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Interviews

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

8144 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 15/04/2025. 657 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Dögg Mósesdóttir • Managing director, Stockfish Film & Industry Festival

“Eccentricity is what makes us unique”

Dögg Mósesdóttir • Managing director, Stockfish Film & Industry Festival

The managing director of the Icelandic gathering reflects on ten days of screenings, meetings with honorary guests and industry initiatives  

15/04/2025 | Stockfish 2025

Gerard Oms • Director of Away

“There are as many types of masculinities as there are men”

Gerard Oms • Director of Away

The Spanish actor's coach reveals the key elements of his first feature film as a director, in which he has surrounded himself with close friends such as...  

11/04/2025 | /Spain/Netherlands

Jahfar Muataz • Director of Crossing Lines

“Behind every cruel action, there’s a person struggling with their demons”

Jahfar Muataz • Director of Crossing Lines

The Iraqi-Danish filmmaker tells us more about his thriller that follows an ex-criminal now paying his dues as a gang exit counsellor, and about his love...  

09/04/2025 | Night Visions 2025

Isabelle Fauvel  • Head, Silence&Conversation

"The most important thing is to put mise-en-scène back at the heart of the development process, to be at the service of a vision"

Isabelle Fauvel • Head, Silence&Conversation

The creator of the first company dedicated to film development talks to us about her new initiative, which offers an alternative approach  

08/04/2025 | /France/Europe

Andrej Kolenčík, Anna Ďurišíková  • Directors of Animals of the East

“The film is about the disconnect between modern life and nature”

Andrej Kolenčík, Anna Ďurišíková • Directors of Animals of the East

The winners of the Cineuropa Work in Progress Award discuss their project tackling environmental consciousness, social marginalisation and the subtle...  

08/04/2025 | Febiofest Bratislava 2025 | Bratislava Industry Days

Moonika Siimets  • Director of The Black Hole

“I’m all about mixing genres: one eye should be laughing and the other one crying”

Moonika Siimets • Director of The Black Hole

The Estonian director tells three stories in her new film, which follows people and other creatures looking for love and attention  

08/04/2025 | Night Visions 2025

Lucien Pin, Alex Haugmard, Thibault Elie • Directors and producer of Becoming Lucien

“It’s an immersive self-portrait inviting you to experience my transition journey alongside me”

Lucien Pin, Alex Haugmard, Thibault Elie • Directors and producer of Becoming Lucien

The team behind the upcoming VR360 + XR installation, which won the Eurimages Outreach Award at CPH:DOX Industry, offer their insights into the project  

08/04/2025 | CPH:DOX 2025 | CPH:DOX Industry

Lamberto Bava • Director

“I’m a lover of the fantastic”

Lamberto Bava • Director

We chatted to the seasoned Italian director, who is the headline retrospective guest at Finland’s Night Visions International Film Festival  

04/04/2025 | Night Visions 2025

Francesca Tremulo, Eszter Várhidi • Co-directors and co-designers of A Sanctuary of Stuff

“This is going to be a digital museum focused on putting premade assets used in video games under the spotlight”

Francesca Tremulo, Eszter Várhidi • Co-directors and co-designers of A Sanctuary of Stuff

The duo break down the current status of their project, which scooped the Eurimages New Lab Award for Innovation at CPH:DOX  

03/04/2025 | CPH:DOX 2025 | CPH:DOX Industry

Diego San José • Creator of Celeste

“Nothing awakens more empathy in me than people who feel they’re not liked”

Diego San José • Creator of Celeste

The Spanish winner of the International Panorama at Series Mania breaks down his show, which proves just how scary taxes can be  

03/04/2025 | Series Mania 2025

Hrvoje Pukšec • Executive director, ZagrebDox

“We embraced our size and our idea that some things have to be done properly while relaxed and focused”

Hrvoje Pukšec • Executive director, ZagrebDox

We sat down to talk to the executive director of the Croatian festival about the new concept underpinning the gathering’s industry section  

01/04/2025 | ZagrebDox 2025 | ZagrebDox Pro

Tetyana Dorodnitsyna, Andrii Lytvynenko • Directors of Everything Needs to Live

"It's difficult to make a film when you see your homes being destroyed and loved ones killed, but having a mission and seeing how Anna kept going helped us stay sane"

Tetyana Dorodnitsyna, Andrii Lytvynenko • Directors of Everything Needs to Live

The Ukrainian filmmakers talk about the event that inspired them to make a documentary about Anna Kurkurina, the Ukrainian athlete and animal activist, and...  

01/04/2025 | One World Prague 2025

Paola Díaz • Filmmaker and co-director of the Historias en Kilómetros lab

“Our initiative seeks to build peace and memory in countries that are still afflicted by war”

Paola Díaz • Filmmaker and co-director of the Historias en Kilómetros lab

The director breaks down her experience at the most recent San Sebastián Film Festival, as part of the EULAC4cinema project intended to bolster...  

28/03/2025 | /Latin America

Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon • Director of Epilogues

“I wanted the character to disappear into the fog at the end because in the fog, anything can happen”

Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon • Director of Epilogues

The Icelandic filmmaker reveals more about his personal connection to his second feature, the challenges of undertaking such a risky project, and his close...  

28/03/2025 | Vilnius 2025

Joshua Oppenheimer • Director of The End

“My work finds its truth when we move beyond forms of storytelling that are inherently always fictitious”

Joshua Oppenheimer • Director of The End

The acclaimed Copenhagen-based US filmmaker speaks about his fiction debut, a fierce indictment of our collective gravitation towards bystanderism and...  

28/03/2025 | /Denmark/Germany/Ireland/Italy/UK/Sweden

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