Interviews

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

7478 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 28/03/2024. 579 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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“The alienation of people living far from their roots”

Ulrich Kohler • Director

The German director explains why in Sleeping Sickness he decided to focus on the subject of European...  

08/06/2011

Kathrin Kohlstedde • Head of Programme, Filmfest Hamburg

“Though there are many differences between them, the students find out they also have a lot in common, and the films help them to discover and articulate that”

Kathrin Kohlstedde • Head of Programme, Filmfest Hamburg

Filmfest Hamburg head Kathrin Kohlstedde tells us about the European University Film Award, the 2020...  

03/12/2020 | European Film Awards 2020

Samppa Batal, Tuomas Kohtamäki • Director and producer of Timeman

“You are not sure if you are allowed to laugh”

Samppa Batal, Tuomas Kohtamäki • Director and producer of Timeman

Time travel’s a bitch in this melancholic Finnish production, named Best Film in the Warsaw Film...  

24/10/2022 | Warsaw 2022

Hans Kok  • Distributor, Arti Film

“VOD is not yet an alternative, so we are missing a lot of things at the moment"

Hans Kok • Distributor, Arti Film

We chatted with Hans Kok of Dutch distribution company Arti Film about their strategies, the challenges of...  

14/05/2020 | Netherlands

Nancy Kokolaki • Producer, Bad Crowd

“The combination of creative talents from different countries can be a bonus”

Nancy Kokolaki • Producer, Bad Crowd

Cineuropa met up with Greek producer Nancy Kokolaki (Bad Crowd) to discuss the project Souvenir by Thanos...  

23/10/2019 | Cinemed 2019 | Cinemed Meetings

Andrii Kokura • Director of Pokut

“From the age of 15, or maybe even earlier, I understood that I could make a full-length film”

Andrii Kokura • Director of Pokut

We spoke to the 19-year-old Ukrainian director about his feature debut and the tragedy that struck during...  

05/10/2022 | Hamburg 2022

Chris Wright and Stefan Kolbe  • Directors of Anamnesis

“The story will never be finished”

Chris Wright and Stefan Kolbe • Directors of Anamnesis

BERLINALE 2021: The new documentary from the two German directors questions the nature of documentary...  

04/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Forum

Johanna Koljonen • Author, Nostradamus Report

"We are entering a 3-5 year period of an exceptionally high demand"

Johanna Koljonen • Author, Nostradamus Report

Johanna Koljonen, the author of Göteborg Film Festival’s 7th Nostradamus Report, entitled ”A Creative...  

04/02/2020 | Göteborg 2020 | Göteborg Industry

Stefanie Kolk  • Director of Milk

"What struck me about these ladies who donated their milk after their loss is the calm determination they had"

Stefanie Kolk • Director of Milk

VENICE 2023: The Dutch director's feature debut focuses on a young woman who, after having a stillbirth,...  

02/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Giornate degli Autori

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Xavier Koller • Director

e-TALENTA interviewed Swiss director Xavier Koller, who has just wrapped shooting The Band of Chimney Sweeps  

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 • Film Programmer

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

11/07/2023 | Euro Film Fest

Adam Koloman Rybanský  • Director of Somewhere Over the Chemtrails

"This is a story about good people being victims of conspiracy theories and their own fears"

Adam Koloman Rybanský • Director of Somewhere Over the Chemtrails

BERLINALE 2022: The Czech director talks to us about what was behind the making of his humorous parody...  

23/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Panorama

Producers on the move 2012 - Bulgaria

Stephan Komandarev • Argo Film

The director and producer of one of the most popular Bulgarian films in the last decade, Stephan...  

02/05/2012

Stephan Komandarev  • Director

“The main reason for making this film was to spark a debate in Bulgaria”

Stephan Komandarev • Director

CANNES 2017: We chatted to Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev about his fourth feature, Directions,...  

30/05/2017

Stephan Komandarev  • Director

“It’s about the real lives of people, not just another film about communism”

Stephan Komandarev • Director

A guest at the Bulgarian Film Festival in Rome, Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev talked to us about...  

29/05/2015

Stephan Komandarev  • Director of Blaga’s Lessons

“We wanted to dedicate the film to our parents’ generation, which turned out to be the most heavily affected by the political transition in Bulgaria”

Stephan Komandarev • Director of Blaga’s Lessons

The seasoned Bulgarian director unpicks the personal motivation underpinning his sixth feature and reveals...  

06/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Competition

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