Interviews

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

7478 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 28/03/2024. 582 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Shooting Star 2007 – France

Mélanie Laurent • Actress

16/01/2007

Quentin Laurent • Producer, Les Films de l’œil sauvage

“Directors had to completely rethink their films and these reflections are fascinating”

Quentin Laurent • Producer, Les Films de l’œil sauvage

Selected for the 2021 Emerging Producers, the French producer explains what drives him to making...  

15/03/2021 | Emerging Producers 2021

Leni Lauritsch • Director of Rubikon

“I don't like it when the main characters act in a totally classical way”

Leni Lauritsch • Director of Rubikon

We chatted with the Austrian director about refusing to meet expectations and shooting a genre film on a...  

29/09/2022 | Zurich 2022

Carlo Lavagna  • Director

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Carlo Lavagna • Director

VENICE 2015: The search for one's sexual identity lies at the heart of the feature debut by Carlo Lavagna,...  

04/09/2015

Carlo Lavagna • Director of Shadows

“Directors must showcase their original visions in genre films”

Carlo Lavagna • Director of Shadows

Carlo Lavagna’s second feature film Shadows is a tense psychological thriller shot in English, which is...  

17/11/2020 | /Italy/Ireland

"Our main chance to make our films circulate is to write them well"

Yves Lavandier • Screenwriter

17/07/2009

Frédéric Lavigne  • Artistic director of the Séries Mania Festival

“Film and series are two fundamentally different things”

Frédéric Lavigne • Artistic director of the Séries Mania Festival

Cineuropa interviewed the artistic director of the Séries Mania Festival, Frédéric Lavigne, on the latest...  

30/04/2017

“We don't like displays of acting”

Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy • Directors

The writer/producer/director pair makes the leap from acclaimed shorts to an accomplished, award-winning...  

21/04/2009

Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor  • Directors of Baltimore

“When people feel passionate about something and see no results, they turn to action”

Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor • Directors of Baltimore

The Irish directors discuss their Imogen Poots-starring non-biopic and the “bonkers” true story behind it  

29/02/2024 | Dublin 2024

Oliver Laxe  • Director

"Mimosas enabled me to grow as a director"

Oliver Laxe • Director

Young Galician director Óliver Laxe shares the details of Mimosas, his surprising second film, Grand Prix...  

05/07/2016

Óliver Laxe • Director of Fire Will Come

"Beauty has its laws, and you have to suffer to get some of it"

Óliver Laxe • Director of Fire Will Come

CANNES 2019: Spanish filmmaker Óliver Laxe discusses everything behind his acclaimed Un Certain Regard...  

24/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Un Certain Regard

Marcian Lazar • Producer, AxelFilm

“Documentaries are like wild animals with unpredicted reactions”

Marcian Lazar • Producer, AxelFilm

Intervista a Marcian Lazar, produttore per la società rumana AxelFilm e selezionato per il programma...  

10/03/2020 | Emerging Producers 2020

Gladys Lazareff  • Managing director, Luxembourg City Film Festival

“Luxembourg is keen on maintaining its attractiveness to international talents, and it recognises that a film festival is a significant asset in this regard”

Gladys Lazareff • Managing director, Luxembourg City Film Festival

The managing director of the grand duchy’s important festival offers a glimpse of what to expect just...  

28/02/2024 | Luxembourg 2024

Anca Miruna Lazarescu  •  Director

"The soul of the story is extremely authentic"

Anca Miruna Lazarescu • Director

Anca Miruna Lazarescu talks about That Trip We Took with Dad, a deeply personal story inspired by the...  

27/01/2017

Anca Miruna Lazarescu • Director of We Are the Wave

“The luxury of really digging into a story’s depth is only possible in the format of a series”

Anca Miruna Lazarescu • Director of We Are the Wave

German Films chatted with Romanian-born, Germany-based director Anca Miruna Lazarescu, who has recently...  

10/02/2020 | Germany

Ana Lazarevic  • Director of The Game

“I felt a huge sense of responsibility and wanted to be as prepared as I could be”

Ana Lazarevic • Director of The Game

The Serbian director talks about what inspired her to create her first feature, an intimate story about a...  

20/09/2021 | Toronto 2021 | Discovery

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