Interviews

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

7476 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 27/03/2024. 582 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Johan Grimonprez • Director of Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

“I used to be fascinated by Khrushchev’s shoe-banging incident, yet I never realised it had to do with the politics of my own country”

Johan Grimonprez • Director of Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

In the Belgian director’s new documentary, music meets politics – and the results are explosive  

23/01/2024 | Sundance 2024 | World Cinema Documentary Competition

Pau Faus and Sergi Cameron • Director and producer of Fauna

"A committed approach unites all our projects"

Pau Faus and Sergi Cameron • Director and producer of Fauna

Political and creative complicity defines this pair of filmmakers who plan to continue making docufiction films with a message after the success of their...  

23/01/2024 | FIPADOC 2014

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 lives of three Aghan refugees  

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

Gilles Pélisson  • President, Unifrance

"These admissions relate to the full range of French cinema"

Gilles Pélisson • President, Unifrance

The new Unifrance president demystifies the results achieved by French films abroad in 2023  

17/01/2024 | /France

Rimantė Daugėlaitė, Gabrielė Cegialytė  • Head and managing director, Vilnius Short Film Festival

“As our future audience, it’s important to involve youngsters at an early stage”

Rimantė Daugėlaitė, Gabrielė Cegialytė • Head and managing director, Vilnius Short Film Festival

With the 17th edition under way, the head and managing director of the Vilnius Short Film Festival share their thoughts on the gathering’s new visual...  

17/01/2024 | /Lithuania

Benjamin Cölle and Daniela Cölle  • Sales agents, Pluto Film

“We connect all the dots across the value chain, especially for artistically or politically challenging films”

Benjamin Cölle and Daniela Cölle • Sales agents, Pluto Film

The two partners in business and in life discuss their acquisition of the German sales outfit last year  

05/01/2024 | /Germany

Thomas Rosso • General co-ordinator, Critics’ Week

"It’s a virtuous circle because these filmmakers come with projects boasting real potential"

Thomas Rosso • General co-ordinator, Critics’ Week

The general co-ordinator of Cannes' Critics’ Week offers an overview of the dynamic Next Step line-up, which has just celebrated its 10th edition  

02/01/2024 | /France

Jérôme Plan  • Director, 99

“We have faith in the transformative power of documentaries: they inspire empathy and understanding”

Jérôme Plan • Director, 99

During our chat, we explored how the platform can give short documentaries a second life after their festival run and thus intercept a wider audience  

29/12/2023 | /France

Francesco Mastrofini  • CEO of Rainbow CGI and Educational Coordinator of the virtual production training course at LuceLabCinecittà

“Virtual production is an artistic, technical and sustainable aid: it just needs to find its way, we’re still in the early stages”

Francesco Mastrofini • CEO of Rainbow CGI and Educational Coordinator of the virtual production training course at LuceLabCinecittà

The CEO of Rainbow CGI spoke to us about Cinecittà’s new Virtual Production course, which he himself is coordinating, and the enormous potential offered by...  

28/12/2023 | /Italy

Francesco Virga • President, Doc/it

“We’re working to develop the distribution sector and to internationalise documentaries”

Francesco Virga • President, Doc/it

We chatted with the association’s producer and president about his agenda to promote and support documentary cinema  

22/12/2023 | /Italy

Benjamin Pfohl  • Director of Jupiter

"These new cults in our world can suddenly drive “normal” people towards extremes"

Benjamin Pfohl • Director of Jupiter

The German director spoke to us about his debut feature film, an astonishing movie about a teenage girl caught up in a post-apocalyptic cult, set against a...  

20/12/2023 | Les Arcs 2023

Javier Fuentes Feo • Director, Muestra de Cine de Lanzarote

"There is always an audience for this kind of cinema, in Lanzarote or anywhere else in the world"

Javier Fuentes Feo • Director, Muestra de Cine de Lanzarote

The head of the Lanzarote festival shares his thoughts on the latest edition and the festival's thirteen-year history  

20/12/2023 | Lanzarote 2023

Jérémie Degruson and Matthieu Zeller • Director and producer of The Inseparables

"There is something very surrealist, very Belgian about the film, a bit like Magritte meets Tolkien"

Jérémie Degruson and Matthieu Zeller • Director and producer of The Inseparables

We met up with the director and producer to talk about the tenth feature film coming from Belgian studios nWave  

20/12/2023 | /Belgium/France/Spain

Joanna Szymańska  • Head of studies, European Co-Production workshop, Erich Pommer Institut

“The film industry is rapidly evolving into a global market, and as producers, we need to adopt an equally global mindset”

Joanna Szymańska • Head of studies, European Co-Production workshop, Erich Pommer Institut

The new head of studies details the workshop, which enables participants to talk to practitioners and learn from their business strategies, thus preparing...  

20/12/2023 | /Germany

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 at the heart of her second documentary feature  

19/12/2023 | /Bulgaria

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