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.

 
Juha Suonpää  • Director of Lynx Man

“It’s a political statement to be crazy”

Juha Suonpää • Director of Lynx Man

Who said that one man’s love for the lynx can’t save the world? The director’s protagonist, Hannu, is clearly trying to do so  

20/03/2023 | CPH:DOX 2023

Matheus Mello  • Producer

“Filmmaking is the art of the encounter”

Matheus Mello • Producer

The Brazilian Emerging Producer, now based in Spain, talks about producing documentary films and finding audiences for his productions  

17/03/2023 | Emerging Producers 2023

Zeno Graton  • Director of The Lost Boys

“Without love, we are not free”

Zeno Graton • Director of The Lost Boys

The young Belgian filmmaker talks about the origins, the details and the questions of his first feature, a free and dazzling love story between two young boys  

16/03/2023 | Mons 2023

Roisín Geraghty  • Producer, Little Rose Films

“Documentary is one of the most vital tools in the fight for social and political change”

Roisín Geraghty • Producer, Little Rose Films

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

16/03/2023 | Emerging Producers 2023

Thierno Souleymane Diallo  • Director of The Cemetery of Cinema

“As people say, a tree without roots cannot grow; films are also parts of these roots”

Thierno Souleymane Diallo • Director of The Cemetery of Cinema

The Guinean filmmaker is determined to find a lost movie, 1953’s Mouramani - or maybe even his own childhood  

16/03/2023 | CPH:DOX 2023

Annette Brejner  • Senior creative advisor, m:brane

“This was a unique occasion to define some structures to work with, or – why not – against”

Annette Brejner • Senior creative advisor, m:brane

The m:brane co-founder and senior creative advisor unpicks the new Learning Think Tank initiative, and discusses the importance of science and research when...  

16/03/2023 | M:brane 2023

Ole Giæver • Director of Let the River Flow

“I’ve also had my Sámi awakening”

Ole Giæver • Director of Let the River Flow

The Norwegian director opens up about the fight surrounding the construction of the Alta Dam, and telling stories from a Sámi perspective  

16/03/2023 | /Norway/Finland

Mario Hernández  • Director of Tregua(s)

"Humour is the most important thing in life"

Mario Hernández • Director of Tregua(s)

The Spanish director makes his feature directing debut with his friend Salva Reina, an actor who stars in his atypical romantic comedy alongside Bruna Cusí  

15/03/2023 | Malaga 2023

Rui Ribeiro  • Producer

“I perceive the mind of the spectator as the ultimate screen”

Rui Ribeiro • Producer

The Emerging Producer from Portugal explains why documentary can be a prime resource for social and political change  

15/03/2023 | Emerging Producers 2023

Christop Terhechte & Nadja Tennstedt   • Director & Head of Industry Dok Leipzig

"We want to make people understand that documentaries are not just about the content, but also about the form"

Christop Terhechte & Nadja Tennstedt • Director & Head of Industry Dok Leipzig

Christoph Terhechte, director and Nadja Tennstedt, head of industry at Dok Leipzip, tell us how this “audience festival” focuses on documentary  

15/03/2023 | Euro Film Fest

Philippe Reynaert   • Director Rencontres Internationales du film politique

"We thought there was something we could do with films about politics"

Philippe Reynaert • Director Rencontres Internationales du film politique

Philippe Reynaert tells us how this project started, what has been and will be the program and actions for the next edition  

15/03/2023 | Euro Film Fest

Lisa Theresa Hoeh   •  Festival and Program Director Tromsø International Film Festival

"What is special about our festival is that it really is an audience festival"

Lisa Theresa Hoeh • Festival and Program Director Tromsø International Film Festival

Festival and program director Lisa Theresa Hoeh talks about how this international film festival has been developing since 1991 in Tromsø.  

15/03/2023 | Euro Film Fest

Fiona Clark   •  CEO Cork International Film Festival

"Start with the art and if it’s really good, you can market it proudly"

Fiona Clark • CEO Cork International Film Festival

Fiona Clark, director and CEO of the Cork International Film Festival, talks about the 68th edition which will be held in November 2023.  

15/03/2023 | Euro Film Fest

Diego Aparicio   •  Artistic director Queer Wave

"Queer Wave is a meeting point for everyone to come together and exchange experiences"

Diego Aparicio • Artistic director Queer Wave

15/03/2023 | Euro Film Fest

Niklas Engstrøm • Artistic director, CPH:DOX

“The crucial keyword for me is expansion”

Niklas Engstrøm • Artistic director, CPH:DOX

The artistic director discusses the 20th-anniversary edition of the Danish documentary gathering, the notion of “performing reality” and his plans for expansion  

15/03/2023 | CPH:DOX 2023

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