Interviews

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

7457 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 19/03/2024. 584 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Tania Pinto Da Cunha • Sales agent, Pink Parrot Media

“Projects for the whole family, that’s our focus”

Tania Pinto Da Cunha • Sales agent, Pink Parrot Media

At Cartoon Movie, we spoke with the Montréal- and Madrid-based sales agent specialised in selling family-orientated animation and live-action productions  

06/03/2024 | Cartoon 2024 | Cartoon Movie

Džiugas Grinys  • Actor

"Acting is a tough sport, but sports taught me to lose and to win"

Džiugas Grinys • Actor

BERLINALE 2024: The emerging Lithuanian actor and former professional handball player talks about making the leap from theatre (and the sports field) to film  

04/03/2024 | European Shooting Stars 2024

Asli Özge  • Director of Faruk

"Fiction and reality meet in this film"

Asli Özge • Director of Faruk

BERLINALE 2024: The Turkish filmmaker portrays her own father in her new film, an insight into the life of an elderly man in the bustling metropolis of Istanbul  

04/03/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Panorama

Dag Johan Haugerud • Director of Sex

“I wanted to prompt a reflection on the societal exploitation of sexuality, even in what may seem like liberated times”

Dag Johan Haugerud • Director of Sex

BERLINALE 2024: The Norwegian director delves into his exploration of sexuality and gender, winner of the festival’s Europa Cinemas Label and the CICAE Art...  

04/03/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Panorama

Yorgos Zois  • Director of Arcadia

"I always like it when somebody takes me by the hand into a journey to the unknown"

Yorgos Zois • Director of Arcadia

BERLINALE 2024: The Greek director delves into his second film, a haunting story of love, loss, acceptance and letting go  

04/03/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Encounters

Kamila Urzędowska  • Actress

"I was totally surprised by myself as an animated character"

Kamila Urzędowska • Actress

BERLINALE 2024: The Polish actress explains what it was like to be the main character in the animated film The Peasants and what she'd love to do next  

04/03/2024 | European Shooting Stars 2024

Asta Kamma August  • Actress

"I read the script twenty to thirty times, with the idea that it moves into your subconscious"

Asta Kamma August • Actress

BERLINALE 2024: The Swedish actress talks about her budding career, which has already seen her work with emerging directors as well as masters such as Bille...  

04/03/2024 | European Shooting Stars 2024

Alexander Horwath  • Director of Henry Fonda for President

“When iconic actors in American cinema last long enough, a ‘persona’ arises for the audience”

Alexander Horwath • Director of Henry Fonda for President

BERLINALE 2024: The Austrian filmmaker unpicks how he built a video essay around the biography of Henry Fonda and wider developments in the USA that...  

01/03/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Forum

Mona Cathleen Otterbach  • Production designer on Milk Teeth

“The viewer should be drawn into the world you create, and you can use certain clues to do this”

Mona Cathleen Otterbach • Production designer on Milk Teeth

Discussing her work on Sophia Bösch’s new film, the production designer explains how you should treat a forest like a living, breathing character  

01/03/2024 | /Germany/Switzerland

Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay  • Director of Hysteria

“I wanted to describe my world as I know it, and this film is a continuation of that”

Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay • Director of Hysteria

The German-Turkish director breaks down his upcoming drama feature and the need for humans to be able to communicate  

29/02/2024 | /Germany

Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor  • Directors of Baltimore

“When people feel passionate about something and see no results, they turn to action”

Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor • Directors of Baltimore

The Irish directors discuss their Imogen Poots-starring non-biopic and the “bonkers” true story behind it  

29/02/2024 | Dublin 2024

Grainne Humphreys  • Director, Dublin International Film Festival

“I love our independence”

Grainne Humphreys • Director, Dublin International Film Festival

The DIFF director delves into how her team retains its core audience while continuing to experiment  

29/02/2024 | Dublin 2024

Anna Cornudella  • Director of The Human Hibernation

"I wanted to strip human beings of their control over nature and tie them to biological cycles"

Anna Cornudella • Director of The Human Hibernation

BERLINALE 2024: The Catalan director talks to us about her first feature film, in which she suggests we reflect on the relationship between human beings and...  

28/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Forum

Roman Bondarchuk  • Director of The Editorial Office

"This film is a response to the surreal reality of the media, not just Ukrainian, but universal"

Roman Bondarchuk • Director of The Editorial Office

BERLINALE 2024: The Ukrainian filmmaker discusses his playful media and political satire, shot in Kherson shortly before the Russian invasion  

28/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Forum

Birgitte Stærmose  • Director of Afterwar

"People who live in bad predicaments need our empathy and emotion, but not sentimentality and pity"

Birgitte Stærmose • Director of Afterwar

BERLINALE 2024: The Danish filmmaker delves into the process of making her documentary, filmed over 15 years in order to document the depths of the...  

28/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Panorama

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