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. 581 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Heleen Gerritsen  • Director, goEast Film Festival

“These are troubled, but also interesting, times”

Heleen Gerritsen • Director, goEast Film Festival

We chatted to the new festival and artistic director of goEast, Heleen Gerritsen, on the eve of the...  

17/04/2018

GoCritic! Interview: Jan-Ole Gerster  • Director of Lara

"The process of working on Lara was the other way around from the one on Oh Boy"

GoCritic! Interview: Jan-Ole Gerster • Director of Lara

We chatted with the German director whose highly anticipated sophomore feature screened in Karlovy Vary...  

04/07/2019 | GoCritic! | Karlovy Vary 2019

Jan Ole Gerster  • Director of Lara

"I'm still fascinated by the process of editing and the unexplainable magic that can happen to the film"

Jan Ole Gerster • Director of Lara

We met up with German filmmaker Jan Ole Gerster at Karlovy Vary to discuss Lara, the follow-up to his 2012...  

05/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | Competition

Lucia Gertli  • Film Europe Kino

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Lucia Gertli • Film Europe Kino

Cineuropa meets Lucia Gerli, operations manager at Film Europe Media Company, during Training for Art...  

05/09/2015

Lisa Gertsch • Director of Electric Fields

“I wanted to weave all these stories into one big cosmos through subtle connections”

Lisa Gertsch • Director of Electric Fields

The Swiss director discusses her Max Ophüls Prize-winning feature debut, an episodic and poetic movie shot...  

05/02/2024 | Max Ophüls Prize 2024

Fredrik Gertten • Director of Push

"This film is an investigation of what is going on in our cities"

Fredrik Gertten • Director of Push

Swedish director Fredrik Gertten introduces his latest documentary, Push, released in ten countries across...  

01/10/2019

Magnus Gertten • Director of Nelly & Nadine

“I was interested in revealing hidden history”

Magnus Gertten • Director of Nelly & Nadine

BERLINALE 2022: The new documentary by the Swedish filmmaker is a touching love story between two women...  

11/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Panorama

Magnus Gertten  • Director of Only the Devil Lives Without Hope

“In the region where the film is set, the hope lies with the women”

Magnus Gertten • Director of Only the Devil Lives Without Hope

We talked to Magnus Gertten, the director of Only the Devil Lives Without Hope, a film that could have...  

15/06/2020 | Hot Docs 2020

Dan Geva • Founder of The Ethics Lab, CILECT, Beit-Berl College

“Our students learn how to become professional and inspiring teachers of cinema”

Dan Geva • Founder of The Ethics Lab, CILECT, Beit-Berl College

Our conversation focused on the main learning opportunities offered to prospective students by Beit-Berl...  

04/05/2021 | /Israel

Nikolaus Geyrhalter • Director

"Homo Sapiens is open to interpretation"

Nikolaus Geyrhalter • Director

Nikolaus Geyrhalter breaks down his latest opus, Homo Sapiens, at the Cinéma du Réel Festival, which...  

29/03/2016

Nikolaus Geyrhalter  • Director of Earth

"Earth can be regarded as a description of the state of things, but also as a fundamental critique of civilisation"

Nikolaus Geyrhalter • Director of Earth

Nikolaus Geyrhalter talks about his most recent documentary, Earth, which screened at the Diagonale after...  

26/03/2019 | Diagonale 2019

Nikolaus Geyrhalter • Director of Matter Out of Place

"Everything we produce or use ends up to be trash at some point"

Nikolaus Geyrhalter • Director of Matter Out of Place

The Austrian documentary maker gives a multi-perspective view of the global handling of trash  

10/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Nicolai GH Johansen • Director of If You Knew

"When we talk about mental illness in general, we are often too quick to reduce people to diagnoses"

Nicolai GH Johansen • Director of If You Knew

We chat to the Danish director as his raw and intense piece about mental illness screens as part of EFP’s...  

06/07/2022 | Future Frames 2022

Hadi Ghandour  • Director

"I made this movie to find out who I am"

Hadi Ghandour • Director

Paris-based director Hadi Ghandour discusses his first feature, The Traveller, which has just had its...  

23/11/2016

Raha Amirfazli, Alireza Ghasemi • Directors of In the Land of Brothers

“This film will be controversial, and we don’t have a problem with it”

Raha Amirfazli, Alireza Ghasemi • Directors of In the Land of Brothers

The duo of Iranian filmmakers show that something is rotten in their home country via a story about the...  

22/01/2024 | Sundance 2024 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Dana Dimitriu-Chelba, Giulia Ghica Dobre • Co-directors, Bucharest International Film Festival

“We want to place Bucharest on the map of important European capitals that organise film festivals”

Dana Dimitriu-Chelba, Giulia Ghica Dobre • Co-directors, Bucharest International Film Festival

The co-directors of the Romanian gathering detail its history and mission  

19/09/2023 | /Romania

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