Interviews

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

7478 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 28/03/2024. 582 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Tinatin Kajrishvili  • Director

"I wanted to make my debut with a powerful story, which at the same time would feel like my own"

Tinatin Kajrishvili • Director

Cineuropa spoke to Georgian filmmaker Tinatin Kajrishvili, who screened her feature debut, Brides, at the...  

23/10/2014

Tinatin Kajrishvili • Director of Citizen Saint

“People act selfish and fearful, and this can be applied to both society and individuals”

Tinatin Kajrishvili • Director of Citizen Saint

The Georgian director dives right into our beliefs and hopes in her latest, touching film set in a mining...  

12/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Competition

Markku Hakala, Mari Käki  • Directors of Giant's Kettle

"Unfortunately, the dystopian world we built is strikingly similar to the one we live in"

Markku Hakala, Mari Käki • Directors of Giant's Kettle

The Finnish filmmaking duo discusses their film depicting an inhuman black-and-white bureaucratic...  

23/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | First Feature Competition

“I wanted to understand how confusion and alienation were born”

Kamen Kalev • Director

Besides the documentary aspect of a main character played by a non-professional actor and his real, tragic...  

10/09/2009

Sahim Omar Kalifa • Director

“Zagros and his wife are victims of the burden of tradition”

Sahim Omar Kalifa • Director

Belgian-based Kurdish director Sahim Omar Kalifa talks to us about his feature debut, Zagros, which was...  

20/10/2017 | Ghent 2017

Sahim Omar Kalifa • Director of Baghdad Messi

"This story is a metaphor for the way the Iraqi dream has been annihilated"

Sahim Omar Kalifa • Director of Baghdad Messi

We met with the Belgian-Kurdish director who chose to reinvent his hit, short film and turn it into a...  

03/02/2023 | /Belgium/Netherlands/Iraq

Jan Kallista  • Producer

“People are being overfed with grand spectacles”

Jan Kallista • Producer

Jan Kallista, of Czech outfit Film Kolektiv, reveals to Cineuropa the plans for his latest project,...  

21/06/2017

Etienne Kallos  • Director of The Harvesters

"I wanted to explore the experience of living in fracture, of being displaced"

Etienne Kallos • Director of The Harvesters

CANNES 2018: Etienne Kallos talks about The Harvesters, a coming-of-age story about two stepbrothers set...  

14/05/2018 | Cannes 2018 | Un Certain Regard

Laure Kaltenbach  • Managing director of the Forum d’Avignon

Laure Kaltenbach • Managing director of the Forum d’Avignon

Cineuropa sat down with organiser Laure Kaltenbach to talk about the upcoming first Forum d’Avignon 100% data  

18/09/2014

Iris Kaltenbäck  • Director of The Rapture

"I read a headline in the newspaper about this woman and made the film to understand her, without having answers"

Iris Kaltenbäck • Director of The Rapture

CANNES 2023: The French filmmaker discusses the topics, the making and the cast of her first feature,...  

22/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Critics' Week

Vanja Kaludjercic • Director, International Film Festival Rotterdam

“Variety is essential to our festival's ethos, fostering a cross-pollination of audiences and art forms”

Vanja Kaludjercic • Director, International Film Festival Rotterdam

Cineuropa sat down with IFFR’s head to discuss the 2024 edition, the festival’s vision, blending pop and...  

25/01/2024 | IFFR 2024

Vanja Kaludjercic  • Head, Holland Film Meeting

“It is always a pleasure to see the projects we supported brought to the big screen”

Vanja Kaludjercic • Head, Holland Film Meeting

Vanja Kaludjercic, head of the Holland Film Meeting, talked to us about the networking and business...  

02/10/2017

Vanja Kaludjercic  • Head, Holland Film Meeting

“The HFM will continue to provide a safety net for the filmmaking community”

Vanja Kaludjercic • Head, Holland Film Meeting

We spoke to Vanja Kaludjercic, head of the Holland Film Meeting, about the first edition of the event...  

28/09/2016

Fariborz Kamkari • Director of Kurdbûn - Essere curdo

“How each of us reacts to the existence of a dictatorial system makes all the difference”

Fariborz Kamkari • Director of Kurdbûn - Essere curdo

Cineuropa spent some time with the Kurdish director who chatted with us about his documentary exploring...  

28/07/2022 | /Italy

Elin Kamlert • Producer, Kamlert Film

“Fight for the things you can change, and give up the rest”

Elin Kamlert • Producer, Kamlert Film

Interview with Elin Kamlert, producer for Swedish outfit Kamlert Film and selected for the 2019 Emerging...  

05/03/2019 | Emerging Producers 2019

Henning Kamm

Producer on the Move 2014 – Germany

Henning Kamm

Henning Kamm (Detailfilm) focuses on original, gripping stories that can be fictional or documental  

23/04/2014

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