Interviews

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

7488 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 17/04/2024. 579 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Nicolai GH Johansen • Director of If You Knew

"When we talk about mental illness in general, we are often too quick to reduce people to diagnoses"

Nicolai GH Johansen • Director of If You Knew

We chat to the Danish director as his raw and intense piece about mental illness screens as part of EFP’s...  

06/07/2022 | Future Frames 2022

Hadi Ghandour  • Director

"I made this movie to find out who I am"

Hadi Ghandour • Director

Paris-based director Hadi Ghandour discusses his first feature, The Traveller, which has just had its...  

23/11/2016

Tina Gharavi  • Writer-director and showrunner

“The issue for most people is that the core of their story is not solid or they’re not absolutely sure what they are expressing”

Tina Gharavi • Writer-director and showrunner

At Stockfish, the BAFTA-nominated creative led the Writers Lab, open to select participants with a prior...  

10/04/2024 | Stockfish 2024

Raha Amirfazli, Alireza Ghasemi • Directors of In the Land of Brothers

“This film will be controversial, and we don’t have a problem with it”

Raha Amirfazli, Alireza Ghasemi • Directors of In the Land of Brothers

The duo of Iranian filmmakers show that something is rotten in their home country via a story about the...  

22/01/2024 | Sundance 2024 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Dana Dimitriu-Chelba, Giulia Ghica Dobre • Co-directors, Bucharest International Film Festival

“We want to place Bucharest on the map of important European capitals that organise film festivals”

Dana Dimitriu-Chelba, Giulia Ghica Dobre • Co-directors, Bucharest International Film Festival

The co-directors of the Romanian gathering detail its history and mission  

19/09/2023 | /Romania

Ruxandra Ghiţescu • Director of Otto the Barbarian

“Any less-than-perfect reality tends to be marginalised and hidden away”

Ruxandra Ghiţescu • Director of Otto the Barbarian

Romanian director Ruxandra Ghiţescu tells us about her film Otto the Barbarian, centred on a 17-year-old...  

19/08/2020 | Sarajevo 2020 | Competition

Alessandro Giacobbe • Distributor, Academy Two

“We just have to wait and try to be optimistic because the material is there”

Alessandro Giacobbe • Distributor, Academy Two

Alessandro Giacobbe, Managing Director of Academy Two, broke down for us the main challenges for...  

19/11/2020 | /Italy

Alessandro Giacobbe • Managing Director, Academy Two

“Without regulation on media windows, buying quality films in foreign markets doesn’t make sense”

Alessandro Giacobbe • Managing Director, Academy Two

The independent cinema operator and distributor has written a letter to Italy's Minister of Culture to...  

16/06/2022 | /Italy

Ole Giæver • Director

"I try to understand, as an explorer, what it means to be human"

Ole Giæver • Director

BERLIN 2017: Cineuropa caught up with Norwegian director Ole Giæver, who is presenting his latest feature...  

12/02/2017

Ole Giæver  • Director

"To make your presence felt in the world, first of all you need to make it felt to yourself"

Ole Giæver • Director

Cineuropa met up with Norwegian filmmaker Ole Giæver, the director of Out of Nature, which was presented...  

16/09/2014

Ole Giæver • Director of Let the River Flow

“I’ve also had my Sámi awakening”

Ole Giæver • Director of Let the River Flow

The Norwegian director opens up about the fight surrounding the construction of the Alta Dam, and telling...  

16/03/2023 | /Norway/Finland

Francesco Giai Via  • Artistic director, Annecy Italian Film Festival

"A festival with a strong identity"

Francesco Giai Via • Artistic director, Annecy Italian Film Festival

We met up with Francesco Giai Via, the new artistic director of the Annecy Italian Film Festival  

25/09/2017

Francesco Giai Via  • Head of Studies, Alpi Film Lab

“Environmental sustainability and gender equality should be seen as part of our new professional DNA”

Francesco Giai Via • Head of Studies, Alpi Film Lab

We chatted with Head of Studies Francesco Giai Via who’s overseeing this programme on Italian-French...  

08/04/2022 | Italy/France

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Paul Giamatti • Actor

Golden Globe winner actor Paul Giamatti talks about his experience playing King John of England in...  

Maria Kourkouta and Niki Giannari  • Directors

“We have seen the migrants’ strength and their beauty”

Maria Kourkouta and Niki Giannari • Directors

Cineuropa sat down with Maria Kourkouta and Niki Giannari, directors of Spectres Are Haunting Europe,...  

28/11/2016

Xavier Giannoli  • Co-director of Of Money and Blood

"I’m not interested in the events, but in their shadow"

Xavier Giannoli • Co-director of Of Money and Blood

The director of Lost Illusions, along with Frederic Planchon, co-directed the series based on the book of...  

13/10/2023 | South Series 2023

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