Interviews

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

7504 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 08/05/2024. 576 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Dane Komljen  • Director

“I don’t make films about things that I know”

Dane Komljen • Director

After he premiered his first feature, All the Cities of the North, at Locarno, we caught up with Bosnian-born filmmaker Dane Komljen during the Sarajevo...  

25/08/2016

Ivan Marinovic • Director

"The only way to make an ambitious film on a low budget is to use the obstacles to your advantage"

Ivan Marinovic • Director

Cineuropa interviewed young Montenegrin director Ivan Marinovic, who entered his first feature film, The Black Pin, in the competition of the Sarajevo Film...  

24/08/2016

Bertrand Bonello  • Director

"A film that’s full of tension to broach the subject of tension"

Bertrand Bonello • Director

French filmmaker Bertrand Bonello deciphers his new film, Nocturama, and explains the freedom of an artist with regard to sensitive subjects  

24/08/2016

Vibeke Idsøe • Director

"It can often be enriching to broach topical issues with elements borrowed from the past"

Vibeke Idsøe • Director

Cineuropa caught up with Norwegian director Vibeke Idsøe, director of The Lion Woman, the screening of which will open this year’s 44th Norwegian...  

23/08/2016

Ralitza Petrova  • Director

“My aim is to master as much as possible what I call ‘haiku’ filmmaking”

Ralitza Petrova • Director

LOCARNO 2016: Bulgarian director Ralitza Petrova talks about her Golden Leopard-winning first feature, Godless, but also about the social cynicism and...  

16/08/2016

Petar Valchanov, Kristina Grozeva • Directors

“One day during filming there were more directors on set than actors”

Petar Valchanov, Kristina Grozeva • Directors

LOCARNO 2016: Cineuropa talks with Petar Valchanov and Kristina Grozeva, the Bulgarian director duo behind Glory, a gripping social drama that shows just...  

12/08/2016

Michael Koch • Director

“I prefer portraying the daily lives of my characters through the actors’ bodies”

Michael Koch • Director

LOCARNO 2016: Swiss director Michael Koch talks to us with passion about his intense first feature, Marija, which had its world premiere in the running for...  

12/08/2016

Milagros Mumenthaler  • Director

“What interests me is the character’s inner experience”

Milagros Mumenthaler • Director

LOCARNO 2016: Cineuropa interviewed Swiss-Argentine director Milagros Mumenthaler, whose The Idea of a Lake, an intimate work both biographical and...  

11/08/2016

Tobias Weber • Director

"What's so special about Late Shift is that the film never stops, it keeps running"

Tobias Weber • Director

LOCARNO 2016: Late Shift, directed by Swiss filmmaker Tobias Weber, is the world's first cinematic interactive film, presented in the Panorama Suisse section  

11/08/2016

João Pedro Rodrigues • Director

“I find it impossible to film actors without desiring them”

João Pedro Rodrigues • Director

LOCARNO 2016: Cineuropa met with João Pedro Rodrigues, director of The Ornithologist, a sensual feature film full of myths. Best Director Leopard  

10/08/2016

Emiliano Rocha Minter  • Director

"Imagination is always linked to reality"

Emiliano Rocha Minter • Director

Cineuropa sat down with Emiliano Rocha Minter, whose film We Are the Flesh is being presented at the Fantasia IFF, to discuss the title’s aesthetics and...  

27/07/2016

Julia Sinkevych  • Executive director, Odessa International Film Festival

“The Ukrainian film industry is currently going through a reform”

Julia Sinkevych • Executive director, Odessa International Film Festival

Last Friday, Cineuropa met up with Julia Sinkevych, the executive director of the Odessa International Film Festival, the 7th edition of which wrapped this...  

26/07/2016

Carlo Chatrian  • Director, Locarno Film Festival

“The challenge is to show works that are strong enough to take on a huge screen”

Carlo Chatrian • Director, Locarno Film Festival

Carlo Chatrian, the artistic director of the Locarno International Film Festival, talks to us about the 69th edition  

25/07/2016

Christine Eloy  • Managing director, Europa Distribution

“The audiovisual industry is a very fragile eco-system”

Christine Eloy • Managing director, Europa Distribution

We sat down with Christine Eloy to discuss the impact of the Brexit and the Digital Single Market for distributors  

13/07/2016

Michele Placido  • Director

Women and work: 7 minuti tackles a very hot topic

Michele Placido • Director

Italian filmmaker Michele Placido talks about his all-female drama 7 Minuti, co-produced by Italy, France, Spain and Switzerland  

13/07/2016

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