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 07/10/2025. 650 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Joachim Lafosse  • Director of A Silence

“The venom of crime spreads by creating shame, silence and guilt”

Joachim Lafosse • Director of A Silence

The Belgian director’s film looks at the role played by silence in cases of child abuse  

26/09/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | Competition

Javier Macipe  • Director of The Blue Star

“Here the music is like the Force in Star Wars"

Javier Macipe • Director of The Blue Star

The director makes his feature film debut with a Spanish-Argentine co-production that revives the figure of a forgotten musician while at the same time...  

25/09/2023 | San Sebastian 2023 | New Directors

Isabel Herguera  • Director of Sultana’s Dream

"Animation can be an extraordinary tool to build stories for adults"

Isabel Herguera • Director of Sultana’s Dream

The Basque filmmaker talks to us about her references and the process of creating her first feature film  

24/09/2023 | San Sebastian 2023 | Competition

Isabella Eklöf  • Director of Kalak

“Sometimes you have to admit defeat to start over and rise again”

Isabella Eklöf • Director of Kalak

The Swedish filmmaker details the inspirations for her new feature, based on Kim Leine's autobiographical novel, as well as the research that went into it  

24/09/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | Competition

Edoardo Gabbriellini  • Director of Holiday

“A coming-of-age tale set within a thriller framework couldn’t help but become a criticism of my own generation”

Edoardo Gabbriellini • Director of Holiday

Now on his third feature film, the Italian director spoke to us about the ideas which gave rise to his movie  

21/09/2023 | Toronto 2023 | Centrepiece

Zane Valeniece • Head of acquisitions, LTV

“There are shifts happening in terms of co-productions and financing, but I’d still say it’s all about the story and the characters”

Zane Valeniece • Head of acquisitions, LTV

The Latvian executive breaks down the content that pubcaster LTV wishes to acquire, its target audiences and its distribution strategies  

21/09/2023 | Cartoon 2023 | Cartoon Forum

Dana Dimitriu-Chelba, Giulia Ghica Dobre • Co-directors, Bucharest International Film Festival

“We want to place Bucharest on the map of important European capitals that organise film festivals”

Dana Dimitriu-Chelba, Giulia Ghica Dobre • Co-directors, Bucharest International Film Festival

The co-directors of the Romanian gathering detail its history and mission  

19/09/2023 | /Romania

Serpil Altın  • Director of Once Upon a Time in the Future: 2121

“I wanted to show a ‘documentary of the future’ today because of my growing concerns about what’s coming next”

Serpil Altın • Director of Once Upon a Time in the Future: 2121

The Turkish director talked us through the making of her charming sci-fi picture revolving around a society trapped underground  

18/09/2023 | /Turkey

Antonella Di Nocera, Leonardo Di Costanzo  • Producer and supervisor of Procida

“The freshness and purity of these young people's perspectives were fundamental elements in the narrative”

Antonella Di Nocera, Leonardo Di Costanzo • Producer and supervisor of Procida

The producer and the artistic director of the project, shot by the 12 young people from Campania who participated in the 2022 Film Atelier in Procida,...  

14/09/2023 | /Italy

Franco Montini  • Co-director of Passione Critica

“Critics matter to high-quality cinema”

Franco Montini • Co-director of Passione Critica

VENICE 2023: The film sees the director joining forces with Simone Isola and Patrizia Pistagnesi to study the relationship between critics and filmmakers in...  

14/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | International Critics' Week

Virginia Eleuteri Serpieri  • Director of Amor

“The film is a positive mirror of a dark river, it’s another side of Rome”

Virginia Eleuteri Serpieri • Director of Amor

VENICE 2023: The Italian director and video artist chatted to us about her documentary which explores the mystery of her mother’s passing in the river which...  

14/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Out of Competition

Nora El Hourch  • Director of Sisterhood

"I wanted to describe these young people who fight adult battles with children’s weapons"

Nora El Hourch • Director of Sisterhood

The French-Moroccan director explained the highly personal origin of her debut feature film, which is a psychological thriller navigating the grey zones of...  

13/09/2023 | Toronto 2023 | Platform

Hanna Slak • Director of Not a Word

“What I was interested in was this immanent story of confronting darkness during the search for a place where the healing process can start”

Hanna Slak • Director of Not a Word

The filmmaker homes in on the parent-child themes central to her new movie, Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No 5, and how genre influences her dramas  

13/09/2023 | Toronto 2023 | Platform

Héléna Klotz • Director of Spirit of Ecstasy

"What’s the alternative for modern-day youth?"

Héléna Klotz • Director of Spirit of Ecstasy

The French filmmaker explains the inner workings of a highly singular character and of an intimate thriller about an ambitious woman moving from a...  

12/09/2023 | Toronto 2023 | Platform

Sara Summa • Director of Arthur & Diana

“I always begin a project with an image that engraves itself on my mind”

Sara Summa • Director of Arthur & Diana

For her second feature, the French-Italian director has crafted a multilayered brother-and-sister story, containing certain autobiographical elements  

12/09/2023 | Toronto 2023 | Discovery

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