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.

 
Timm Kröger  • Director of The Universal Theory

“I dream in the way classic cinema has taught us to”

Timm Kröger • Director of The Universal Theory

VENICE 2023: Instead of actually delivering the titular theory of everything, the German director opts for mystery  

03/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Competition

Stefanie Kolk  • Director of Milk

"What struck me about these ladies who donated their milk after their loss is the calm determination they had"

Stefanie Kolk • Director of Milk

VENICE 2023: The Dutch director's feature debut focuses on a young woman who, after having a stillbirth, decides to donate her breast milk to other mothers...  

02/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Giornate degli Autori

Tommaso Santambrogio  • Director of Oceans Are the Real Continents

“Forced separation is something that characterises the entirety of Cuban society”

Tommaso Santambrogio • Director of Oceans Are the Real Continents

VENICE 2023: The Italian director's feature debut tells of the Cuban migrant crisis through three stories and three generations overshadowed by the threat...  

02/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Giornate degli Autori

Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík  • Directors of Photophobia

“We didn’t want to elicit feelings of pathos; these children bring a different kind of emotion”

Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík • Directors of Photophobia

VENICE 2023: The Slovakian directors grab their video camera and head down to a Kharkiv Metro station in Ukraine in order to depict the war from the point...  

02/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Giornate degli Autori

Vittorio Moroni  • Director of The Invention of Snow

“I wanted the viewer not to know from the start what was good and what was bad"

Vittorio Moroni • Director of The Invention of Snow

VENICE 2023: The Italian director talks about his fourth feature, which follows a woman caught up in her own mistakes, who is fighting to get her daughter back  

02/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Giornate degli Autori

Nehir Tuna  • Director of Dormitory

“Coming-of-age stories are my favourite genre”

Nehir Tuna • Director of Dormitory

VENICE 2023: The Turkish director delves into the many nuances of his first feature, a film you’d be a fool to sleep through  

02/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Orizzonti

Andrés Peyrot  • Director of God Is A Woman

"This combination of time periods and viewpoints would lead to a combination of different materials"

Andrés Peyrot • Director of God Is A Woman

VENICE 2023: The Swiss filmmaker of Panamanian origin spoke to us about the adventure involved in making his documentary about the Kuna community and...  

01/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | International Film Critics’ Week

Luna Carmoon • Director of Hoard

“The door is always ajar when it comes to memories and grief”

Luna Carmoon • Director of Hoard

VENICE 2023: The debuting director proves there is no escaping the past, so we might as well just learn to accept it  

01/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | International Film Critics’ Week

Gábor Reisz  • Director of Explanation for Everything

"We had to show every single side of these characters"

Gábor Reisz • Director of Explanation for Everything

VENICE 2023: The Hungarian filmmaker unpicks his new movie and explains its many nuances, painting a composite picture of modern-day society in his country  

31/08/2023 | Venice 2023 | Orizzonti

Ayat Najafi  • Director of The Sun Will Rise

“It was really tragic what was happening, but it also inspired me because I could see the bravery of these people”

Ayat Najafi • Director of The Sun Will Rise

VENICE 2023: The director talks about his Iranian-shot film, which documents the trials and tribulations of a theatre company, while outside, in the...  

31/08/2023 | Venice 2023 | Giornate degli Autori

Antonio Pisu  • Director of Nina of the Wolves

“There are neither goodies nor baddies in this film; people do what they have to do in order to survive”

Antonio Pisu • Director of Nina of the Wolves

VENICE 2023: The director talks to us about his new film, a dystopian fantasy-thriller based on Alessandro Bertante's novel of the same name  

31/08/2023 | Venice 2023 | Giornate degli Autori

Julia Fuhr Mann  • Director of Life Is Not a Competition, but I’m Winning

“I didn’t want to focus on someone’s win; I wanted to focus on people being together”

Julia Fuhr Mann • Director of Life Is Not a Competition, but I’m Winning

VENICE 2023: Queer athletes take over an Olympic stadium, ready to change the game, in the German director’s first feature-length documentary  

31/08/2023 | Venice 2023 | International Film Critics’ Week

Maciej Jakubczyk  • Department director and festival strategic director, Young Horizons

“We wanted to highlight the synergy between our projects, leading us to consolidate all our efforts for youngsters under a single brand”

Maciej Jakubczyk • Department director and festival strategic director, Young Horizons

The Polish professional offers a glimpse of the upcoming edition of Young Horizons, discussing the changes for this year and what the event brings to the...  

31/08/2023 | Young Horizons Industry 2023

Gyda Velvin Myklebust  • Programme director, New Nordic Films, Haugesund

“There are so many films here that we are now seeing at the start of their journeys”

Gyda Velvin Myklebust • Programme director, New Nordic Films, Haugesund

The Norwegian film professional looks back at a strong edition of the industry event and says yes to optimism, nationally as well as internationally  

29/08/2023 | Haugesund 2023 | New Nordic Films

Beatrice Fiorentino • General delegate, Venice International Film Critics' Week

“We like to show that cinema is alive; we’re interested in the present of cinema, in relation to the present of the world”

Beatrice Fiorentino • General delegate, Venice International Film Critics' Week

The person responsible for the programme told us about the selection process for the 38th edition, current themes and trends, and discoveries from the...  

28/08/2023 | Venice 2023 | International Film Critics' Week

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