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.

 
Erik Gandini  • Director of After Work

“The challenge was how to capture the future through the present”

Erik Gandini • Director of After Work

The Italian-Swedish director discusses remodelling documentary conventions, imagining the future through the present and envisaging a world without work  

04/04/2023 | CPH:DOX 2023

Benedikt Erlingsson  • Director and founder of Icelandic Film Forest

“I’ve always had this ‘weakness’ for activism”

Benedikt Erlingsson • Director and founder of Icelandic Film Forest

The acclaimed Icelandic director unpacks his new initiative that aims to help lessen the environmental impact of the film industry  

04/04/2023 | Stockfish 2023

Mike Downey  • Producer and chairman of the European Film Academy

“If cinema is our most powerful art form, feature and documentary films are both its beating heart and its conscience”

Mike Downey • Producer and chairman of the European Film Academy

After receiving an honorary award at Stockfish, the “old friend of Iceland” broke down his career and the role of the International Coalition for Filmmakers...  

31/03/2023 | Stockfish 2023

Jūratė Pazikaite  • Director, Vilnius Film Office

“90-95% of the Lithuanian film industry is based in Vilnius, so the main production and post-production outfits, film festivals, distributors and studios are all here”

Jūratė Pazikaite • Director, Vilnius Film Office

Ahead of the closing gala of the Vilnius Film Festival, we discussed the economic impact and the goals of the body that Pazikaite has been heading since its...  

30/03/2023 | Vilnius 2023 | Meeting Point Vilnius

Nikola Boshnakov, Georgi-Jackie Stoev  • Directors of My Uncle Luben

“Freedom is always a matter of personal attitude, and no political regime can change that”

Nikola Boshnakov, Georgi-Jackie Stoev • Directors of My Uncle Luben

The Bulgarian directorial duo disclose details of the process behind their new documentary, as well as some peculiarities about the art and personality of...  

30/03/2023 | Sofia 2023

Cristina Priarone  • Director, Roma Lazio Film Commission

“A key characteristic of the association over the past few years is very close collaboration between the Italian film commissions and the regions”

Cristina Priarone • Director, Roma Lazio Film Commission

How is the work of film commissions evolving? The president of the Association of Italian Film Commissions answers our question  

29/03/2023 | /Italy

Pierluigi Ferrandini  • Director of Percoco - Il primo mostro d’Italia

“Horrendous acts are like short-circuits which help you to realise the entire system is malfunctioning”

Pierluigi Ferrandini • Director of Percoco - Il primo mostro d’Italia

The Bari-born director spoke to us about his debut feature film about the man behind the first ever Italian family massacre of the 20th century and the...  

29/03/2023 | Bif&st 2023

Hrönn Kristinsdóttir, Carolina Salas  • Artistic director and managing director, Stockfish Film Festival

“There is something new happening, so come and take part in it”

Hrönn Kristinsdóttir, Carolina Salas • Artistic director and managing director, Stockfish Film Festival

The Icelandic festival’s new duo of directors want to attract both audiences and industry professionals to the Reykjavík-based gathering  

29/03/2023 | Stockfish 2023

Carmen Julia García, Erika Chávez  • Head of the Office for Image and Nation Branding Strategy, and manager of the Peruvian Directorate of Audiovisual, Sound Production and New Media

“Our public funds facilitate shoots and film-related training”

Carmen Julia García, Erika Chávez • Head of the Office for Image and Nation Branding Strategy, and manager of the Peruvian Directorate of Audiovisual, Sound Production and New Media

The two representatives of Peru, the guest country at MAFIZ, visited Málaga to strengthen ties with Europe and invite foreign crews to film in its diverse...  

28/03/2023 | Málaga 2023 | MAFIZ

Ruslan Batytskyi  • Director of The Blindsight

“We hope that our film will be an important part of the discussion and vision of post-war Ukraine”

Ruslan Batytskyi • Director of The Blindsight

BERLINALE 2023: The Ukrainian project homes in on a war veteran whose dedication to coaching a goalball team for the Paralympic Games is called into question  

28/03/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | EFM

Petri Luukkainen, Jesse Jokinen  • Directors of The Gamer

“Gamers have to struggle with stress even more than football players”

Petri Luukkainen, Jesse Jokinen • Directors of The Gamer

The directorial duo break down their documentary on a Finnish gamer working his way to the top, who gets help from a top e-sports psychologist  

28/03/2023 | CPH:DOX 2023

Rūta Adelė Jekentaitė  • Producer, Baltic Productions

“Documentaries invite you to discover”

Rūta Adelė Jekentaitė • Producer, Baltic Productions

The Emerging Producer from Lithuania discusses her approach to her favourite story-telling medium  

28/03/2023 | Emerging Producers 2023

John Kare Raake  • Screenwriter of The Fortress

“In Norway, we've felt like a little brother to Denmark for decades”

John Kare Raake • Screenwriter of The Fortress

We delve deeper into the Norwegian sci-fi series that has just taken home the Best Screenplay Award from Lille’s Series Mania Festival  

28/03/2023 | Series Mania 2023

Christian Dyekjaer  • Director of Call Me Dad

“The show is about the most tolerant guy you'll ever meet”

Christian Dyekjaer • Director of Call Me Dad

In his new series, the director pushes a young, progressive man to the absolute limits of his tolerance as his mum starts up a relationship with his best friend  

28/03/2023 | Series Mania 2023

Esther García  • Showrunner on Fleeting Lies

“The 'showrunner' title doesn't have any meaning in Spain”

Esther García • Showrunner on Fleeting Lies

The Spanish satirical show, produced by the Almodóvar brothers and their El Deseo outfit, unleashed a wave of laughter when it was screened in Lille  

27/03/2023 | Series Mania 2023

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