Interviews

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

7496 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 02/05/2024. 578 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Matías Piñeiro  • Director of You Burn Me

“There was something about not knowing how to do things and just having a magnetic attraction to the text”

Matías Piñeiro • Director of You Burn Me

BERLINALE 2024: The Argentinian director, known for interweaving experimental tropes and Shakespeare, breaks down his newest film inspired by Cesare Pavese...  

27/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Encounters

Fabio and Damiano D'Innocenzo  • Directors of Dostoyevsky

“We wanted to talk about a man who has given up on himself, who is in the process of abandonment”

Fabio and Damiano D'Innocenzo • Directors of Dostoyevsky

BERLINALE 2024: The Italian siblings discuss their first foray into the series format, a crime story following a rather unusual detective  

27/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Berlinale Special

Thibaud Dooms  • Actor

"My work on Skunk has a lot to do with releasing tension"

Thibaud Dooms • Actor

BERLINALE 2024: The Belgian actor explains how he felt he wanted to make a career in film and where it has taken him so far  

26/02/2024 | European Shooting Stars 2024

Valentina Bellè  • Actress

"It's fascinating to find your own way to be free within the confined space of your role"

Valentina Bellè • Actress

BERLINALE 2024: The young actress discusses her acting and her career, which has already taken her from her native Italy to Hollywood  

26/02/2024 | European Shooting Stars 2024

Suzy Bemba  • Actress

"My acting method involves investigation, intuition, trust, and abandoning myself"

Suzy Bemba • Actress

BERLINALE 2024: The French actress, who has already worked with filmmakers such as Catherine Corsini and Yorgos Lanthimos, dives into her emerging career for us  

26/02/2024 | European Shooting Stars 2024

Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala • Directors of The Devil’s Bath

“We found the character and the topic fascinating, and wanted to do justice to the subject of depression”

Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala • Directors of The Devil’s Bath

BERLINALE 2024: The Austrian directorial duo dive into the ever-darkening mind of a farmer woman and the radical choice she has to make  

24/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Competition

Meryam Joobeur • Director of Who Do I Belong To

“I like the idea of very real emotions set in a world that feels a bit surreal”

Meryam Joobeur • Director of Who Do I Belong To

BERLINALE 2024: The debuting director delves into her film, in which something very real – and very tragic – co-exists with mysticism  

24/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Competition

Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias • Director of Pepe

“Animals are actually nobler than humans”

Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias • Director of Pepe

BERLINALE 2024: The director gives us an insight into his atmospheric and intriguing drama about the conflictual relationship that humans have with nature  

24/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Competition

Victor Kossakovsky  • Director of Architecton

"Documentary is an art based on imagery, but this time I made an exception and included dialogue because the theme is so complex"

Victor Kossakovsky • Director of Architecton

BERLINALE 2024: The Russian-born filmmaker discusses his new documentary, a journey to explore the materials that make up our habitats  

24/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Competition

Margherita Vicario • Director of Gloria!

“You grow to appreciate the sisterhood; it’s such a powerful bond”

Margherita Vicario • Director of Gloria!

BERLINALE 2024: The Italian singer-turned-director introduces us to an isolated lead character who discovers the joys of music, teaming up with a group of...  

24/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Competition

Margarita Stoykova  • Actress

"Yana Titova challenged me in a way I never thought possible"

Margarita Stoykova • Actress

BERLINALE 2024: The young Bulgarian actress talks about how starring in her fellow countrywoman's Dyad boosted her career  

24/02/2024 | European Shooting Stars 2024

Macu Machín  • Director of The Undergrowth

"My aim was to show how love can be expressed in the strangest ways"

Macu Machín • Director of The Undergrowth

BERLINALE 2024: The Canarian filmmaker talks to us about her debut feature, a personal story about inheritance and entrenched family conflicts  

23/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Forum

Svitlana Lishchynska • Director of A Bit of a Stranger

“Judging other people leads to genocide”

Svitlana Lishchynska • Director of A Bit of a Stranger

BERLINALE 2024: War is raging in Ukraine – and within one family – in the Mariupol-born director’s documentary  

23/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Panorama

Carlo Sironi • Director of My Summer with Irène

“I just don’t feel the desire to depict people my own age”

Carlo Sironi • Director of My Summer with Irène

BERLINALE 2024: The director of the award-winning Sole braves the Sicilian heat to tell the story of two girls who run away and experience a proper summer...  

23/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Generation

Philippe Lesage • Director of Who by Fire

“I go where it hurts”

Philippe Lesage • Director of Who by Fire

BERLINALE 2024: The Canadian director explains how he took pleasure in misleading the viewer in his new film, where adults just can’t stop pretending  

22/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Generation

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