Interviews

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

7478 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 28/03/2024. 582 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Mónica Hernández Rejón  • Producer, Pråmfilm

“I see a big risk in assuming that changing the world is a given mission of documentaries”

Mónica Hernández Rejón • Producer, Pråmfilm

The Mexican-born, Sweden-based producer thinks working in documentaries is a unique opportunity through which she gets to explore questions and topics she...  

28/03/2024 | Emerging Producers 2024

Zdenek Blaha  • Programme director, IDF, and manager, East Doc Platform

“The only thing that unites all of the documentaries we have selected is that they all have international potential”

Zdenek Blaha • Programme director, IDF, and manager, East Doc Platform

The documentary expert comments on the programme of this year’s East Doc Platform, which features training sessions, panels and master classes prepared...  

28/03/2024 | One World Prague 2024

Thomas Kaske  • Producer, Kaske Film

“Compelling stories, driven by authentic enthusiasm, will naturally find their audience”

Thomas Kaske • Producer, Kaske Film

The German producer tells us how he works to convince others to believe in his directors' visions  

27/03/2024 | Emerging Producers 2024

Veronika Janatková  • Producer, Pandistan

“Empathy created by storytelling can be powerful fuel for action”

Veronika Janatková • Producer, Pandistan

The Czech producer delves into her approach to documentaries as a tool for activism  

26/03/2024 | Emerging Producers 2024

Vincent Perez • Director of Edge of the Blade

“The link between the characters is that they're all reconstructing themselves”

Vincent Perez • Director of Edge of the Blade

The Swiss actor discusses his fourth directorial effort, screened at Bari’s Bif&st, which takes us back to the golden age of duels, in a world going through...  

26/03/2024 | Bif&st 2024

Kateryna Gornostai • Director of Timestamp

“The main instrument of our work is observation”

Kateryna Gornostai • Director of Timestamp

The Ukrainian helmer breaks down the current status of her feature-length project, which won the prestigious Eurimages New Lab Award for Outreach at CPH:DOX  

25/03/2024 | CPH:DOX 2024 | CPH:DOX Industry

Svetislav Dragomirović  • Producer, Gray Tree Film

“I can't really remember a film that influenced any kind of a mass change”

Svetislav Dragomirović • Producer, Gray Tree Film

The Serbian producer sees documentary creation as a desire to broach something personal rather than one to make a political instrument of change  

25/03/2024 | Emerging Producers 2024

Tereza Nvotová and Miro Šifra • Director and Screenwriters of Our People

"We came to realise that the truth really is under threat"

Tereza Nvotová and Miro Šifra • Director and Screenwriters of Our People

We met with the Slovakian duo who triumphed in the Series Mania Forum Co-Pro Pitching Sessions with their series project, telling the true story of a...  

22/03/2024 | Series Mania 2024 | Series Mania Forum

Michelle Kranot • Co-director of Garden Alchemy

“Sharing knowledge is a key element in such an innovative and novel medium”

Michelle Kranot • Co-director of Garden Alchemy

The co-director breaks down the current status of her project, which won the prestigious Eurimages New Lab Award for Innovation at CPH:DOX  

22/03/2024 | CPH:DOX 2024 | CPH:DOX Industry

Rita Balogh  • Producer, Other Films

“Documentary is the most authentic language for expression”

Rita Balogh • Producer, Other Films

The Hungarian producer discusses facing challenges and being hard-working, brave and persistent to get her documentaries out there  

22/03/2024 | Emerging Producers 2024

Håvard Bustnes • Director of Phantoms of the Sierra Madre

“Our idea was to make a road movie, a bit in the style of Twin Peaks, with the protagonist meeting some strange people”

Håvard Bustnes • Director of Phantoms of the Sierra Madre

The Norwegian director assures us that everything we see in his surprising and twist-laden documentary happened just as he shows it  

22/03/2024 | CPH:DOX 2024

Orlane Dumas  • Producer, L'image d'après

“I work on films as if they were a work of art”

Orlane Dumas • Producer, L'image d'après

The French producer explains why she produces documentaries and where she finds audiences for them  

21/03/2024 | Emerging Producers 2024

Shaima Al-Tamimi  • Producer

“The process of making documentaries requires wearing various hats, but what stands out is its therapeutic quality”

Shaima Al-Tamimi • Producer

The producer from Qatar, a guest country of this year's edition, explains why producing documentaries is a deeply personal journey for her  

21/03/2024 | Emerging Producers 2024

Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin • Producer of Antilia

"All of this is encouraging creativity, with a French series industry going through a period of growth"

Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin • Producer of Antilia

The co-director of French company Ego Productions discusses his project, presented at the Series Mania Forum’s Co-Pro Pitching Sessions  

20/03/2024 | Series Mania 2024 | Series Mania Forum

Lone Scherfig • Director of The Movie Teller

“With Sara Becker, I had the sensation of seeing a star growing up, the same as I had when I directed Carey Mulligan in An Education

Lone Scherfig • Director of The Movie Teller

We met up with the Danish director to get the low-down on her new film, an ode to cinema shot in a mining village in the Chilean desert  

20/03/2024 | Bif&st 2024

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