Interviews

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

7498 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 03/05/2024. 578 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Piero Messina • Director of Another End

“Together, Gael and Renate were like the wind coming in and blowing things around”

Piero Messina • Director of Another End

BERLINALE 2024: The Italian director chatted with us about some of the stages involved in producing his second work, which is a dystopic sentimental drama  

19/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Competition

Carmen Jaquier & Jan Gassmann • Directors of Paradises of Diane

"You have to accept the complexity of all these characters and their many different viewpoints"

Carmen Jaquier & Jan Gassmann • Directors of Paradises of Diane

BERLINALE 2024: The Swiss directors chatted with us about their first collaboration as a directorial duo and about the importance of showing walks of life...  

19/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Panorama

Ruth Beckermann • Director of Favoriten

“We project a future onto these children that may not materialise, but that's what cinema is all about”

Ruth Beckermann • Director of Favoriten

BERLINALE 2024: The Austrian filmmaker showcases a difficult reality in her new documentary, in which she portrays a class of children in Vienna’s biggest...  

19/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Encounters

Aslı Özarslan • Director of Elbow

“There is this young generation looking for answers and reclaiming their power; I have hope for them”

Aslı Özarslan • Director of Elbow

BERLINALE 2024: A young runaway learns some harsh truths, and breaks free, in this film based on the novel by Fatma Aydemir  

18/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Generation

Anthony Schatteman • Director of Young Hearts

"It wasn’t so much a children’s film I wanted to make as a family film, like the ones I grew up with"

Anthony Schatteman • Director of Young Hearts

BERLINALE 2024: We met with the young Flemish filmmaker, who’s presenting his debut feature film, a sensitive coming-of-age tale about a boy who discovers love  

18/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Generation

Levan Akin  • Director of Crossing

"This film is my tribute to solidarity and my love letter to Istanbul"

Levan Akin • Director of Crossing

BERLINALE 2024: The Swedish filmmaker discusses his new film, which follows a Georgian teacher who travels to Istanbul to search for her trans niece  

17/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Panorama

Nicolas Philibert • Director of Averroes & Rosa Parks

"These conversations go beyond the psychiatry setting, because we all share the same fears and anxieties"

Nicolas Philibert • Director of Averroes & Rosa Parks

BERLINALE 2024: The French documentary-maker tells us why and how he immersed himself in a psychiatric hospital, getting as close as possible to the...  

17/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Berlinale Special

Sasha Nathwani • Director of Last Swim

“We wanted to show the energy of the summer”

Sasha Nathwani • Director of Last Swim

BERLINALE 2024: The sun is high, but the shadows are growing longer in this film swinging between moments of laughter and bouts of melancholy  

16/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Generation

Mascha Halberstad • Director of Fox and Hare Save the Forest

“Children should be taken seriously”

Mascha Halberstad • Director of Fox and Hare Save the Forest

BERLINALE 2024: The Dutch director breaks down her new film, in which weird twists abound and Apocalypse Now references run wild  

16/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Generation

Farshad Hashemi • Director of Me, Maryam, the Children and 26 Others

“I can’t predict the future, but I know this is just the beginning”

Farshad Hashemi • Director of Me, Maryam, the Children and 26 Others

The winner of Göteborg’s Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award plays with fact and fiction in his debut film, which sees a woman opening up her home to a...  

14/02/2024 | Göteborg 2024

Carlos Muguiro • Director, Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola

"Our work with institutions is regular, totally naturalised, from day one”

Carlos Muguiro • Director, Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola

The director of the Basque film school explains its postgraduate programmes, as well as the selection process and its scholarship requirements  

13/02/2024 | /Spain

Martina Bleis • Head, Berlinale Co-Production Market

“We always aim to adjust and refresh our focus by bringing in new perspectives to our selection teams”

Martina Bleis • Head, Berlinale Co-Production Market

The woman at the helm of the Berlinale Co-Production Market shares some insights into this year’s selection process and the current co-production landscape  

13/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | EFM

Dennis Ruh • Director, European Film Market

“We, as the EFM, want to bring together the entire industry”

Dennis Ruh • Director, European Film Market

The EFM’s head honcho delves into the impact of artificial intelligence and the new trends in the market  

13/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | EFM

Barbara Rupik • Director of Cherub

“I’m interested in eyewitness stories: the spirituality of the storytellers and their genuine belief in all the supernatural elements”

Barbara Rupik • Director of Cherub

The up-and-coming Polish animator delves into her Eurimages-awarded first feature, which focuses on an angelic being who roams our world  

12/02/2024 | IFFR 2024 | IFFR Pro

Igor Mirković • Director of Sweet Simona

“We wanted to prove that people, their desires and their need for love remain the same, despite all these changes in technology”

Igor Mirković • Director of Sweet Simona

The Croatian filmmaker delves into the desires, the technology and the motivations behind his sophomore fiction feature, which deals with the world of...  

08/02/2024 | /Croatia

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