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. 581 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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"If they spend a quarter of an hour explaining what the film is about, I'm not interested&#"

Julio Fernández • Producer

Filmax, a recognised brand for genre cinema. Its director tells us what makes it work  

05/12/2011

"A strong dose of adrenaline"

Julio Fernández • Producer

Julio Fernández has managed to build strong ties with Filmax, a production company behind many young...  

16/11/2007

María Elorza and Marian Fernández • Director and producer of To Books and Women I Sing

"Literature is becoming less and less experiential"

María Elorza and Marian Fernández • Director and producer of To Books and Women I Sing

The director's feature debut, a poetic and experimental documentary, reinforces the collaboration between...  

26/09/2022 | San Sebastian 2022 | New Directors

Mercedes Fernandez  • Managing Director, TorinoFilmLab

“The creative process can be very solitary; we provide filmmakers with a safe space where they can compare notes and experiment”

Mercedes Fernandez • Managing Director, TorinoFilmLab

We chatted with the international audiovisual lab’s project manager about its achievements and latest...  

23/11/2023 | TorinoFilmLab 2023

Javier Fernández Vázquez • Director of A Storm Was Coming

“For me, film direction is a political thing”

Javier Fernández Vázquez • Director of A Storm Was Coming

BERLINALE 2020: With his first feature-length documentary directed solo A Storm Was Coming, Javier...  

24/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Forum

Pascale Ferran  • Director

“Today, the only possible revolution is an individual one”

Pascale Ferran • Director

Parisian filmmaker Pascale Ferran has competed in Seville’s Official Section with Bird People, a fable...  

14/11/2014

Pierluigi Ferrandini  • Director of Percoco - Il primo mostro d’Italia

“Horrendous acts are like short-circuits which help you to realise the entire system is malfunctioning”

Pierluigi Ferrandini • Director of Percoco - Il primo mostro d’Italia

The Bari-born director spoke to us about his debut feature film about the man behind the first ever...  

29/03/2023 | Bif&st 2023

Elisabetta Ferrando  • Responsible for educational and cultural activities, Venice Film Festival, Giffoni Film Festival

"In a festival you live the cinema"

Elisabetta Ferrando • Responsible for educational and cultural activities, Venice Film Festival, Giffoni Film Festival

Elisabetta Ferrando works as a manager for educational and cultural projects for the Venice Film Festival...  

29/09/2019 | Euro Film Fest

Abel Ferrara  • Director

“Pasolini came along and changed everything, as if he were Jesus Christ”

Abel Ferrara • Director

VENICE 2014: The director from New York Abel Ferrara is in competition at Venice and has managed to...  

05/09/2014

Abel Ferrara • Director of Padre Pio

"This is all happening in a small town where everyone knows everybody and everyone knows what's going on"

Abel Ferrara • Director of Padre Pio

VENICE 2022: We chatted to the US director about his new film, dedicated to the life of Saint Pius of...  

03/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Giornate degli Autori

Abel Ferrara • Director of Tommaso

"I wouldn't have made this film if Willem Dafoe hadn't wanted to do it"

Abel Ferrara • Director of Tommaso

CANNES 2019: US-born, Rome-based filmmaker Abel Ferrara talks about his very personal new film, Tommaso,...  

24/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Special Screenings

Minnie Ferrara  • Director, Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti

“It’s essential that education establishes a direct link with the world of work and that we focus on training the professionals demanded by the market”

Minnie Ferrara • Director, Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti

We seized the opportunity to chat with the film school director about the options offered by the...  

04/06/2021 | /Italy

"An exception"

Davide Ferrario • Director

The technological trickery of the cinema to come and the bewitching visions of the first moving images......  

22/04/2005

Luca Ferrario • Director, Trentino Film Commission

“A producer’s biggest fear is having to bear additional costs, but this is often not justified”

Luca Ferrario • Director, Trentino Film Commission

At Tallinn, we met up with the Italian professional to talk through the initial results achieved by Green...  

29/11/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event

Luca Ferrario  • Manager of the Trentino Film Fund and Commission

“Foreign productions are discovering a new side of Italy”

Luca Ferrario • Manager of the Trentino Film Fund and Commission

The Manager of the Trentino Film Fund and Commission, Luca Ferrario, tells Cineuropa how productions...  

15/10/2019

Ivo M Ferreira • Director of Empire Hotel

Empire Hotel is a Macau film about Portugal”

Ivo M Ferreira • Director of Empire Hotel

Macau-based Portuguese director Ivo M Ferreira discussed his latest film Empire Hotel with us at the third...  

19/12/2018 | Macao 2018

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