Interviews

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

8337 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 08/08/2025. 666 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Leonor Teles  • Director of Baan

“This whole film is trying to portray a state of mind”

Leonor Teles • Director of Baan

With her new feature, the cinematographer-turned-director embarks on a bittersweet search for the place where one belongs  

11/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Romain de Saint-Blanquat  • Director of Bitten

“Gothic literature had an influence on the aesthetics of the film as well as on the main character”

Romain de Saint-Blanquat • Director of Bitten

The French director breaks down his stylish and atmospheric feature debut, focusing on his protagonists, and his fascination for vampires and coming-of-age...  

10/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Cineasti del presente

Sofia Exarchou  • Director of Animal

“I like to start with reality, but then I want to create my own universe, one that will serve my story”

Sofia Exarchou • Director of Animal

The Greek director, whose film plunges into the rarely seen universe of hotel and resort animators, discusses her approach, her research and her cast  

10/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Ena Sendijarević  • Director of Sweet Dreams

“It's my job to learn, to educate myself and to try to understand more about this world through cinema”

Ena Sendijarević • Director of Sweet Dreams

The Amsterdam-based Bosnian director gives us the low-down on how she made her idiosyncratic period film and discusses the role of the past in the present  

10/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Dragan Bjelogrlić  • Director of Guardians of the Formula

“The Cold War has never stopped”

Dragan Bjelogrlić • Director of Guardians of the Formula

The Serbian actor-director’s latest effort is a Cold War-set drama revolving around the first-ever human bone-marrow transplant  

08/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Piazza Grande

Yeva Strelnikova  • Director of Stay Online

“The world needs to see our reality”

Yeva Strelnikova • Director of Stay Online

The winner of the New Flesh Competition at the Montreal-based festival unpicks her thriller, where war destroys lives both online and off  

08/08/2023 | Fantasia 2023

Radu Jude  • Director of Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

“It is a very self-reflective film about what images mean and what cinema can be nowadays”

Radu Jude • Director of Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

The Romanian helmer breaks down his complex new feature of two halves, which provides witty comments on the digital environment and the altered nature of cinema  

08/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Sam H Freeman, Ng Choon Ping  • Directors of Femme

“We tried to make a very human film”

Sam H Freeman, Ng Choon Ping • Directors of Femme

We chatted to the directors of the film following a drag performer who tries to put his life back together after a brutal attack, fresh off their multiple...  

04/08/2023 | Fantasia 2023

Monica Ciarli  • Sales Agent, Minerva Pictures

“More and more often, sales agents are having to invest a little in production or even produce their own films”

Monica Ciarli • Sales Agent, Minerva Pictures

We sat down with the Roman firm’s head of international sales to discuss a variety of topics, including how the role of the sales agent is evolving and...  

03/08/2023 | /Italy

Vasilis Katsoupis  • Director of Inside

“After this experience, I'm completely sure that art is not a luxury”

Vasilis Katsoupis • Director of Inside

The Greek director opens up about the origin of his latest project, working with Willem Dafoe and his views on art as a basic human need  

25/07/2023 | Palić 2023

Laura García Andreu  • Director of Domingo Domingo

"People from different socio-cultural backgrounds, who didn't have access to cinema before, can now tell their own stories"

Laura García Andreu • Director of Domingo Domingo

The Valencian filmmaker talks about her second feature film, a charming character portrait defending the work of farmers  

24/07/2023 | Palić 2023

Sander Burger  • Director of Totem

“If you cast a child, you don’t cast an actor. You cast someone very close to the character you had in mind”

Sander Burger • Director of Totem

We spoke to the Dutch helmer about his latest effort, an endearing tale of family love and friendship between the young protagonist and her totem animal, a...  

20/07/2023 | Giffoni 2023

Eleonora Veninova  • Director of Things Unsaid

“Patriarchy is so ingrained in our behaviour, in how we are raised, that in the end it always comes up”

Eleonora Veninova • Director of Things Unsaid

The Macedonian filmmaker speaks about the long journey to get her film made and its underlying commentary on patriarchy  

19/07/2023 | Palić 2023

Kamal Lazraq • Director of Hounds

"It’s still a Moroccan film: it’s tragic, funny, weird, sometimes violent, sometimes mystical"

Kamal Lazraq • Director of Hounds

A gripping movie set in the slums of Casablanca and awarded the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize in Cannes, the Moroccan filmmaker’s first feature is about to...  

18/07/2023 | /France/Morocco/Belgium/Qatar

Nare Leone Ter-Gabrielyan  • Head, GAIFF Pro

“It’s not just about giving opportunities to a younger generation. It’s about making them understand they are missing them”

Nare Leone Ter-Gabrielyan • Head, GAIFF Pro

We talked to the head of Golden Apricot International Film Festival's industry platform about its just completed edition  

17/07/2023 | Golden Apricot 2023 | GAIFF Pro

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