Interviews

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

8469 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 06/10/2025. 651 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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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

Ginella Vocca • Founder and artistic director, MedFilm Festival

“The festival’s themes are listening to and welcoming others, and culture as a unifying element”

Ginella Vocca • Founder and artistic director, MedFilm Festival

We chatted with the director of the Roman gathering - dedicated to Mediterranean and European film - about the protagonists of this 29th edition  

07/11/2023 | /Italy

Mikko Aromaa • Director, Night Visions

“We are actively pursuing the ‘think outside the box’ mentality”

Mikko Aromaa • Director, Night Visions

The head honcho of the Helsinki-based event details how important he thinks genre festivals are  

07/11/2023 | /Finland

Matei Truţa • Distributor, August Film

“There is room in an individual for both commercial and arthouse cinema”

Matei Truţa • Distributor, August Film

The co-founder of Romania’s youngest film distributor, which seems determined to dedicate itself to the distribution of arthouse cinema, gives us the...  

06/11/2023 | /Romania

Mladen Djordjević • Director of Working Class Goes to Hell

“I wanted to depict the never-ending cycle of violence and harassment”

Mladen Djordjević • Director of Working Class Goes to Hell

The Serbian director discusses his aesthetics, the difficulty of filming certain types of scenes, as well as his view of society and how his films reflect it  

06/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023

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