Interviews

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

7491 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 23/04/2024. 579 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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 world premiere in the Black Nights First Feature...  

23/11/2016

Fernando Trueba  • Director

“Comedy is there to be shared”

Fernando Trueba • Director

Fernando Trueba signs The Queen of Spain, an ensemble, historical comedy in which he revisits the genre and the characters he popularised in The Girl of...  

22/11/2016

Nevio Marasović  • Director

“I had always wanted to do something in the Scandinavian style”

Nevio Marasović • Director

At the Zagreb Film Festival, Cineuropa met up with Croatian filmmaker Nevio Marasović to talk about Goran, the story of a man whose carefree existence comes...  

21/11/2016

Radu Jude  • Director

"A film that revives the past must also discuss the representational aspect of cinema"

Radu Jude • Director

The winner of the Special Jury Prize at this year’s Locarno Film Festival, Radu Jude’s Scarred Hearts, is released on 18 November in Romania  

18/11/2016

Bernd Buder  • Director, FilmFestival Cottbus

“If we have a common thread in our selection, it is diversity”

Bernd Buder • Director, FilmFestival Cottbus

Cineuropa met up with Bernd Buder at Cottbus to ask him about his selection methods and the spectacular growth of the 26-year-old film festival since its...  

17/11/2016

Peter Monsaert  • Director

“Family is the only thing you can’t escape from”

Peter Monsaert • Director

Cineuropa met up with Belgian director Peter Monsaert to discuss his second feature, Flemish Heaven  

16/11/2016

Rebecca Zlotowski • Director

"A story that isn’t afraid of being a bit enigmatic"

Rebecca Zlotowski • Director

French director Rebecca Zlotowski deciphers Planetarium, a film that plumbs the depths of and trouble with suggestion  

16/11/2016

Martijn Maria Smits • Director

"I want the audience to make their own story"

Martijn Maria Smits • Director

We caught up with Dutchman Martijn Maria Smits, the director of Waldstille, at the Arras Film Festival  

15/11/2016

Rebekka Garrido  • Director, Connecting Cottbus

“Many coco films have gone on to become real success stories”

Rebekka Garrido • Director, Connecting Cottbus

Berlin-based producer Rebekka Garrido sat down with Cineuropa at Cottbus to discuss the 18th edition of the Connecting Cottbus East-West co-production market  

15/11/2016

Nino Basilia • Director

"I want to show the bravery of women"

Nino Basilia • Director

We caught up with Georgian director Nino Basilia to talk about Anna's Life, her debut fictional feature, which won the Silver Atlas at the Arras Film Festival  

14/11/2016

Sofia Exarchou  • Director

"The derelict Olympic Village mirrors a great deal of the Western world’s mentality"

Sofia Exarchou • Director

One of the most well-travelled films to screen at Thessaloniki, Sofia Exarchou’s feature debut, Park, truly haunted the International Competition  

14/11/2016

Yannis Sakaridis  • Director

“Refugees are victims of a corrupt system well orchestrated in destroying”

Yannis Sakaridis • Director

First unveiled in the Agora, Yannis Sakaridis’ well-travelled refugee drama Amerika Square returns to Thessaloniki seeking gold in the International Competition  

10/11/2016

Stergios Paschos  • Director

"There are many ways to imprison someone you love - like making a film, for instance"

Stergios Paschos • Director

We chatted to Greek director Stergios Paschos about his latest film, Afterlov, which competed for the Golden Alexander in the Thessaloniki IFF’s...  

10/11/2016

Ivan Hronec  • CEO, Film Europe Media Company

“A distributor must be in the position of a partner”

Ivan Hronec • CEO, Film Europe Media Company

Cineuropa talks to Film Europe Media Company founder and CEO Ivan Hronec about the company's "distribution cloud"  

09/11/2016

Orestis Andreadakis  • Artistic director, Thessaloniki IFF

“Thessaloniki’s strongest suit is getting films made”

Orestis Andreadakis • Artistic director, Thessaloniki IFF

A seasoned festival veteran, the new Thessaloniki IFF artistic director Orestis Andreadakis discusses the challenges of leading the Balkans' go-to film...  

08/11/2016

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