Interviews

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

9046 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 28/09/2026. 605 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Isabelle Stever, Anna Melikova • Director and screenwriter of I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming

“We wanted the war to exist on a linguistic and emotional level, rather than simply through images of destruction”

Isabelle Stever, Anna Melikova • Director and screenwriter of I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming

The director and screenwriter discuss their film about a Ukrainian couple simultaneously navigating one partner’s gender transition and the devastating...  

11/08/2026 | Locarno 2026 | Competition

Giovanni Tortorici • Director of Ketticè

“The film offered me the chance to explore power dynamics between the individual and the family, and between the individual and institutions - in particular, with school”

Giovanni Tortorici • Director of Ketticè

The director discusses his ironic and powerful film about an age suspended between the desire for freedom, violence, drugs and the need to belong  

11/08/2026 | Locarno 2026 | Competition

Dario Albertini • Director of Armony

“Armony is precisely someone who has found their own place and who, in some way, feels at ease in their in-between space”

Dario Albertini • Director of Armony

The Italian director talks about a film rooted in the everyday lives of people who have chosen to live differently, a communal existence based on tenderness...  

11/08/2026 | Locarno 2026 | Piazza Grande

Maria Bäck • Director of Brave New Love

“I hope we are heading towards something new together, something a bit more open”

Maria Bäck • Director of Brave New Love

The Swedish director talks about how she delivers a surprising take on a ménage à trois in her new film  

11/08/2026 | Locarno 2026 | Competition

Florin Șerban • Director of You Don’t Belong Here

“As adults, we have the illusion that we’re in control, but we never truly are”

Florin Șerban • Director of You Don’t Belong Here

The Romanian director provides some insights into his psychological exploration of the fragile bond between a father and his teenage son  

10/08/2026 | Locarno 2026 | Competition

Dominik Mirecki • Director of Kanaan

“I am immensely impressed by cinema that does not moralise”

Dominik Mirecki • Director of Kanaan

The Polish director discusses morality, survival and the importance of preserving one's sensitivity as a filmmaker  

07/08/2026 | /Poland

Markus Duffner • Head, Locarno Pro

“Innovation is not only about technology”

Markus Duffner • Head, Locarno Pro

Amid emerging talent, private capital and new co-production models, Locarno Pro is seeking concrete responses to the growing instability facing independent...  

04/08/2026 | Locarno 2026 | Locarno Pro

Giona A Nazzaro • Artistic director, Locarno Film Festival

“I am wary of the idea of a festival that celebrates arthouse cinema without asking whether it can also thrive beyond the festival circuit”

Giona A Nazzaro • Artistic director, Locarno Film Festival

The artistic director discusses the changes he would still like to introduce, as well as cinema’s role as a mirror reflecting an increasingly complex world  

03/08/2026 | Locarno 2026

Luigi Sales • Head of Content and Original Productions, Giffoni Innovation Hub

“Our value primarily emerges in projects connecting companies, institutions, creatives and young people within a single innovation process”

Luigi Sales • Head of Content and Original Productions, Giffoni Innovation Hub

One year on from our first meeting, the professional explains how the Innovation Hub turns creativity and youth participation into concrete pathways into...  

31/07/2026 | Giffoni 2026

Marco Müller • Director, Film Arts Research Centre at Shanghai University

“Festivals should reveal the future of cinema, not become the last stop before streaming”

Marco Müller • Director, Film Arts Research Centre at Shanghai University

The veteran programmer and former artistic director of Locarno, Venice and IFFR speaks about the importance of discovering cinema beyond the Western canon  

30/07/2026 | /Europe/Asia

GoCritic! Interview: Matas Pakutinskas  • Director of Little October

“I don’t feel it’s right for young people to put themselves on the line for other people’s goals”

GoCritic! Interview: Matas Pakutinskas • Director of Little October

The Lithuanian animator and illustrator shares the real-life inspirations and his use of strong colour-blocking in his short film  

28/07/2026 | GoCritic! | Animafest Zagreb 2026

GoCritic! Interview: Tommaso Zerbi  • Director of Time Flies

“It’s a statement about the society that pushes us to be productive and manifesto about being useless”

GoCritic! Interview: Tommaso Zerbi • Director of Time Flies

The Italian animator explores the absurdity behind his award-winning film as an invitation to the audience to reclaim their own time  

28/07/2026 | GoCritic! | Animafest Zagreb 2026

GoCritic! Interview: Katrina Larner  • Director of Play Fight!

“Each girl discovers something about herself and the dynamics of social life”

GoCritic! Interview: Katrina Larner • Director of Play Fight!

The US multimedia animator discusses her animation techniques and more in this film set at a girls' slumber party  

28/07/2026 | GoCritic! | Animafest Zagreb 2026

GoCritic! Interview: Šimon Mészáros  • Director of Quantum Jump

“It’s a part of the story of what is real and what is not”

GoCritic! Interview: Šimon Mészáros • Director of Quantum Jump

The Slovak director and animator shares his artistic ideas behind the film and its dialogue with artificially generated imagery  

28/07/2026 | GoCritic! | Animafest Zagreb 2026

Inna Sahakyan, Ruben Ghazaryan • Directors of Outliving Shakespeare

“Older people are often the most open to life”

Inna Sahakyan, Ruben Ghazaryan • Directors of Outliving Shakespeare

The Armenian duo reveal details about the making of their heartfelt documentary, as well as their differing approaches to finding the right balance, both on...  

17/07/2026 | Golden Apricot 2026

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