Interviews

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

8329 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 22/07/2025. 664 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Jonas Trukanas • Director of Pensive

“Fear on screen should come from a place of honesty”

Jonas Trukanas • Director of Pensive

Get ready for a slick, complex slasher that proves that teenagers are always the ones to fear  

03/05/2023 | HOFF 2023

Elena Kairytė • Director of Roberta

“Roberta was looking for herself and it resonated with me. I was also looking for something”

Elena Kairytė • Director of Roberta

The Lithuanian director focuses on the girl at a crossroads who never lost hope  

28/04/2023 | Hot Docs 2023

Aktan Arym Kubat • Director of This Is What I Remember

“Garbage is a consequence of human activity and originates in the mind”

Aktan Arym Kubat • Director of This Is What I Remember

The Kyrgyz helmer provides insights into the local context around his film and explains key metaphors that accompany its message  

28/04/2023 | goEast 2023

Tanel Toom • Director of Last Sentinel

“These people can’t save the world, so there is a question about how to move on”

Tanel Toom • Director of Last Sentinel

In the Estonian director’s post-apocalyptic new effort, either you don’t have a cup any more or you glue it back together  

27/04/2023 | HOFF 2023

Carlos Pardo Ros  • Director of H

“I didn’t want to shoot an extreme film, but rather an emotional one”

Carlos Pardo Ros • Director of H

The Spanish filmmaker talks about his immersive and sensorial feature debut, shot during the world-famous San Fermín festival  

26/04/2023 | Las Palmas 2023

Daniel Kötter • Director of Landshaft

“I want to give people a voice, rather than giving them a face and representing them visually”

Daniel Kötter • Director of Landshaft

In his film, shot in Armenia, the German director leads us on a journey through a shaken and scarred landscape  

26/04/2023 | Visions du Réel 2023

Marios Lizides and Argyro Nicolaou • Artistic directors, Cyprus Film Days

“Our mission is twofold: to promote Cypriot filmmaking, and to introduce the best of European and international independent film to a Cypriot audience”

Marios Lizides and Argyro Nicolaou • Artistic directors, Cyprus Film Days

During our conversation, we got the two new artistic directors’ views on the festival highlights, their mission, and their mid- and long-term goals  

25/04/2023 | Cyprus Film Days 2023

Omar Al Abdul Razzak  • Director of Killing Crabs

“We screenwriters all put a lot of ourselves into the characters”

Omar Al Abdul Razzak • Director of Killing Crabs

The director-producer has picked up the Best Feature Award in the Canarias Cinema section of the Las Palmas Film Festival, adding to the two prizes he...  

20/04/2023 | Las Palmas 2023

Carlo Stella  • Producer of Sono ancora vivo

Sono ancora vivo is Roberto Saviano’s first real opportunity to talk about himself, about his most intimate, hidden side”

Carlo Stella • Producer of Sono ancora vivo

We talk to one of the producers behind Roberto Saviano’s debut animated feature film, which he also wrote and which won the Eurimages Co-Production...  

18/04/2023 | Cartoon 2023 | Cartoon Movie

Nacho A Villar and Luis Rojo  • Directors of La mala familia

“People are demanding representations of reality that are more honest and closer to the truth”

Nacho A Villar and Luis Rojo • Directors of La mala familia

The directorial duo have been garnering praise at festivals of the likes of Seville and IFFR for their documentary about a group of friends whose destinies...  

18/04/2023 | Las Palmas 2023

Ava Cahen  • Artistic Director, Critics’ Week

"We tend to listen when our hearts speak to us, when there’s critical unanimity and a convergence of views"

Ava Cahen • Artistic Director, Critics’ Week

The artistic director of the Cannes Film Festival’s Critics’ Week section discusses her 2023 selection  

17/04/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Critics’ Week

Iryna Tsilyk and Darya Bassel  • Director and producer of Red Zone

“This is also the story of the many inner ‘wars’ that take place within us every day”

Iryna Tsilyk and Darya Bassel • Director and producer of Red Zone

The Ukrainian animated documentary film essay, which won the Eurimages Special Co-production Development Award at CPH:DOX, reflects on the question of what...  

05/04/2023 | CPH:DOX 2023 | CPH:DOX Industry

Robin Petré  • Director of Only on Earth

“I hope the film will inspire audiences to reflect upon our co-existence with nature and the true value of a thriving natural world”

Robin Petré • Director of Only on Earth

The Eurimages Award-winning documentary is a journey into one of Europe’s scorching fire hotspots, Galicia, where wild horses roam the mountains under the...  

05/04/2023 | CPH:DOX 2023 | CPH:DOX Industry

Luca Lucini  • Director of Le mie ragazze di carta

“We liked the idea of exploring this boy’s loss of innocence and making it resonate with that of an entire country”

Luca Lucini • Director of Le mie ragazze di carta

We chatted with the director about his new film, presented at Bif&st 2023, which is a poetic exploration of a teenager’s discovery of cinema and sex in the...  

04/04/2023 | Bif&st 2023

Peter Dubecký  • General director, Slovak Film Institute

“The digitisation of audiovisual heritage is a strategic priority for us”

Peter Dubecký • General director, Slovak Film Institute

On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Slovak Film Institute, the body’s director breaks down the activities it is currently undertaking with a view...  

04/04/2023 | /Slovakia

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