Interviews

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

9046 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 28/09/2026. 605 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov • Directors of Black Money for White Nights

"Our characters are very confused people, living half of their lives under communism and the other half in and after the transition"

Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov • Directors of Black Money for White Nights

The duo speaks about portraying a generation that has lived through two opposing political systems and exploring the many shades of corruption and moral...  

10/07/2026 | Karlovy Vary 2026 | Competition

Mads Mengel • Director of The Guest

"I wanted nuance in every character, everyone to be right and everyone to be wrong at some point"

Mads Mengel • Director of The Guest

The Danish director speaks about developing complex characters with the actors, portraying mental illness without easy answers, or even the proper...  

10/07/2026 | Karlovy Vary 2026 | Competition

Tonia Mishiali • Director of The Lion at My Back

"I needed the audience to catch their breath while also sinking them into the darkness of each character"

Tonia Mishiali • Director of The Lion at My Back

The Cypriot filmmaker discusses her warm-hearted sophomore feature, which explores maternal figures, found family and sacrifice for those you grow to love  

09/07/2026 | Karlovy Vary 2026 | Competition

Martina Buchelová • Director of Lover, Not a Fighter

“The film’s documentary feel represents an aesthetic choice, not a lack of control“

Martina Buchelová • Director of Lover, Not a Fighter

The Slovak director reflects on how her film looks to reframe serious social and generational concerns through an accessible romantic form  

09/07/2026 | Karlovy Vary 2026 | Proxima

Šimon Holý • Director of Chica Checa

“This film has become a highly political appeal for individual freedom”

Šimon Holý • Director of Chica Checa

The Czech director chatted with us about turning queer identity, drag culture and rural family comedy into mainstream cinema, shaped by “radical positivity”...  

09/07/2026 | Karlovy Vary 2026 | Competition

Chiara Sbarigia  • President, Italian Association of Audiovisual Producers (APA)

“Series deserve their own dedicated space, especially at a time when formats are rapidly changing”

Chiara Sbarigia • President, Italian Association of Audiovisual Producers (APA)

We chatted with the Italian industry leader about series, the new challenges for independent producers, and international co-production  

09/07/2026 | Italian Global Series 2026

Stéphane Demoustier  • Director of La Chaleur

“This is a languid thriller, shaped by the character’s state of mind”

Stéphane Demoustier • Director of La Chaleur

The French filmmaker analyses a film which, against a backdrop of tense suspense and a sense of uncertainty, explores contemporary youth and the...  

08/07/2026 | /France/Italy/Belgium/Switzerland

Sally Wainwright • Creator, writer and director of Riot Women

“Punk seemed to be the right musical style for 50-plus women suddenly feeling invisible in the world”

Sally Wainwright • Creator, writer and director of Riot Women

We met the multi-award-winning British television writer to discuss her new series, a surprising feminist manifesto starring five middle-aged women who form...  

07/07/2026 | Italian Global Series 2026

Christine Berg, Peter Schauerte • Chairwoman, HDF Kino, and managing director, AllScreens

“The great thing about the cinema is that it remains the cinema, yet it constantly reinvents itself”

Christine Berg, Peter Schauerte • Chairwoman, HDF Kino, and managing director, AllScreens

The representatives of the leading German cinema and distribution associations talk about the development of the theatrical market in Germany, as well as...  

07/07/2026 | /Germany

Florian Reignier • Co-director of Susurros

"The subject is very sensitive, so it was important for us to make our message as clear as possible, leaving no room for misinterpretation"

Florian Reignier • Co-director of Susurros

This collaborative ASIFA Student Award-winning graduation film examines the enduring struggle around women's reproductive rights  

07/07/2026 | GoCritic! | Animafest Zagreb 2026

Jozo Schmuch • Director of Shallow Ground

“The tragedy of Vukovar should never be used to sow hatred, but should rather serve as a lesson so that nothing like it ever happens again"

Jozo Schmuch • Director of Shallow Ground

Blending the dreamlike with realism, the Croatian director's work is a personal story of those who have disappeared, and will screen as part of EFP's Future...  

06/07/2026 | Future Frames 2026

Marie Lukáčová • Director of Orla

“I want my children to be able to watch a fairy tale that speaks their language”

Marie Lukáčová • Director of Orla

Czech filmmaker Marie Lukáčová will make a triumphant homecoming as her film will screen at Karlovy Vary as part of EFP’s Future Frames  

06/07/2026 | Future Frames 2026

André Vaara • Director of Sister of Mine

“I’m probably a big dreamer at heart, but I’m also a proper realist”

André Vaara • Director of Sister of Mine

The Swedish director talks to us about his sensitive short film, which will soon screen in EFP’s Future Frames line-up in Karlovy Vary  

06/07/2026 | Future Frames 2026

Elsa Moulin • Director of Acid Echo

“I wanted to move beyond the narration and pay more attention to sensations”

Elsa Moulin • Director of Acid Echo

The French animator tells us about her graduation work at the École des Métiers du Cinéma d'Animation in Angoulême  

06/07/2026 | GoCritic! | Animafest Zagreb 2026

Arnas Balčiūnas • Director of Past The Hill Of Napoleon's Hat

“You can’t escape your upbringing or your genes, no matter how you feel about them”

Arnas Balčiūnas • Director of Past The Hill Of Napoleon's Hat

The Lithuanian director, fresh from unspooling a short at Cannes Critics' Week, talks about utilising the short form ahead of the screening of another of...  

03/07/2026 | Future Frames 2026

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