Video interviews

Cineuropa's video interviews. Discover or re-discover interviews with directors, actors, producers, distributors and other European professionals. In this section, you can find our video interviews with the Shooting Stars and Producers on the Move, as selected by European Film Promotion.

1817 video interviews available in total starting from 30/08/2002. Last updated on 12/04/2024. 96 video interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Gust Van den Berghe  • Director of The Magnet Man

"I thought it would be interesting, in the era of superhero movies, to create a superhero who is actually not useful"

Gust Van den Berghe • Director of The Magnet Man by Ana Stanic

The director of the Best Original Score winner at Tallinn breaks down his film about a human magnet who struggles to find his place as an artist  

Phedon Papamichael  • Director of Light Falls

"It's a very violent film where the First World clashes with the Third World"

Phedon Papamichael • Director of Light Falls by Ana Stanic

The Greek helmer follows a young couple on holiday as they explore an abandoned hotel; however, an accident and a clash of different worlds set off a spiral...  

Batbayar Chogsom  • Director of White Flag

"In this film, nobody loses anything, but they do find something - their real selves"

Batbayar Chogsom • Director of White Flag by Ana Stanic

The Mongolian director delves into his Tallinn Competition entry, which hinges on two young women trying to start a new life in the steppe as nomads  

Ivan Tymchenko  • Director of Oxygen Station

"The main message of the film is still relevant, regardless of the war"

Ivan Tymchenko • Director of Oxygen Station by Ana Stanic

The Ukrainian helmer discusses his Tallinn Competition entry, which follows a Crimean Tatar political activist who is now a people’s deputy of the Ukrainian...  

Călin Peter Netzer • Director of Familiar

"This is a personal story, but with fictional elements"

Călin Peter Netzer • Director of Familiar by Ana Stanic

The Romanian Golden Bear winner discusses his latest work, which follows a filmmaker trying to make a film about the lives of his parents in the most...  

Ivan Marinović • Director of Forever Hold Your Peace

"It's a comedy, but it's almost like a disaster movie, where the 'Godzilla' is a traditional Montenegrin wedding"

Ivan Marinović • Director of Forever Hold Your Peace by Ana Stanic

The Montenegrin director discusses his heartwarming and explosive comedy about a very special wedding  

Jaap van Heusden and Rogier de Blok • Director and screenwriter of The Man from Rome

"With so much bullshit flooding in, you can't operate a society or a democracy if nobody knows what to believe in"

Jaap van Heusden and Rogier de Blok • Director and screenwriter of The Man from Rome by Ana Stanic

The Dutch filmmakers discuss their film centred on a priest, a modern-day crusader on a quest to save mankind from darkness  

Marco Amenta • Director of Anna

"The violence perpetrated against the film's protagonist is comparable with the brutality of the way the land is treated"

Marco Amenta • Director of Anna by Vittoria Scarpa, Emanuele Basso

VENICA 2023: The director discusses his film, which tells of the one-woman fight undertaken by a young Sardinian, who strives to protect her land from...  

Gianluca Matarrese  • Director of The Zola Experience

"What fascinates me about cinema is the creative process"

Gianluca Matarrese • Director of The Zola Experience by Vittoria Scarpa, Emanuele Basso

VENICE 2023: The director follows the trials and tribulations of a theatre director getting to grips with the preparations for his new show and with a new...  

Zacharias Mavroeidis  • Director of The Summer With Carmen

"For queer people, friends stand in for their families in many different ways"

Zacharias Mavroeidis • Director of The Summer With Carmen by Vittoria Scarpa, Emanuele Basso

VENICE 2023: The Greek director discusses his queer comedy that talks about cinema and the rules of storytelling, where the main characters are two friends...  

Giorgio Diritti  • Director of Lubo

"The process of selecting the actors is an obsession for me and carries on until I've fallen in love with 'the one'"

Giorgio Diritti • Director of Lubo by Federica Polidoro

VENICE 2023: The Italian director chats about his latest work, in which a Yenisch busker knows that he will never find peace until he attains justice for...  

Céline Sciamma  • Director of This Is How a Child Becomes a Poet

"Patrizia Cavalli was inspiring because she was so much fun, and her way of life was also an inspiration"

Céline Sciamma • Director of This Is How a Child Becomes a Poet by Vittoria Scarpa, Emanuele Basso

VENICE 2023: The French director pays tribute to female poet Patrizia Cavalli, documenting the final day in her home, before it all came to an end  

Delphine Girard  • Director of Through the Night

"I wondered, in real life, what would happen to these characters after this story"

Delphine Girard • Director of Through the Night by Vittoria Scarpa, Emanuele Basso

VENICE 2023: The Belgian director's film revolves around an instance of sexual abuse, the ensuing investigation and the different points of view on what...  

Lina Soualem  • Director of Bye Bye Tiberias

"I wanted these women to reclaim the sheer complexity of their journeys, their battles and also their contradictions"

Lina Soualem • Director of Bye Bye Tiberias by Vittoria Scarpa, Emanuele Basso

VENICE 2023: The director paints the portrait of four generations of Palestininan women who keep their story alive through the sheer strength of their bonds  

Afef Ben Mahmoud, Khalil Benkirane • Directors of Backstage

"The idea was to start with the show and then get closer to these characters, who are normal people"

Afef Ben Mahmoud, Khalil Benkirane • Directors of Backstage by Vittoria Scarpa, Emanuele Basso

VENICE 2023: The directorial duo talk about their road movie through the forests of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, where we follow a dance troupe as they...  

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