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.

 
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

Víctor Herreruela, Jara Ayucar  • Technical unit coordinator, Ibermedia programme, and marketing policy director, ICAA

“Ibermedia Next promotes innovation and co-development, which are key in an industry where technological leadership is paramount”

Víctor Herreruela, Jara Ayucar • Technical unit coordinator, Ibermedia programme, and marketing policy director, ICAA

The two professionals discuss Ibermedia Next, Ibermedia's scheme that supports Ibero-American digital animation, after the announcement of the first...  

15/12/2023 | /Europe/Latin America

Adina Sădeanu, Kirsten Peters  • Writers of Spy/Master

“Trust your gut instinct when you're drawn to a great story; don't abandon it, even if it takes years to bring it to life”

Adina Sădeanu, Kirsten Peters • Writers of Spy/Master

The creators of the successful Romanian-German series talk about their victory after scooping the top prize at the NEM Awards in Zagreb  

15/12/2023 | NEM Zagreb 2023

Jan-Eric Mack  • Director of Davos 1917

“What interested me right from the start was the mentorship story between these two women”

Jan-Eric Mack • Director of Davos 1917

One of the directors of the international spy series set in the Swiss mountains explains his vision for the look of the show as well as the production...  

15/12/2023 | /Switzerland/Germany

F Javier Gutiérrez  • Director of The Wait

"I have a hard time if I have no control over taking care of everything"

F Javier Gutiérrez • Director of The Wait

The Spanish filmmaker talks about his third film, a horror film with the soul of an independent western, shot in Andalusia  

14/12/2023 | Spain/USA

Michael Henrichs  • Producer of The Missing Planet

“A fictional frame story for a documentary from the future mixed with science-fiction and noir elements sounded like the right thing”

Michael Henrichs • Producer of The Missing Planet

The German producer breaks down Marouan Omara and Tom Rosenberg’s film, which won the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at the recent TorinoFilmLab  

13/12/2023 | TorinoFilmLab 2023

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