Interviews

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

8323 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 17/07/2025. 660 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Ivan Marinović • Director of Forever Hold Your Peace

"It's a comedy, but it's almost like a disaster movie, where the 'Godzilla' is a traditional Montenegrin wedding"

Ivan Marinović • Director of Forever Hold Your Peace

The Montenegrin director discusses his heartwarming and explosive comedy about a very special wedding  

16/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Competition

Virginia García del Pino • Director of Romance Scam

"Deceiving someone is so stupid; it has no merit"

Virginia García del Pino • Director of Romance Scam

The director explains the process behind her documentary, her first feature film since 2015, and what it has taught her about love  

16/11/2023 | Zinebi 2023

Iryna Kostyuk and Tetiana Ruban • Producer, FILM.UA Group/Animagrad Studio, and CEO, Nerd Licensing Agency

“The project’s uniqueness lies also in its promotion and export of Ukrainian culture, values and traditions”

Iryna Kostyuk and Tetiana Ruban • Producer, FILM.UA Group/Animagrad Studio, and CEO, Nerd Licensing Agency

At Cartoon Business, the two reps spoke about the ground-breaking success of Mavka. The Forest Song in Ukraine and internationally  

16/11/2023 | Cartoon 2023 | Cartoon Business

Miguel Faus  • Director of The Quiet Maid

“I hope that everyone is more than their job”

Miguel Faus • Director of The Quiet Maid

We talked to the Spanish filmmaker about his debut feature, centred on a maid stuck in a luxurious villa with her employers  

16/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | First Feature Competition

Szabolcs Hajdu  • Director of Kalman's Day

“We go where the audiences are”

Szabolcs Hajdu • Director of Kalman's Day

The Hungarian director has made a new chamber film about the nature of relationships, which he himself stars in  

16/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Critics’ Picks

Emma Dante  • Director of Misericordia

“This story came about in the darkness and obscurity of the theatre, on a very stripped-back stage”

Emma Dante • Director of Misericordia

The Sicilian theatre and film director chatted to us about the origins of her latest project, based on the 2020 play of the same name  

15/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Competition

Anna Jadowska  • Director of Woman on the Roof

"The critical moment of the robbery makes her see the mess around and inside her"

Anna Jadowska • Director of Woman on the Roof

The Polish director discusses her film about a 60-year-old woman who breaks all the rules  

15/11/2023 | Lecce 2023

Jaap van Heusden and Rogier de Blok • Director and screenwriter of The Man from Rome

"With so much bullshit flooding in, you can't operate a society or a democracy if nobody knows what to believe in"

Jaap van Heusden and Rogier de Blok • Director and screenwriter of The Man from Rome

The Dutch filmmakers discuss their film centred on a priest, a modern-day crusader on a quest to save mankind from darkness  

14/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Competition

Ninna Pálmadóttir  • Director of Solitude

"Friendship is at the heart of the story"

Ninna Pálmadóttir • Director of Solitude

The Icelandic filmmaker discusses her debut feature film, written by Rúnar Rúnarsson and centred on the unexpected friendship between an elderly man...  

14/11/2023 | Arras 2023

Katalin Moldovai • Director of Without Air

"One of the main topics of the film is freedom of expression and the oppression that some may face"

Katalin Moldovai • Director of Without Air

The young Hungarian filmmaker born in Romania discusses her debut feature, a very subtle film about a teacher progressively ostracised  

13/11/2023 | Arras 2023

Kilian Riedhof  • Director of Stella. A Life

"We had to get viewers out of their comfort zone"

Kilian Riedhof • Director of Stella. A Life

The director discusses his new film, inspired by the true story of a Jewish girl in Berlin who was ready to do anything to survive, including betraying her...  

13/11/2023 | Arras 2023

Manuel Martín Cuenca  • Director of Andrea’s Love

“All families are constantly being built and rebuilt”

Manuel Martín Cuenca • Director of Andrea’s Love

The Spanish director unpicks his latest work, which features young first-timers in the lead roles  

09/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Competition

Lucie Girre  • General delegate, ARP

"Are our strategic cultural assets sufficiently defended?"

Lucie Girre • General delegate, ARP

The general delegate of the association discusses bipolarisation, extra-European capital and artificial intelligence, hot topics in the French cinema industry  

08/11/2023 | ARP Film Meetings 2023

Joost Daamen  • Head of programme, IDFA

“This year’s films and themes are broader, although the personal sphere may still be a starting point”

Joost Daamen • Head of programme, IDFA

The head of programme of the world’s largest doc festival talks us through this year’s line-up, its new venue and the creation of the Signed strand  

08/11/2023 | IDFA 2023

Frédéric Tellier  • Director of Abbé Pierre – A Century of Devotion

"He wasn’t a legend anymore, he was a human being"

Frédéric Tellier • Director of Abbé Pierre – A Century of Devotion

The French filmmaker chatted to us about his new film, which centres on the famous, revolutionary and iconoclast priest who was at once a Resistance...  

07/11/2023 | /France

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