Interviews

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

7095 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 14/08/2023. 616 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Giulia Regini  • Director of Cut From the Same Cow

“I am especially drawn to the question: when do you really become an adult?”

Giulia Regini • Director of Cut From the Same Cow

With her Future Frames short, the Italian helmer has crafted an elegant tale of family turmoil replete with simmering tension and strong performances  

07/07/2023 | Future Frames 2023

Behrooz Karamizade  • Director of Empty Nets

“I wanted to let young Iranian people have their say and show the world that there are other sides to Iran, too”

Behrooz Karamizade • Director of Empty Nets

The German-Iranian director breaks down the masculine world of fishing, the prospects for the young generation of Iranians and his relationship with the sea  

07/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Competition

Pascale Bourgaux  • Director of Hawar, Our Banished Children

"In times of war, the female body is a battlefield"

Pascale Bourgaux • Director of Hawar, Our Banished Children

We met with the Belgian journalist and filmmaker to discuss her shock documentary, revolving around a female survivor who suffered twice at the hands of...  

07/07/2023 | BRIFF 2023

Sophia Mocorrea  • Director of The Kidnapping of the Bride

“I felt it was time we re-evaluated these traditions before blindly following them”

Sophia Mocorrea • Director of The Kidnapping of the Bride

The director of the winner of a Short Film Jury Award at this year’s Sundance, screening as part of EFP’s Future Frames at Karlovy Vary, homes in on the...  

06/07/2023 | Future Frames 2023

Ernst De Geer  • Director of The Hypnosis

"We wanted to be personal, but not too personal, and unique, but not too crazy"

Ernst De Geer • Director of The Hypnosis

The Swedish director talks about what is behind his first feature, a satire on modern society and about the conventions dictating how we behave with each other  

06/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Competition

Sergio Guataquira Sarmiento  • Director of Adieu sauvage

“Giving visibility to invisible people makes me deeply happy”

Sergio Guataquira Sarmiento • Director of Adieu sauvage

The young Colombia-born, Belgium-based filmmaker talks to us about his debut feature, which goes on a search for an indigenous Colombian people, and even...  

06/07/2023 | BRIFF 2023

Mélanie Delloye  • Director of Nightman

"I wanted to work with psychological terror"

Mélanie Delloye • Director of Nightman

The French filmmaker introduced us to her second feature film, which is a psychological thriller set against a backdrop of Gaelic legends  

06/07/2023 | BRIFF 2023

Mathieu Volpe  • Director of An Italian Youth

“What I find most striking is this generation who lives on one continent, but whose head is always turned towards that of their parents”

Mathieu Volpe • Director of An Italian Youth

The young filmmaker, born in Italy and living in Belgium, tells us about his first feature-length documentary, which follows a young Burkinese man’s...  

06/07/2023 | BRIFF 2023

Joris Tobé  • Director of Frantic Attempts

“It’s only when you write your script as a complete drama that humour can arise”

Joris Tobé • Director of Frantic Attempts

The Dutch director’s short is a satirical view of “self-help” as well as an examination of male insecurity and the need to grow up  

06/07/2023 | Future Frames 2023

Hannes Verhoustraete  • Director of Broken View

“Cinema in itself is powerless; it becomes powerful only within an existing ideology”

Hannes Verhoustraete • Director of Broken View

The Belgian director’s film essay reflects on the role that images played in justifying his home country’s colonisation of the Congo  

06/07/2023 | /Belgium

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 insights about his lead actress, amongst other topics  

06/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Competition

Matěj Chlupáček and Miro Šifra  • Director and screenwriter of We Have Never Been Modern

"We’ve always wanted We Have Never Been Modern to look modern"

Matěj Chlupáček and Miro Šifra • Director and screenwriter of We Have Never Been Modern

The Czech duo zooms in on the very topical theme of gender, as well as creating links between the past and the present, when discussing their latest film  

05/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Competition

Itsaso Arana  • Director of The Girls Are Alright

"The film is a blend of bravery and fear"

Itsaso Arana • Director of The Girls Are Alright

The Spanish performer, screenwriter and now first-time director talks about her film, starring herself and four actress friends, which she presented at the...  

05/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Competition

Jean-Gabriel Périot  • Director of Facing Darkness

"I needed to understand how, in certain situations, film can save lives"

Jean-Gabriel Périot • Director of Facing Darkness

The director’s latest documentary speaks of those who were brave enough to use their cameras to document the horrors of war  

05/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Special Screenings

Christian Avilés  • Director of Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays

“So many times, I have felt depressed when I’ve woken up to another sunny day and wished for rain”

Christian Avilés • Director of Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays

The ethereal short, unspooling at Karlovy Vary as part of EFP’s Future Frames, plays with stereotypes as youthful bad behaviour is converted into a paean to...  

04/07/2023 | Future Frames 2023

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