Interviews

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

7115 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 22/08/2023. 625 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Olivér Rudolf, Zsigmond Kungl and Genovéva Petrovits  • Director, co-writer and producer of My Mother, The Monster

"This film is an oath to rebellion"

Olivér Rudolf, Zsigmond Kungl and Genovéva Petrovits • Director, co-writer and producer of My Mother, The Monster

The Hungarian team discusses what's behind their project, winner of the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at CineLink Industry Days  

22/08/2023 | Sarajevo 2023 | CineLink Industry Days

Jakob Berg  • Communication advisor, Norwegian Film Institute

“There are just so many things happening in a small geographical area, in a pretty town”

Jakob Berg • Communication advisor, Norwegian Film Institute

The man with many hats in the Norwegian film industry is usually totally immersed in everything Haugesund come August each year  

22/08/2023 | Haugesund 2023 | New Nordic Films

Irini Sarioglou  • Creative director and president, Beyond Borders

“Beyond Borders focuses on highlighting films and filmmakers from countries that are usually under-represented”

Irini Sarioglou • Creative director and president, Beyond Borders

The Kastellorizo International Documentary Festival celebrates its eighth edition this week, once again underlining the importance of human rights, freedom...  

22/08/2023 | Beyond Borders 2023

Maša Marković  • Head of industry, Sarajevo Film Festival

“The Sarajevo Film Festival has built its own ecosystem of returning talents”

Maša Marković • Head of industry, Sarajevo Film Festival

The head honcho of CineLink Industry Days sums up the focus of the event, discusses the challenges of the past and the present, and reveals the plans for...  

22/08/2023 | Sarajevo 2023 | CineLink Industry Days

Nemanja Vojinović  • Director of Bottlemen

"I aimed to create an observational documentary, with the narrative driving force of fiction"

Nemanja Vojinović • Director of Bottlemen

The Serbian director discusses his film, a dive into one of Europe's largest unsanitary landfills, set in a suburb of Belgrade, which snagged the Heart of...  

21/08/2023 | Sarajevo 2023 | Documentary Competition

Una Gunjak  • Director of Excursion

"A film is a living animal; it never comes out the way you imagine it on paper"

Una Gunjak • Director of Excursion

The Bosnian director talks about her first feature Excursion, which depicts the turmoil of adolescence through a young woman who doesn’t intend to play by...  

21/08/2023 | Sarajevo 2023 | Out of Competition

Goran Dević  • Director of What's to Be Done?

"In the film, the viewer and society also serve as the main characters"

Goran Dević • Director of What's to Be Done?

The Croatian filmmaker discusses his latest work, which approaches workers’ rights, corruption and governments’ disdain for ordinary people through the case...  

21/08/2023 | Sarajevo 2023 | Documentary Competition

Christina Ioakeimidi • Director of Medium

"I wanted this story to transcend time and place"

Christina Ioakeimidi • Director of Medium

The Greek director discusses her second film, which follows a young woman in love moving through the world in an insecure but steadfast way  

18/08/2023 | Sarajevo 2023 | Competition

Tudor Giurgiu & Cecilia Stefanescu • Director and writer of Libertate

"This particular episode about the chaos of the revolution in the aftermath of Ceaușescu's downfall is not well known in Romania"

Tudor Giurgiu & Cecilia Stefanescu • Director and writer of Libertate

The director and the screenwriter discuss their film, in which they explore the civil war-like events that took place in Sibiu during the last days of...  

18/08/2023 | Sarajevo 2023 | Competition

Ran Huang  • Director of What Remains

“It's not about the truth, but about my understanding of it”

Ran Huang • Director of What Remains

The Chinese director gives us the low-down on his unusual serial-killer story and his encounter with the Skarsgård family  

17/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Out of competition

Weronika Adamowska  • Co-founder and programmer, HER Docs Forum

“We don’t want to create another unnecessary event”

Weronika Adamowska • Co-founder and programmer, HER Docs Forum

The co-founder and programmer of the HER Docs initiative explains how she aims to connect female documentary professionals and create a new, safer space for...  

17/08/2023 | /Poland

Victoria Musiedlak  • Director of First Case

“I’m interested in how a profession can change a person, and how a person will have to change to deal with their surroundings”

Victoria Musiedlak • Director of First Case

The debut feature by the French director stars Noée Abita as a young defence lawyer at the very beginning of her career  

17/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Piazza Grande

Dominic Sangma  • Director of Rapture

“We need to stop, pause and see what's really happening behind the veil of fear”

Dominic Sangma • Director of Rapture

The Indian director enlightens us on the ways of translating the past into a cinematic, fictional present  

17/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Cineasti del presente

Hugues Hariche  • Director of Rivière

“The idea was to start with this damaged character and see how she could escape from her situation through her encounters”

Hugues Hariche • Director of Rivière

The Swiss-French director breaks down the inspiration for his intimate coming-of-age film, his approach to the aesthetics and what ice hockey means to him...  

17/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Cineasti del presente

María Gisèle Royo, Julia de Castro  • Directors of On the Go

“How can you consider being a mother when it's the first time that the doors are wide open for female filmmakers?”

María Gisèle Royo, Julia de Castro • Directors of On the Go

The Spanish directors of the experimental road movie open up about motherhood and self-love  

17/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Cineasti del presente

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