Interviews

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

7490 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 18/04/2024. 579 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Andrii Kokura • Director of Pokut

“From the age of 15, or maybe even earlier, I understood that I could make a full-length film”

Andrii Kokura • Director of Pokut

We spoke to the 19-year-old Ukrainian director about his feature debut and the tragedy that struck during...  

05/10/2022 | Hamburg 2022

Chris Wright and Stefan Kolbe  • Directors of Anamnesis

“The story will never be finished”

Chris Wright and Stefan Kolbe • Directors of Anamnesis

BERLINALE 2021: The new documentary from the two German directors questions the nature of documentary...  

04/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Forum

Johanna Koljonen • Author, Nostradamus Report

"We are entering a 3-5 year period of an exceptionally high demand"

Johanna Koljonen • Author, Nostradamus Report

Johanna Koljonen, the author of Göteborg Film Festival’s 7th Nostradamus Report, entitled ”A Creative...  

04/02/2020 | Göteborg 2020 | Göteborg Industry

Stefanie Kolk  • Director of Milk

"What struck me about these ladies who donated their milk after their loss is the calm determination they had"

Stefanie Kolk • Director of Milk

VENICE 2023: The Dutch director's feature debut focuses on a young woman who, after having a stillbirth,...  

02/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Giornate degli Autori

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Xavier Koller • Director

e-TALENTA interviewed Swiss director Xavier Koller, who has just wrapped shooting The Band of Chimney Sweeps  

Jim Kolmar  •  Film Programmer

“The key work in the peak of busy season is watching films, reviewing them, taking notes and collaborating with your fellow programmers”

Jim Kolmar • Film Programmer

Jim Kolmar tells us about his role as a film programmer working on many different festivals  

11/07/2023 | Euro Film Fest

Adam Koloman Rybanský  • Director of Somewhere Over the Chemtrails

"This is a story about good people being victims of conspiracy theories and their own fears"

Adam Koloman Rybanský • Director of Somewhere Over the Chemtrails

BERLINALE 2022: The Czech director talks to us about what was behind the making of his humorous parody...  

23/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Panorama

Producers on the move 2012 - Bulgaria

Stephan Komandarev • Argo Film

The director and producer of one of the most popular Bulgarian films in the last decade, Stephan...  

02/05/2012

Stephan Komandarev  • Director

“The main reason for making this film was to spark a debate in Bulgaria”

Stephan Komandarev • Director

CANNES 2017: We chatted to Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev about his fourth feature, Directions,...  

30/05/2017

Stephan Komandarev  • Director

“It’s about the real lives of people, not just another film about communism”

Stephan Komandarev • Director

A guest at the Bulgarian Film Festival in Rome, Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev talked to us about...  

29/05/2015

Stephan Komandarev  • Director of Blaga’s Lessons

“We wanted to dedicate the film to our parents’ generation, which turned out to be the most heavily affected by the political transition in Bulgaria”

Stephan Komandarev • Director of Blaga’s Lessons

The seasoned Bulgarian director unpicks the personal motivation underpinning his sixth feature and reveals...  

06/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Competition

Stephan Komandarev • Director of Rounds

"This film aims to diagnose the sickness in our society, to show the problems and to prompt the audience to search for the answer"

Stephan Komandarev • Director of Rounds

Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev unpicked his latest feature, Rounds, centring on three pairs of...  

19/08/2019 | Sarajevo 2019 | Competition

Jan Komasa • Director

"Creators are part of the solution, not part of the problem"

Jan Komasa • Director

Polish director Jan Komasa discusses being a young filmmaker in Europe today and creators' rights in...  

10/03/2020 | Poland

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Jan Komasa • Director

In his second feature Suicide Room, Polish director Jan Komasa tries to portray hikikomori - a...  

Jan Komasa  • Director of Corpus Christi

"Daniel wants to become somebody for once in his life"

Jan Komasa • Director of Corpus Christi

VENICE 2019: We spoke to Polish director Jan Komasa about his third film, Corpus Christi, which is...  

03/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Giornate degli Autori

Dane Komljen  • Director

“I don’t make films about things that I know”

Dane Komljen • Director

After he premiered his first feature, All the Cities of the North, at Locarno, we caught up with...  

25/08/2016

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