Interviews

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

7490 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 19/04/2024. 579 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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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,...  

09/09/2017

Xavier Beauvois  • Director

“I wanted to respect Chaplin's spirit”

Xavier Beauvois • Director

VENICE 2014: Cineuropa hears from French actor and director Xavier Beauvois, who presented his latest...  

28/08/2014

The director's moral duty

Xavier Beauvois • Director

"Beyond religion, the film is about men"

Xavier Beauvois • Director

The French director answered questions from international journalists about Of Gods and Men at a press...  

20/05/2010

The director's moral duty

Xavier Beauvois • Director

03/09/2005

Xavier Beauvois  • Director of Drift Away

"Our house is on fire – our priority should be to save it"

Xavier Beauvois • Director of Drift Away

BERLINALE 2021: In his usual punchy fashion, the French director sheds light on his sensitive fiction film...  

03/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Competition

Peter Bebjak • Director

“If I try a new method, I know how to perfect it in my following project”

Peter Bebjak • Director

KARLOVY VARY 2017: Slovakian filmmaker Peter Bebjak was picked for the main competition at Karlovy Vary...  

05/07/2017

Peter Bebjak  • Director

"I would like to try every genre"

Peter Bebjak • Director

Slovakian director, producer and writer Peter Bebjak premiered his third feature, The Cleaner, at the...  

27/10/2015

Peter Bebjak • Director of The Auschwitz Report

“Personally, I believe we are living in times when we need heroic films about people who had an important mission”

Peter Bebjak • Director of The Auschwitz Report

The prolific Slovak filmmaker talks about his most ambitious project yet, which has just premiered...  

29/09/2021 | /Slovakia/Czech Republic/Poland/Germany

Richard Phelan and Will Becher  • Directors of A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

“We made 2001: A Space Odyssey’s Monolith into a burnt piece of toast”

Richard Phelan and Will Becher • Directors of A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

Cineuropa caught up with Richard Phelan and Will Becher, the masterminds behind A Shaun the Sheep Movie:...  

01/10/2019 | Zurich 2019

Packing a Punch

Christian Becker and Anita Schneider • Producers

17/12/2008

Julien Becker • Co-director of An Zéro – Comment le Luxembourg a disparu

“There are some very good documentaries about nuclear power, but we wanted our viewers to be able to project themselves”

Julien Becker • Co-director of An Zéro – Comment le Luxembourg a disparu

The co-director of this film, which imagines the impact of a nuclear catastrophe on the territorial and...  

06/04/2021 | Luxembourg 2021

Interview

Wolfgang Becker • Director

08/02/2013

Ruth Beckermann  • Director

“I wanted to give the full picture of the time and to look at it from all angles”

Ruth Beckermann • Director

We met up with Ruth Beckermann to talk about her political documentary The Waldheim Waltz, which won Best...  

22/03/2018 | Diagonale 2018

Ruth Beckermann • Director of Favoriten

“We project a future onto these children that may not materialise, but that's what cinema is all about”

Ruth Beckermann • Director of Favoriten

BERLINALE 2024: The Austrian filmmaker showcases a difficult reality in her new documentary, in which she...  

19/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Encounters

Ruth Beckermann • Director of Mutzenbacher

“It was interesting how relaxed and how playful the men were as they interacted with each other”

Ruth Beckermann • Director of Mutzenbacher

BERLINALE 2022: The Austrian helmer confronts men of different ages with a controversial text about the...  

18/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Encounters

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