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.

 
Torsten Frehse  • CEO, European Work in Progress Cologne

“We want to create a real market and engage in serious conversations”

Torsten Frehse • CEO, European Work in Progress Cologne

In Cologne, 32 feature-length projects will be presented as works in progress to a wide network of industry professionals  

11/10/2023 | European Work in Progress Cologne 2023

Gísli Snær Erlingsson • Director, Icelandic Film Centre

“It’s a virtuous circle for all the Icelandic professionals whose abilities are enhanced when they work on their own projects”

Gísli Snær Erlingsson • Director, Icelandic Film Centre

The director of the Icelandic centre discusses the current boom of the local film industry  

11/10/2023 | Reykjavik 2023

Vivian Goffette • Director of Clenched Fists

"What interests me is to capture the things that people don’t want to say"

Vivian Goffette • Director of Clenched Fists

The Belgian filmmaker talks about his second feature film, which questions the construction of the identity of a boy whose father is a universally hated...  

11/10/2023 | Namur 2023

Nomintuya Baasankhuu  • Founding director, Film Nomad

“Film Nomad will continue to provide invaluable support to both emerging and established filmmakers in Mongolia”

Nomintuya Baasankhuu • Founding director, Film Nomad

The founding director details the young film-development initiative, which aims to establish cooperation between Mongolia and the rest of the world  

11/10/2023 | /Mongolia

Bernard Bellefroid  • Director of One of the Thousand Hills

"For the survivors, the genocide is still something they live in the present"

Bernard Bellefroid • Director of One of the Thousand Hills

The Belgian filmmaker tells us about his new documentary, about the search for truth and justice in Rwanda, 30 years after the genocide  

10/10/2023 | Namur 2023

Thomas Bidegain  • Director of Suddenly

“Today, as if by chance, we’re realising that men have been ‘a little bit’ incompetent and that the contribution of women is helpful”

Thomas Bidegain • Director of Suddenly

The French screenwriter and director discusses his second feature film as a director, a visceral combination of survival film and love story  

09/10/2023 | Namur 2023

Aritz Moreno  • Director of Flies

"Putting this character through suffering for 90 minutes is fun to do... and fun for the viewer to watch"

Aritz Moreno • Director of Flies

After Advantages of Travelling by Train, the Spanish director returns with another convoluted fable, bursting with black humour, shot in Buenos Aires  

09/10/2023 | Sitges 2023

Valentin Thurn  • Producer, ThurnFilm

“An impact campaign does not fit every film”

Valentin Thurn • Producer, ThurnFilm

The German filmmaker’s extensive work on impact producing was the subject of our chat a few days ahead of this year’s Human Rights Film Festival Berlin  

09/10/2023 | Human Rights Film Festival Berlin 2023

Dominique Abel & Fiona Gordon  • Directors of The Falling Star

"We see it as a black and white film with colours"

Dominique Abel & Fiona Gordon • Directors of The Falling Star

The uncategorisable duo spoke about their new feature film, which introduces a darker dimension into their universe  

06/10/2023 | Namur 2023

Yana Titova  • Director of Dyad

“I wanted to recreate all this continuous chatter that drowns out the important talk about things that really matter”

Yana Titova • Director of Dyad

The Bulgarian second-time director reveals the concept behind the title of her film, while also sharing insights about her efforts to reflect reality as...  

04/10/2023 | Golden Rose 2023

Anatol Durbală  • Director of Varvara

“Among crooks, the righteous seem crooked everywhere”

Anatol Durbală • Director of Varvara

The Moldovan director explains how a religious fresco becomes a symbol of rectitude and normality in his second feature  

03/10/2023 | Zurich 2023

Martín Rejtman  • Director of The Practice

"Eccentricity is a feature of comedy, which is why almost anything can happen in comedy"

Martín Rejtman • Director of The Practice

The Argentinian filmmaker's new film is a comedy full of quirky characters that are easy to identify with  

02/10/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | Competition

Miguel Eek  • Artistic director, MajorDocs

“Having a pared-down selection of films allows us to fight for them”

Miguel Eek • Artistic director, MajorDocs

The artistic director of the Palma de Mallorca-based festival talks to us about his concept for the gathering, and about the spaces he strives to create for...  

02/10/2023 | /Spain

Niclas Larsson  • Director of Mother, Couch!

"I miss old masters like Billy Wilder or Jonathan Demme, I miss when genres were mixed"

Niclas Larsson • Director of Mother, Couch!

The first film by the young Swedish director tells the story of the complicated relationship between a son and his mother, and explores both dark and bright...  

02/10/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | New Directors

Yolande Moreau  • Director of  The Jolly Forgers

"I like to explore serious or deep things, but through laughter"

Yolande Moreau • Director of The Jolly Forgers

We met with the Belgian actress and filmmaker to discuss her poetic and melancholy tale which is an ode to the little lies we tell to make existence tolerable  

02/10/2023 | Namur 2023

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