Interviews

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

7477 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 28/03/2024. 581 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Hülya Sungu  • Programme director, International Migration Film Festival

“Migration isn't something to be afraid of; on the contrary, it develops a sense of empathy”

Hülya Sungu • Programme director, International Migration Film Festival

We chatted to Hülya Sungu, programme director of Turkey’s International Migration Film Festival, about the...  

30/06/2020 | /Turkey

Juha Suonpää  • Director of Lynx Man

“It’s a political statement to be crazy”

Juha Suonpää • Director of Lynx Man

Who said that one man’s love for the lynx can’t save the world? The director’s protagonist, Hannu, is...  

20/03/2023 | CPH:DOX 2023

Lorenz Suter  • Director

“The movie was like a work in progress; nobody knew where the story was going”

Lorenz Suter • Director

Cineuropa talked to Swiss director Lorenz Suter at Solothurn about his mysterious and aesthetically...  

02/02/2018 | Solothurn 2018

Jan Švankmajer • Director

“I like to open up the creative process to improvisation for as long as possible”

Jan Švankmajer • Director

Cineuropa talked to legendary Czech filmmaker Jan Švankmajer about misanthropy, censorship and his latest...  

29/01/2018 | IFFR 2018

Yngvild Sve Flikke  • Director

"Falling, in love or not, to emerge stronger"

Yngvild Sve Flikke • Director

Cineuropa met the Norwegian director Yngvild Sve Flikke, who has just screened her first feature film...  

03/03/2015

Yngvild Sve Flikke • Director of Ninjababy

"I wanted to tell a deeply emotional story in a light way"

Yngvild Sve Flikke • Director of Ninjababy

Norwegian director Yngvild Sve Flikke talks to us about her project Ninjababy, the follow-up to Women in...  

05/02/2020 | Göteborg 2020 | Göteborg Industry

Hrönn Sveinsdóttir  • Distributor, Bíó Paradís

“There was a big response from the community and Bíó Paradís will be reopening this September”

Hrönn Sveinsdóttir • Distributor, Bíó Paradís

We spoke to Hrönn Sveinsdóttir, managing director of Iceland’s only arthouse cinema Bíó Paradís and its...  

14/07/2020 | /Iceland

"Working differently: a serious game"

Eirik Svensson • Director

Eirik Svensson, whose first feature film, Must Have Been Love has just come out, belongs to a brand new...  

05/04/2013

Mikael Svensson  • Head of the Oresund Film Commission, Southern Sweden

“Our work leads to a stronger film industry in Europe”

Mikael Svensson • Head of the Oresund Film Commission, Southern Sweden

We chatted to Mikael Svensson, head of the Oresund Film Commission, Southern Sweden, to find out more...  

15/04/2015

The film I made without Americans

Jan Sverak

Winner of an Oscar in 1996 Oscar for Kolya, the Czech director presents Dark Blue World. A tale of love,...  

25/09/2002

Ognjen Sviličić  • Director of The Voice

"I wanted to avoid this grey feeling of despair that you find in Eastern European films"

Ognjen Sviličić • Director of The Voice

We caught up with Croatian writer-director Ognjen Sviličić, whose sixth feature, The Voice, has just...  

09/10/2019 | /Croatia/North Macedonia/Serbia

Antonin Svoboda • Director

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Antonin Svoboda • Director

Austrian filmmaker Antonin Svoboda has talked to us about his film Cry Baby, Cry, screened in the...  

23/08/2018 | Sarajevo 2018 | Documentary Competition

LUX Prize 2010, European Parliament

Antonin Svoboda • producer

Interview with the producer of Lourdes. This Austrian/German/French co-production tells the story of a...  

Tereza Swadoschová  • Head of the Inspiration Forum, Ji.hlava IDFF

“Our audience is our muse”

Tereza Swadoschová • Head of the Inspiration Forum, Ji.hlava IDFF

We sat down with Tereza Swadoschová, head of the Inspiration Forum at the Ji.hlava IDFF, to talk about...  

22/10/2018 | Jihlava 2018

Interview - Venice Film Festival

Tilda Swinton - actress

A friend's portrait  

Ramata-Toulaye Sy  • Director of Banel & Adama

"Everything had to follow Banel's emotional journey"

Ramata-Toulaye Sy • Director of Banel & Adama

CANNES 2023: The young filmmaker unveils the intentions of her first feature film, shot in Senegal and...  

23/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Competition

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