Interviews

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

8602 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 24/01/2026. 636 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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Elena Duque • Programmer, Doc’s Kingdom

“As a programmer, you also have a responsibility to change what is considered to be the canon of film history”

Elena Duque • Programmer, Doc’s Kingdom

As the 2023 edition of the Portuguese event kicked off, this year’s programmer, selected in the first-ever call opened by the seminar, broke down what is...  

01/12/2023 | /Portugal

Eduardo Escudero • Distributor, A Contracorriente Films

“We should treat streamers as allies, not as enemies”

Eduardo Escudero • Distributor, A Contracorriente Films

We caught up with one of the founders of the Catalan outfit to zoom in on its complex business model and its relationship with VoD platforms  

30/11/2023 | /Spain

Peter Luisi • Director of Bon Schuur Ticino

“I have realised that a lot of decisions that fall to the producer are extremely important for the creative process”

Peter Luisi • Director of Bon Schuur Ticino

On the eve of the release of his newest opus, the director and producer discusses the process of making comedies on a reduced budget in Switzerland  

29/11/2023 | /Switzerland

Anaïs Clanet • Sales agent, Reservoir Docs

"The marketing has to be brought to the buyers on a platter"

Anaïs Clanet • Sales agent, Reservoir Docs

The French sales agent discusses the strain of documentary markets, frustrated acquisition strategies, the standardisation of Crime Stories and the gap...  

29/11/2023 | /France

Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó • Directors of White Plastic Sky

“We wanted to study the paradox of sacrifice”

Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó • Directors of White Plastic Sky

First presented in the Berlinale’s Encounters section, the film is a spectacular post-apocalyptic animated feature that deals with key environmental issues...  

28/11/2023 | /Hungary/Slovakia

Elisa Cepedal • Director of El Cine, 5

“My work in the past few years has been an attempt to understand my own identity and political commitment”

Elisa Cepedal • Director of El Cine, 5

The Asturian filmmaker has crafted a cinematic love letter to a past she grew up with  

28/11/2023 | Gijón 2023

Kim Foss • Distributor, Camera Film

“The 50+ segment is getting bigger every year because people stay in the job market, live longer and continue to go to the cinema”

Kim Foss • Distributor, Camera Film

The Danish exhibitor and distributor spoke about his company’s strategies and the current climate of the arthouse business, among other topics  

24/11/2023 | /Denmark

Chiara Zappalà • Manager, European Film Factory project, Institut français

“The programme offers an innovative and practical approach to supporting film education in Europe”

Chiara Zappalà • Manager, European Film Factory project, Institut français

During Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event, we delved into this ground-breaking European project supported by MEDIA and focused on film literacy  

24/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event

Mercedes Fernandez • Managing Director, TorinoFilmLab

“The creative process can be very solitary; we provide filmmakers with a safe space where they can compare notes and experiment”

Mercedes Fernandez • Managing Director, TorinoFilmLab

We chatted with the international audiovisual lab’s project manager about its achievements and latest developments  

23/11/2023 | TorinoFilmLab 2023

Rozália Szeleczki • Director of Cat Call

"My basic idea is that the more absurd I make things, the more they somehow reflect reality"

Rozália Szeleczki • Director of Cat Call

The Hungarian filmmaker details her film, which follows a 30-year-old trapped in a world of her own imagination for whom everything changes when a talking...  

23/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | First Feature Competition

Markku Hakala, Mari Käki • Directors of Giant's Kettle

"Unfortunately, the dystopian world we built is strikingly similar to the one we live in"

Markku Hakala, Mari Käki • Directors of Giant's Kettle

The Finnish filmmaking duo discusses their film depicting an inhuman black-and-white bureaucratic ultrasound world where nobody uses any words  

23/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | First Feature Competition

Kaveh Daneshmand and Gem Deger • Director of and actor in Endless Summer Syndrome

"My idea was to create a new-age erotic thriller with fresh social themes"

Kaveh Daneshmand and Gem Deger • Director of and actor in Endless Summer Syndrome

The Czech Republic-based filmmaker and actor discuss their film, in which the mother of two adopted children learns that her husband may be having an affair...  

23/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | First Feature Competition

Janez Burger • Director of Observing

"How can people watch a crime on social media without helping or calling the police?"

Janez Burger • Director of Observing

The Slovenian filmmaker discusses his film, based on a vicious crime after two friends beat a colleague and broadcast the event on Facebook Live to 20,000...  

23/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Critics' Picks

Eeva Mägi • Director of Mo Mamma

“Watching cinema is like having butterflies in my stomach – it’s a feeling I would like to elicit with my films”

Eeva Mägi • Director of Mo Mamma

An intriguing new voice in Estonian cinema, the director reveals some of the secrets behind her deeply touching and personal movies  

23/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | First Feature Competition

Anna Kopecka • Programme director, Cork International Film Festival

“We aim to bring to Cork and Ireland the best and most important movies that were made and premiered in the past year”

Anna Kopecka • Programme director, Cork International Film Festival

The programme director talked us through this year’s highlights, her curatorial strategy and the main industry events organised by Ireland’s oldest festival  

23/11/2023 | /Ireland

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