Interviews

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

7492 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 23/04/2024. 580 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Karim Sayad  • Director of My English Cousin

"There’s clearly something personal about my films"

Karim Sayad • Director of My English Cousin

Swiss and Algerian filmmaker Karim Sayad talks to us about his latest work My English Cousin, which is...  

10/09/2019 | Toronto 2019 | TIFF Docs

Simone Scafidi  • Director of Fulci for Fake

“Lucio Fulci created his own story”

Simone Scafidi • Director of Fulci for Fake

We talked to Simone Scafidi about Fulci for Fake, in which the Italian director tries to find the real...  

20/11/2019 | Night Visions 2019

Annamaria Scaramella • Director, Márgenes Festival

“Many of the sessions, both film and music, sold out; the festival is gaining new audiences, among them many young people”

Annamaria Scaramella • Director, Márgenes Festival

The festival director told us about the challenges of launching a new edition of Márgenes/Work and what...  

30/11/2022 | Márgenes 2022

Alex Schaad • Director of Skin Deep

“The camera had to portray the inner life of the main character”

Alex Schaad • Director of Skin Deep

VENICE 2022: In the German director’s feature debut, the protagonists literally put themselves in each...  

05/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | International Film Critics’ Week

Leandro Koch, Paloma Schachmann • Directors of The Klezmer Project

“We talk about a culture that is disappearing”

Leandro Koch, Paloma Schachmann • Directors of The Klezmer Project

BERLINALE 2023: The first-time directorial duo speak to us about the disappearance and the legacy of...  

25/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Encounters

André Schäfer • Director of Everything About Martin Suter. Everything but the Truth.

"And this is how a novel has to be in my opinion, it has to capture, to swallow you"

André Schäfer • Director of Everything About Martin Suter. Everything but the Truth.

The German filmmaker presents a warm-hearted and formally intriguing portrait of Swiss author Martin Suter  

22/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Piazza Grande

Yoram Schaffer • General director, Movie Discovery

“An entrepreneur must have both a deep understanding of his or her potential clients, and a great passion”

Yoram Schaffer • General director, Movie Discovery

A breakdown of how a small Israeli start-up is helping independent filmmakers, production companies,...  

18/05/2021 | /Israel

Angela Schanelec • Director

“To understand a film means committing yourself to a process that leads beyond it”

Angela Schanelec • Director

German Films chats to director Angela Schanelec to get a better picture of her career and her approach to...  

04/10/2018

Angela Schanelec  • Director of I Was at Home, but...

“My humour doesn’t have a punchline”

Angela Schanelec • Director of I Was at Home, but...

BERLIN 2019: We talked to German director Angela Schanelec about her polarising film-essay I Was at Home,...  

15/02/2019 | Berlinale 2019 | Competition

Anthony Schatteman • Director of Young Hearts

"It wasn’t so much a children’s film I wanted to make as a family film, like the ones I grew up with"

Anthony Schatteman • Director of Young Hearts

BERLINALE 2024: We met with the young Flemish filmmaker, who’s presenting his debut feature film, a...  

18/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Generation

“On the verge of despair”

Christoph Schaub • Director

After the public and critical success of Giulia's Disappearance, director Christoph Schaub has once again...  

18/10/2012

“Fully savour every period of life”

Christoph Schaub • Director

After a successful stint at comedy, the Swiss director was handed a brilliant screenplay by Martin Suter,...  

24/09/2009

Cyril Schäublin • Director of Unrest

“By putting the people and the language to the margins of the frame, maybe the construction of those re-enacted situations becomes more visible”

Cyril Schäublin • Director of Unrest

BERLINALE 2022: The Swiss director's film is a trip back to the 19th century where the anarchist movement...  

15/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Encounters

Thorsten Schaumann • Director, Hofer Filmtage

“The festival is a launch pad for new discoveries”

Thorsten Schaumann • Director, Hofer Filmtage

The director of the gathering that primarily focuses on German-speaking countries breaks down this year's...  

23/10/2023 | /Germany

Sven Schelker  • Switzerland

Shooting Stars 2015

Sven Schelker • Switzerland

Schelker made his film acting debut in one of the leads in the award-winning The Circle  

11/02/2015

Lone Scherfig • Director

“So much at stake in the UK”

Lone Scherfig • Director

We have interviewed Lone Scherfig, whose latest feature, Their Finest, was the Mayor of London’s Gala at...  

20/10/2016

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