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87 articles available in total starting from 20/05/2019. Last article published on 25/06/2025.

Sarah Bissada  •  Deputy Executive Director El Gouna Film Festival

Interview: Sarah Bissada • Deputy Executive Director El Gouna Film Festival

“Our main goal this year for the market is not only to attract the local and regional filmmakers but also international ones”

The El Gouna Film Festival being quite young, Sarah Bissada talks about how it all started and the platform offering project funding for young filmmakers  

11/07/2023 | Euro Film Fest

Marjan van der Haar  •  Managing Director International Film Festival Rotterdam

Interview: Marjan van der Haar • Managing Director International Film Festival Rotterdam

“If you really focus on how to bring the programme and make it balanced, you can really focus on younger audiences as well”

Marjan van der Haar describes the atmosphere and particularities of the International Film Festival in Rotterdam  

11/07/2023 | Euro Film Fest

Jim Kolmar  •  Film Programmer

Interview: Jim Kolmar • Film Programmer

“The key work in the peak of busy season is watching films, reviewing them, taking notes and collaborating with your fellow programmers”

Jim Kolmar tells us about his role as a film programmer working on many different festivals  

11/07/2023 | Euro Film Fest

Ilija Tatić  •  Festival Manager European Film Festival Palić

Interview: Ilija Tatić • Festival Manager European Film Festival Palić

“We care to make the festival a friendly and hospitable place that everybody will remember”

Ilija Tatić talks to us about the atmosphere of the festival and the events taking place outdoor such as concerts and screenings  

11/07/2023 | Euro Film Fest

Estrella Alejandra Araiza Briseño | •  CEO & General Management Guadalajara Film Festival

Interview: Estrella Alejandra Araiza Briseño | • CEO & General Management Guadalajara Film Festival

“It is all about the audience and all about the strategy”

Estrella Alejandra Araiza Briseno explains how the Guadalajara Film Festival builds activities around the programmed filmed  

26/06/2023 | Euro Film Fest

Claudia  Droc   •  Head of International Relations Transilvania International Film Festival

Interview: Claudia Droc • Head of International Relations Transilvania International Film Festival

“It is a good feeling to try to get on board people who are like-minded and who want to develop a long-term relationship”

Claudia Droc talks about the particularities of the Transilvania International Film Festival and her role as Head of International Relations.  

09/06/2023 | Euro Film Fest

Aakash Chhabra   •  Filmmaker

Interview: Aakash Chhabra • Filmmaker

“We are trying to access some European funds and film commissions from Europe, which we lack in India and Asia”

Indian director Aakash Chhabra is developing his first feature film.  

03/05/2023 | Euro Film Fest

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

Interview: 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"

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

Interview: Philippe Reynaert • Director Rencontres Internationales du film politique

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

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

Interview: 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"

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

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