8503 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 05/11/2025. 652 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Katarína Gramatová  • Director of A Good Mind Grows in Thorny Places

“I am not a fan of documentary films that just capture the moment, where there is no vision or ideas from a filmmaker”

Katarína Gramatová • Director of A Good Mind Grows in Thorny Places

The Slovakian director talks about gaining the trust of the protagonist of her short documentary, which will screen as part of EFP’s Future Frames at...  

01/07/2024 | Future Frames 2024

Bogdan Alecsandru  • Director of If I Float

“I am interested in the limits and specificities of the short film as an independent art form”

Bogdan Alecsandru • Director of If I Float

As his work is about to screen as part of EFP’s Future Frames at Karlovy Vary, Cineuropa talks to the Romanian director about queer cinema and the...  

28/06/2024 | Future Frames 2024

Lucía G Romero  • Director of Cura Sana

“For me, love is the essence of the film”

Lucía G Romero • Director of Cura Sana

We talk to the Spanish director about her Berlinale Crystal Bear-winning short film as it awaits more plaudits when it screens at EFP’s Future Frames in...  

28/06/2024 | Future Frames 2024

Sarah Chazelle, Étienne Ollagnier  • Distributors, Jour2Fête

“The films we choose are the films we love”

Sarah Chazelle, Étienne Ollagnier • Distributors, Jour2Fête

The two French distributors unpack their company’s editorial policy and market strategies  

28/06/2024 | Distributor of the Month

Anna Maria Jóakimsdóttir-Hutri  • Director of Who Stands Up for Alvar?

“How we treat the elderly is a measure of the health of a society”

Anna Maria Jóakimsdóttir-Hutri • Director of Who Stands Up for Alvar?

As her film screens at Karlovy Vary as part of EFP’s Future Frames, we talked to the Icelandic director about the importance of caring for the older generation  

28/06/2024 | Future Frames 2024

Karel Och  • Artistic director, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

“This willingness to engage with and sometimes polemicise against established canons lends Proxima vibrancy”

Karel Och • Artistic director, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

We sat down with the Czech festival's artistic director to discuss the Proxima competition, the gathering's focus on debut films, the vibrant state of Czech...  

27/06/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024

Kathryn Bonnici  • Sales agent, Java Films

“Our priority is to acquire global investigations, ideally with some kind of exclusive element to them”

Kathryn Bonnici • Sales agent, Java Films

The head of sales and acquisitions of the non-fiction sales outfit unpacked the team’s latest slate of projects and activities at La Rochelle's documentary...  

27/06/2024 | Sunny Side of the Doc 2024

Hilke Rönnfeldt  • Director of A Study of Empathy

“I find it fascinating how easy it is to become uncertain about your feelings”

Hilke Rönnfeldt • Director of A Study of Empathy

We chat to the winner of the 2023 Golden Leopard for Best Short as she awaits her film screening as part of EFP’s Future Frames during Karlovy Vary  

27/06/2024 | Future Frames 2024

Guillermo Polo  • Director of Devil Dog Road

"I wanted to pay homage to places that are in danger of extinction"

Guillermo Polo • Director of Devil Dog Road

In his amusing first feature film, the Spanish filmmaker pays homage to his country's backroads, US cinema and the bloody anti-hero in all of us  

27/06/2024 | Cinema Jove 2024

Emanuela Muzzupappa  • Director of The Love Servant

“It was important for me to tell a story of growth made up of obstacles and responsibilities to overcome”

Emanuela Muzzupappa • Director of The Love Servant

As it screens as part of EFP’s Future Frames at Karlovy Vary, we talk to the Italian director about her film, which explores the limits of faith  

27/06/2024 | Future Frames 2024

José Víctor Fuentes  • Director, Festivalito La Palma

"We didn't want to be a film festival; we wanted to be a festival where we made films"

José Víctor Fuentes • Director, Festivalito La Palma

The director of the film festival on the Canary Island of La Palma talks about this unique event, its initiatives and its connection with the island where...  

25/06/2024 | /Spain

Gabi Virginia Şarga and Cătălin Rotaru • Directors of Where Elephants Go

“We wanted to make viewers face up to their own stories and to question the meaning and reality of their own fiction”

Gabi Virginia Şarga and Cătălin Rotaru • Directors of Where Elephants Go

We talked with the directorial duo behind the story born from depression but showing a friendlier Bucharest  

25/06/2024 | Transilvania 2024

Ana-Maria Comănescu • Director of Horia

“As a debut filmmaker, you feel you’re expected to perform very highly, whilst also making plenty of compromises”

Ana-Maria Comănescu • Director of Horia

We chatted with the Romanian director who is determined to breathe a breath of fresh air to her country's cinema with her first feature film  

24/06/2024 | Transilvania 2024

Niccolò Castelli  •  Artistic Director Solothurn Film Festival

“It is very important in a communication campaign to communicate why you selected movies”

Niccolò Castelli • Artistic Director Solothurn Film Festival

Niccolo Castelli shares his opinion on why people want to go to film festivals and what makes it a special experience.  

24/06/2024 | Euro Film Fest

Pierre-Yves Walder  • CEO & Artistic Director NIFFF

“Having a straight and clear editorial line really makes the difference”

Pierre-Yves Walder • CEO & Artistic Director NIFFF

Pierre-Yves Walder talks about the specificities of NIFFF and the type of events they hold for younger audiences.  

24/06/2024 | Euro Film Fest

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