Interviews

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

7577 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 03/06/2024. 574 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Sam de Jong  • Director

Interview

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

Interview

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

Zvonimir Jurić  • Director

“I am interested in things that the war brought to the surface”

Zvonimir Jurić • Director

Cineuropa chatted to Zvonimir Juric, director of The Reaper, about his approach to the film's narrative form and the Croatian film industry's current...  

30/01/2015

Jörn Donner  • Director and producer

"Armi was a successful, self-made, woman entrepreneur – they were unusual in the 1960s"

Jörn Donner • Director and producer

Cineuropa sat down with Finnish director and producer Jörn Donner to discuss his new feature film about the founder of Marimekko, Armi Alive!  

29/01/2015

Tanja Meissner  • Exporter

Memento Films International continues to focus on ambitions

Tanja Meissner • Exporter

Cineuropa spoke to Memento Films International's Tanja Meissner: focus on the line-up and international sales strategy of the French company a few days...  

29/01/2015

Jonas Holmberg  • Artistic director, Göteborg International Film Festival

“The curiosity, intelligence and open minds of our audience never cease to surprise me”

Jonas Holmberg • Artistic director, Göteborg International Film Festival

Cineuropa spoke to Jonas Holmberg, Göteborg International Film Festival artistic director, how he stepped up to his new role and the way in which the...  

28/01/2015

Cia Edström  • Head of the Nordic Film Market, Göteborg International Film Festival

"The NFM is the principal market place for new features and TV drama in Scandinavia"

Cia Edström • Head of the Nordic Film Market, Göteborg International Film Festival

Cineuropa chatted to Cia Edström about the evolution of the Nordic film industry and the Nordic Film Market event taking place at the Göteborg International...  

27/01/2015

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