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.

1823 video interviews available in total starting from 30/08/2002. Last updated on 25/05/2024. 94 video interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Levan Akin  • Director of Crossing

"This film is my tribute to solidarity and my love letter to Istanbul"

Levan Akin • Director of Crossing by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2024: The Swedish filmmaker discusses his new film, which follows a Georgian teacher who travels to Istanbul to search for her trans niece  

Rozália Szeleczki  • Director of Cat Call

"My basic idea is that the more absurd I make things, the more they somehow reflect reality"

Rozália Szeleczki • Director of Cat Call by Ana Stanic

The Hungarian filmmaker details her film, which follows a 30-year-old trapped in a world of her own imagination for whom everything changes when a talking...  

Markku Hakala, Mari Käki  • Directors of Giant's Kettle

"Unfortunately, the dystopian world we built is strikingly similar to the one we live in"

Markku Hakala, Mari Käki • Directors of Giant's Kettle by Ana Stanic

The Finnish filmmaking duo discusses their film depicting an inhuman black-and-white bureaucratic ultrasound world where nobody uses any words  

Kaveh Daneshmand and Gem Deger • Director of and actor in Endless Summer Syndrome

"My idea was to create a new-age erotic thriller with fresh social themes"

Kaveh Daneshmand and Gem Deger • Director of and actor in Endless Summer Syndrome by Ana Stanic

The Czech Republic-based filmmaker and actor discuss their film, in which the mother of two adopted children learns that her husband may be having an affair...  

Janez Burger  • Director of Observing

"How can people watch a crime on social media without helping or calling the police?"

Janez Burger • Director of Observing by Ana Stanic

The Slovenian filmmaker discusses his film, based on a vicious crime after two friends beat a colleague and broadcast the event on Facebook Live to 20,000...  

Niki Nikitin  • Curator, Critics' Picks, Tallinn Black Nights

"The Critics' Picks section represents global diversity in every sense, especially in the artistic and geopolitical realms"

Niki Nikitin • Curator, Critics' Picks, Tallinn Black Nights by Ana Stanic

The curator breaks down the second edition of the festival's new competitive strand devoted to powerful and artistically outstanding works that might...  

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...  

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