Interviews

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

7497 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 02/05/2024. 579 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Antonio Lukich  • Director of Screaming Girl

“I want to convey a sense of what it means to be a human today and how uncomfortable it is”

Antonio Lukich • Director of Screaming Girl

The Ukrainian writer-director offers up some details on his upcoming project, which won the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at the Berlinale...  

14/03/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | EFM

Lidia Duda  • Director of Forest

“The residents of border areas in Poland were put in a difficult situation – should they obey the law or save people?”

Lidia Duda • Director of Forest

The seasoned Polish documentarian provides insights into the creative process behind her latest feature, about a family that secretly helps refugees and...  

14/03/2024 | Thessaloniki Documentary 2024

Mariam Chachia  • Producer, OpyoDoc

“In a world where the past can be conveniently rewritten, documentaries emerge as a powerful medium"

Mariam Chachia • Producer, OpyoDoc

The Georgian producer explains how documentaries can be the most powerful tool to combat censorship  

14/03/2024 | Emerging Producers 2024

Birgit Oberkofler  • Head, IDM Film Commission Südtirol

“We promote international exchange, which suits us well as a chameleon embracing the German-speaking and Italian-speaking worlds”

Birgit Oberkofler • Head, IDM Film Commission Südtirol

South Tyrol's film-funding body aims to strengthen the local film industry and to stimulate international co-productions, as its head explained  

13/03/2024 | Incontri 2024

Sonia Méndez • Director of As Neves

"I was always curious what it's like to be a teenager with a mobile phone in your hand"

Sonia Méndez • Director of As Neves

The Galician filmmaker has used first-time actors and isolated landscapes to discuss digitalised youth, isolation and guilt  

13/03/2024 | Malaga 2024

Annette Brejner, Lennart Ström  • Heads, m:brane

“You will not see any pictures of cute, smiling children with balloons at m:brane”

Annette Brejner, Lennart Ström • Heads, m:brane

The managerial and creative helmers of Malmö’s youth content forum tell us more about the mission they have been on since day one  

13/03/2024 | M:brane 2024

Ed Owles  • Producer, Postcode Films

“It’s important to think creatively about how you can reach specific audiences”

Ed Owles • Producer, Postcode Films

The British producer tells us he started working in the documentary world to find a bridge between creativity and social advocacy  

13/03/2024 | Emerging Producers 2024

Cristina Haneș  • Producer, NoCut Film Collective and deFilm

“The pressure to achieve measurable impact can distort filmmaking”

Cristina Haneș • Producer, NoCut Film Collective and deFilm

The Romanian producer tackles the way films shape perspectives and how she tries to maintain a productive and fulfilling work-life balance  

13/03/2024 | Emerging Producers 2024

Sylvia Rothe  • Chair of AI in media production, HFF University of Television and Film Munich

“AI will do simple, trivial things, but it can't create emotionally moving works – it needs artists for that”

Sylvia Rothe • Chair of AI in media production, HFF University of Television and Film Munich

The artificial intelligence expert tells us more about a series of tools that should prove very useful for film productions in the near future  

13/03/2024 | Incontri 2024

Isabella Karhu  • Producer, Danish Bear Productions

“Documentaries are like Plato's Analogy of the Sun"

Isabella Karhu • Producer, Danish Bear Productions

The Finnish producer discusses how documentaries shine their light on us and the projects she has in the pipeline  

13/03/2024 | Emerging Producers 2024

Tonje Skar Reiersen • Producer of Pesta

“With this film, we want to show that mankind has already gone through dramatic changes in the past”

Tonje Skar Reiersen • Producer of Pesta

One of the producers of the animated project in receipt of the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award at this year’s Cartoon Movie tells us more about...  

12/03/2024 | Cartoon 2024 | Cartoon Movie

Mara Gourd-Mercado • Head of industry, CPH:DOX

"The documentary industry needs renewal"

Mara Gourd-Mercado • Head of industry, CPH:DOX

The new head of industry zooms in on how to find the right balance of projects in CPH:FORUM, and addresses topics such as the independence of filmmakers and...  

12/03/2024 | CPH:DOX 2024 | CPH:DOX Industry

Fabrizio Maltese  • Producer, Joli Rideau Media

"Wellbeing is one of the most important investments one can make"

Fabrizio Maltese • Producer, Joli Rideau Media

The photographer and film director and producer discusses his approach to documentary and artistic creation  

12/03/2024 | Emerging Producers 2024

Ewa Wikieł • Director of Krzyk – Losing Control

“It was fascinating to immerse ourselves in the world of scientists, which is so different from the everyday life of filmmakers”

Ewa Wikieł • Director of Krzyk – Losing Control

The German-Polish director talks about the making of her nightmarish debut feature  

12/03/2024 | SXSW 2024

Viggo Mortensen • Director of The Dead Don’t Hurt

“I wanted to make a film that was like the best classic westerns: shot in a way that seems simple, but isn’t, really”

Viggo Mortensen • Director of The Dead Don’t Hurt

The Danish-American actor-director discusses his western, starring Vicky Krieps as an independent woman in 1860s Nevada  

12/03/2024 | Luxembourg 2024

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