Interviews

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

7498 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 03/05/2024. 575 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Sonja Heiss • Director

Life is always a good source

Sonja Heiss • Director

Sonja Heiss talks about her new feature Hedi Schneider Is Stuck, a story about everyday life and the impossibility of enduring happiness  

17/06/2015

Karel Och  • Artistic director, KVIFF

"It's exciting how a film festival can help young filmmakers at the start of their career"

Karel Och • Artistic director, KVIFF

Cineuropa sat down with Karel Och, the artistic director of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, to talk about the jubilee edition of the festival  

15/06/2015

Julie Bergeron  • Cannes Film Market, member of the US in Progress jury

“The biggest challenge is to make a film that will circulate and find an audience”

Julie Bergeron • Cannes Film Market, member of the US in Progress jury

Cineuropa sat down with Julie Bergeron at US in Progress Paris to discuss support for independent film and its future prospects  

12/06/2015

Adeline Monzier  • Founder and organiser, US in Progress

“Most American producers had no idea how to reach the European market”

Adeline Monzier • Founder and organiser, US in Progress

Cineuropa sat down with Adeline Monzier at US in Progress Paris to discuss various aspects of both American and European indie film circulation  

12/06/2015

Guillaume and Stéphane Malandrin  • Directors

"We wanted to put together a comedy duo with Bouli Lanners and Wim Willaert"

Guillaume and Stéphane Malandrin • Directors

Cineuropa met with Guillaume and Stéphane Malandrin, who premiered the second film they have directed together, I'm Dead But I Have Friends, at the Brussels...  

12/06/2015

US in Progress #3

"European audiences are more film-educated"

US in Progress #3

Cineuropa sat down with Jamund Washington, Nana Mensah, Baff Akoto and Gabe Klinger at US in Progress Paris to chat about the current and future independent...  

11/06/2015

US in Progress #2

“You can make a movie well, cheaply or quickly, but not all three”

US in Progress #2

Cineuropa sat down with Laura Teodosio, Matthew Smaglik, David Mandel and James Morrison at US in Progress Paris to discuss their views on the process of...  

11/06/2015

Joaquín Oristrell  • Director

“Our work consists of bearing witness to the moment we’re living in”

Joaquín Oristrell • Director

Catalan filmmaker Joaquín Oristrell is on the offensive again with the militant Hablar, a film that condemns social disorder  

11/06/2015

Belinda Sallin  • Director

“HR Giger and I were on the same wavelength somehow”

Belinda Sallin • Director

Belinda Sallin reveals her impressions of Hans Ruedi Giger and her thoughts on her intriguing documentary Dark Star: HR Giger's World, which is currently...  

11/06/2015

US in Progress #1

“We are in a weird place because we are making small films in the US”

US in Progress #1

Cineuropa sat down with Sebastian Pardo, Carson Mell, Riel Roch Decter, Logan Sandler and Mortimer Canepa at US in Progress Paris to discuss their views on...  

10/06/2015

Thomas Ordonneau  • Distributor

"As freely as possible"

Thomas Ordonneau • Distributor

We met up with Thomas Ordonneau, the manager of Shellac, the co-producer and French distributor of the Arabian Nights triptych  

10/06/2015

Miguel Gomes • Director

"The imaginary is just as real as real life"

Miguel Gomes • Director

We met up with Miguel Gomes to talk about Arabian Nights, his trilogy made up of The Restless One, The Desolate One and The Enchanted One, unveiled at...  

07/06/2015

Jeppe Rønde • Director

"How can you explain the meaning of life?"

Jeppe Rønde • Director

It took seven years for the Danish documentary filmmaker to make Bridgend – his first fiction feature – about real-life events.  

07/06/2015

Deniz Gamze Ergüven  • Director

"In film, there are no borders"

Deniz Gamze Ergüven • Director

The Turkish director talks to us about the making of her first film, Mustang, the undisputed revelation of Directors’ Fortnight at this year’s Cannes Film...  

07/06/2015

Ivan Corbisier  • Director, Brussels Film Festival

Interview

Ivan Corbisier • Director, Brussels Film Festival

"Brussels has the all the assets to host an important festival on a European level," says Brussels Film Festival director Ivan Corbisier  

06/06/2015

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