Interviews

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

7575 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 28/05/2024. 580 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Laurent Cantet • Director

"A common framework for understanding young people’s worldview"

Laurent Cantet • Director

An encounter with French filmmaker Laurent Cantet to talk about The Workshop, shown in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, and which is arriving in French theatres...  

11/10/2017

Ilir Butka  • Chairman, Albanian National Center of Cinematography

“Albanian cinema needs to open up to international co-productions”

Ilir Butka • Chairman, Albanian National Center of Cinematography

We discussed the recent evolution of Albanian cinema and the benefits of the Balkan Film Market with Albanian National Center of Cinematography chairman...  

11/10/2017

Ana Asensio • Director

"Private producers believed in my passion"

Ana Asensio • Director

Actress Ana Asensio makes her directorial debut with Most Beautiful Island, which premiered in Europe at Sitges after winning the Grand Jury Prize at SXSW  

11/10/2017

James Mulvey  • Programming advisor, IndieCork

“Our aim is to celebrate independent film on a local, national and international level”

James Mulvey • Programming advisor, IndieCork

We had a chat about the present and the future of the IndieCork festival with James Mulvey, its programming advisor  

10/10/2017

Mathieu Debusschère  • General delegate, ARP

"We have to avoid falling into a purely market-orientated logic"

Mathieu Debusschère • General delegate, ARP

Mathieu Debusschère, general delegate of the ARP, which organises the Film Meetings in Dijon, breaks down the challenges of an ever-changing industry  

10/10/2017

Saul Dibb  • Director

“We should never take peace for granted”

Saul Dibb • Director

We sat down with British director Saul Dibb to discuss his creative approach to adapting the WWI classic Journey’s End, which is screening at London  

09/10/2017

Domingo Corral  • Head of original production, Movistar Plus+

“Television is no longer cinema’s little brother”

Domingo Corral • Head of original production, Movistar Plus+

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: We sat down with Domingo Corral, head of original production at Movistar Plus+, at the Basque event, which this year screened the TV...  

06/10/2017

Claudia Pinto Emperador • Director

“I make films about the things that scare me, things I don’t understand”

Claudia Pinto Emperador • Director

Spanish-Venezuelan director-producer Claudia Pinto Emperador won the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award at San Sebastián for The Consequences  

05/10/2017

Helena Wittmann and Theresa George  • Director and actress

“The ocean has been the reason behind many stories”

Helena Wittmann and Theresa George • Director and actress

We talked to German director Helena Wittmann and her co-writer/actress Theresa George, as they presented their Venice-premiered Drift at the Filmfest Hamburg  

05/10/2017

Christiane Siemen  • CEO, Creative Europe Desk Hamburg

“The depth of the characters counts, no matter what kind of story is being told”

Christiane Siemen • CEO, Creative Europe Desk Hamburg

We spoke to Christiane Siemen, CEO of Creative Europe Desk Hamburg, about the benefits that the Series Lab Hamburg can offer its participants  

05/10/2017

Dorota Kobiela  • Director

"Our bravery was nothing compared to Vincent’s"

Dorota Kobiela • Director

Polish animator and painter Dorota Kobiela joined forces with the UK’s Hugh Welchman to create Loving Vincent, a unique, hand-painted biopic of Vincent van Gogh  

05/10/2017

Samuel Tilman  • Director

"The Benefit of the Doubt is a psychological thriller about suspicion and doubt"

Samuel Tilman • Director

We met Belgian director Samuel Tilman as he presented his first feature film, The Benefit of the Doubt, at the Namur International French Language Film Festival  

04/10/2017

Christian Bräuer, François Aymé and Detlef Rossmann  • Organisers, European Art Cinema Day

“The idea is to celebrate the work of cinema exhibitors”

Christian Bräuer, François Aymé and Detlef Rossmann • Organisers, European Art Cinema Day

We chatted to Christian Bräuer, François Aymé and Detlef Rossmann, the organisers of the European Art Cinema Day, which was launched successfully by the...  

04/10/2017

John-Paul Pierrot  • Marketing manager, Picturehouse Cinemas

“Big data has allowed us to get a well-rounded view of our customers”

John-Paul Pierrot • Marketing manager, Picturehouse Cinemas

We sat down with John-Paul Pierrot, marketing manager at Picturehouse Cinemas, to discuss the advantages that big data can offer his company  

03/10/2017

Clément Magar  • General Manager, IM Global's Beijing based subsidiary, Go Global

"We ensure films gain recognition at festivals and that they have a strong marketing campaign"

Clément Magar • General Manager, IM Global's Beijing based subsidiary, Go Global

Beijing-based Clément Magar, of Go Global in China, discusses strategies for the distribution of European films in the Asian country  

03/10/2017

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