Interviews

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

7565 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 24/05/2024. 586 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Clio Barnard  • Director

“Sexual abuse is an impossible topic to deal with”

Clio Barnard • Director

TORONTO 2017: We spoke to British director Clio Barnard to delve deeper into her third feature, the Toronto Special Mention winner Dark River  

18/09/2017

Daniel Sandu  • Director of One Step Behind the Seraphim

"We run on fumes. We breathe in aerosols and breathe out films"

Daniel Sandu • Director of One Step Behind the Seraphim

First time director Daniel Sandu explains to Cineuropa the peculiarities of his feature One Step Behind the Seraphim  

15/09/2017

Barbara Albert  • Director

“We talk a lot about assimilation and seem to forget about diversity”

Barbara Albert • Director

TORONTO 2017: Acclaimed Austrian director Barbara Albert explained her fifth feature, Mademoiselle Paradis, to CineuropaSan Sebastian 2017 - Competition  

14/09/2017 | Toronto 2017 | Platform

Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir  • Director

“I didn't want to compromise the main character’s vision”

Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir • Director

TORONTO 2017: Icelandic writer-director Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir talked to us to break down her feature debut, The Swan, screening in Discovery  

14/09/2017

Govinda Van Maele  • Director

“Making a film in Luxembourg forces you to face an aesthetic conundrum”

Govinda Van Maele • Director

TORONTO 2017: Cineuropa sat down with Govinda Van Maele to discuss the story behind his debut feature, Gutland, which has screened in the Discovery section  

14/09/2017

Annika Berg  • Director

“I was looking for anyone who would grab the ball and run with it”

Annika Berg • Director

VENICE 2017: We chatted to Annika Berg, whose teen drama Team Hurricane was screened in the International Critics’ Week  

13/09/2017

Boudewijn Koole  • Director

“The intimacy within family relationships is an endlessly fascinating form of love”

Boudewijn Koole • Director

We chatted to Boudewijn Koole, whose third feature, Disappearance, has just had its international premiere in Contemporary World Cinema  

13/09/2017 | Toronto 2017 | Contemporary World Cinema

Neïl Beloufa  • Director

“Arts have the potential to transform society”

Neïl Beloufa • Director

TORONTO 2017: Visual artist Neïl Beloufa picks apart Western prejudice in his second feature, Occidental, which has had its North American premiere in the...  

12/09/2017

Aoife McArdle  • Director

“Music can be such a powerful narrative tool”

Aoife McArdle • Director

TORONTO 2017: Northern Irish director-scriptwriter Aoife McArdle chatted to us about her debut feature, Kissing Candice, now playing in Toronto’s Discovery...  

12/09/2017

Nabil Ayouch • Director

"Exploring the battles fought by the silent majority"

Nabil Ayouch • Director

TORONTO 2017: After the sensational Much Loved, Nabil Ayouch returns to Toronto with Razzia, world premiering in the Platform competition section at Toronto  

12/09/2017

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun  • Director

“I wanted to focus on the private life of the refugees”

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun • Director

TORONTO 2017: We caught up with Chad’s Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, whose new film, A Season in France, has just world-premiered in the Special Presentations section  

11/09/2017

Eglė Vertelytė  • Director

"The birth of a new, democratic society was painful; we can’t sugar-coat the process"

Eglė Vertelytė • Director

TORONTO 2017: Cineuropa sat down with Eglė Vertelytė, whose feature debut, Miracle, has screened in the Discovery section of Toronto after nine years in...  

11/09/2017 | Bergamo 2018

Vivian Qu  • Director

“In China, we don’t talk about sex”

Vivian Qu • Director

VENICE 2017: In Angels Wear White, Vivian Qu, the only female director in the main competition at Venice, lifts the lid on society’s dirty secrets  

09/09/2017

Xavier Legrand  • Director

“This film is a political act”

Xavier Legrand • Director

VENICE 2017: After his Oscar-nominated short, actor-turned-director Xavier Legrand once again explores the subject of domestic violence in Custody  

09/09/2017

Xavier Beauvois • Director

"I wanted to make a film about women"

Xavier Beauvois • Director

TORONTO 2017: In conversation with French filmmaker Xavier Beauvois about his new film The Guardians, world-premiering at Toronto  

09/09/2017

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