Interviews

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

8507 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 08/11/2025. 649 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Călin Peter Netzer • Director of Familiar

"This is a personal story, but with fictional elements"

Călin Peter Netzer • Director of Familiar

The Romanian Golden Bear winner discusses his latest work, which follows a filmmaker trying to make a film about the lives of his parents in the most...  

17/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Competition

Rita Azevedo Gomes  • Director

“I don’t care who I am any more; I will never find the answer”

Rita Azevedo Gomes • Director

The experienced Portuguese director is picking up an Honorary Mikeldi Award at Zinebi, and we took the opportunity to chat to her about her sprawling career  

17/11/2023 | Zinebi 2023

Petr Hátle  • Director of Mr. and Mrs. Stodola

"The suggestion or imagination of violence can be far more interesting and horrifying"

Petr Hátle • Director of Mr. and Mrs. Stodola

We talked to the Czech director about making the transition from documentary to fiction, true crime and violence, and the casting process for notorious...  

17/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | First Feature Competition

Tomas Vengris • Director of Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania

“We deny it, we want to think we are more complex, but everyone wants to love and be loved”

Tomas Vengris • Director of Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania

Already behind Motherland, the Lithuanian-American filmmaker turns to his own flat for inspiration  

17/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Rebels with a Cause

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

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