Interviews

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

7493 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 25/04/2024. 580 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Samir  • Director

"Our experiences represent the common ground that better allows us to understand each other"

Samir • Director

BERLIN 2015: Samir, the director of the highly topical Iraqi Odyssey, tells us about his film and also gives us his take on the Berlinale  

10/02/2015

Andreas Dresen  • Director

“Wild, chaotic and anarchistic”

Andreas Dresen • Director

BERLIN 2015: German filmmaker Andreas Dresen discusses As We Were Dreaming, which was screened in competition at Berlin  

10/02/2015

Óskar Alegría  • Director, Punto de Vista Festival

“Hats off to the audiences that motivate us to keep growing!”

Óskar Alegría • Director, Punto de Vista Festival

Cineuropa talked to Óskar Alegría, the new artistic director of the Punto de Vista Festival in Pamplona, which begins today, 10 February  

10/02/2015

Malgorzata Szumowska  • Director

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Malgorzata Szumowska • Director

BERLIN 2015: Cineuropa talked to Polish director Malgorzata Szumowska, whose film Body is screening as part of the competition at Berlin  

10/02/2015

Sebastian Schipper  • Director

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Sebastian Schipper • Director

BERLIN 2015: Cineuropa met up with German filmmaker Sebastian Schipper to talk about Victoria, which he presented in competition at the 65th Berlinale  

10/02/2015

Sam de Jong  • Director

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Sam de Jong • Director

BERLIN 2015: Cineuropa met up with Dutch filmmaker Sam de Jong to talk about Prince, special mention at the 65th Berlinale's Generation 14plus section  

10/02/2015

Jayro Bustamante  • Director

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Jayro Bustamante • Director

BERLIN 2015: Cineuropa met up with Guatemalan director Jayro Bustamante to talk about Ixcanul, which he is presenting in competition at the 65th edition of...  

09/02/2015

Andrew Haigh  • Director

“What goes on beneath the surface in a relationship”

Andrew Haigh • Director

BERLIN 2015: British director Andrew Haigh talks about 45 Years, screened in competition at Berlin  

07/02/2015

Samanou Acheche Sahlstrøm  • Director

"If you are going to work freely, it is fundamental to work with actors of great courage"

Samanou Acheche Sahlstrøm • Director

Danish director Samanou Acheche Sahlstrøm, who won the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film at Göteborg, chatted to Cineuropa about his feature debut, In Your Arms  

06/02/2015

Isabel Coixet  • Director

“This is, without a doubt, my most daring film”

Isabel Coixet • Director

BERLIN 2015: Cineuropa spoke to Catalan director Isabel Coixet, who opened the Berlinale with her latest opus, Endless Night  

05/02/2015

Matthijs Wouter Knol  • Director, European Film Market

“The EFM is adapting to what is happening around us in the world”

Matthijs Wouter Knol • Director, European Film Market

Matthijs Wouter Knol, director of the European Film Market, spoke to Cineuropa about how he approached his new role and the new initiatives for this year’s...  

05/02/2015

Dieter Kosslick  • Director, Berlin Film Festival

“The starting signal for a new campaign”

Dieter Kosslick • Director, Berlin Film Festival

Berlin International Film Festival director Dieter Kosslick speaks to Cineuropa about this year’s festival programme, technological changes and the new...  

04/02/2015

Christiana Wertz  • BLS Südtirol Alto Adige

In Berlin with two films in the official competition

Christiana Wertz • BLS Südtirol Alto Adige

Cineuropa spoke to Christiana Wertz, since 2009 head of the Film Fund & Commission, about the outcome for 2014 and a focus on new goals for the future  

03/02/2015

Lukas Valenta Rinner  • Director

"It's an Austrian thing to focus on social issues or have quite radical points of view"

Lukas Valenta Rinner • Director

Cineuropa spoke to Lukas Valenta Rinner about his debut, Parabellum, a film shot in real survival camps in Argentina and presented at Rotterdam  

02/02/2015

Petri Kemppinen  • CEO of the Nordisk Film and TV Fund

"We have a responsibility as safe-keepers, but we also encourage evolution"

Petri Kemppinen • CEO of the Nordisk Film and TV Fund

Cineuropa met up with Petri Kemppinen, CEO of the Nordisk Film and TV Fund since 2013, to discuss the current and future challenges for the institution  

30/01/2015

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