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. 582 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Bille August  • Director of A Fortunate Man

"I want a nice atmosphere on set – the drama should be kept in front of the camera"

Bille August • Director of A Fortunate Man

At the Cairo Film Festival, we chatted to Bille August about his duties as head of the international jury...  

27/11/2018 | Cairo 2018

Bille August • Director of The Kiss

“Non-disabled people take love for granted and see it as something they have a right to”

Bille August • Director of The Kiss

The seasoned Danish director returns with an elegant period drama that revolves around a military officer...  

21/10/2022 | Warsaw 2022

A debut without comprises, with Bergman by her side

Pernilla August • Director

07/12/2010

Aurel  • Director of Josep

"I wanted to pay homage to the profession and to the means of expression that links Josep and me: drawing”

Aurel • Director of Josep

CANNES 2020: We met with French cartoonist and director Aurel to discuss his first feature-length animated...  

25/06/2020 | Cannes 2020

Émilie Aussel • Director of Our Eternal Summer

“In all of my films, I like to tell myself that the landscapes feel the same things as the characters”

Émilie Aussel • Director of Our Eternal Summer

The French director speaks to us about her first feature film, a poetic hymn to adolescence which follows...  

12/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Cineasti del Presente

Michael P Aust  • Director, SoundTrack Cologne Festival

“It’s about how to know more about your own audience and also how to improve the situation for film festivals”

Michael P Aust • Director, SoundTrack Cologne Festival

We get the low-down on the RED project, which is intended to create a model for analysing festival...  

07/03/2023 | /Germany

Video - Trieste Film Festival 2009

Meetings with the authors II

Interview with the authors during the 20th edition Festival  

Video - Trieste Film Festival 2009

Interviews with the Authors III

Images and interviews with the authors and the protagonists attending the 20th edition of the Festival  

Video - Trieste Film Festival 2009

Interviews with the Authors IV

Images and interviews with the authors and the protagonists attending the 20th edition of the Festival  

Video - Trieste Film Festival 2009

Meetings with the authors I

Interviews with the protagonists attending the 20th Festival edition  

Interview - Cannes 2003

Pupi Avati, director of A Heart Elsewhere

The history of a human being which faces a life which he is not prepared to live  

Irfan Avdić  • Director of Precious

"The fact I went out and studied film and theatre directing, and not law, engineering, economy or medicine, was a somewhat irresponsible gamble"

Irfan Avdić • Director of Precious

As his short film Precious prepared to screen at EFP’s Future Frames at Karlovy Vary, we caught up with...  

20/06/2019 | Future Frames 2019

Maria Averina  • Director of Flying with Fins

“Having lived on both sides of the Iron Curtain, my character was capable of seeing the big picture”

Maria Averina • Director of Flying with Fins

The Bulgarian filmmaker shares some insights into her fruitful interaction with Alzek Misheff, the artist...  

19/12/2023 | /Bulgaria

Jivan Avetisyan • Director of Gate to Heaven

“I’m still searching for ways to explain to my nine-year old son what happened and why”

Jivan Avetisyan • Director of Gate to Heaven

Armenia’s Jivan Avetisyan tells us about his latest feature, its exclusion from Moscow Film Festival and...  

26/11/2020 | /Armenia

Karen Avetisyan • Artistic director, Golden Apricot International Film Festival

“The process of building up new Armenian cinema is long-term and is now still at the fermentation stage”

Karen Avetisyan • Artistic director, Golden Apricot International Film Festival

Returning to its original dates in July, Armenia’s major film event places an emphasis on regional cinema,...  

08/07/2022 | Golden Apricot 2022

Christian Avilés  • Director of Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays

“So many times, I have felt depressed when I’ve woken up to another sunny day and wished for rain”

Christian Avilés • Director of Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays

The ethereal short, unspooling at Karlovy Vary as part of EFP’s Future Frames, plays with stereotypes as...  

04/07/2023 | Future Frames 2023

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