Video interviews

Cineuropa's video interviews. Discover or re-discover interviews with directors, actors, producers, distributors and other European professionals. In this section, you can find our video interviews with the Shooting Stars and Producers on the Move, as selected by European Film Promotion.

1817 video interviews available in total starting from 30/08/2002. Last updated on 12/04/2024. 96 video interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Rodrigo Moreno  • Director of The Delinquents

"I had a totally free spirit in making this film"

Rodrigo Moreno • Director of The Delinquents by Teresa Vena, Ana Stanic

CANNES 2023: The Argentinian director unpicks his new film, which follows two bank employees that question the routine life they carry out and decide to do...  

Lillah Halla  • Director of Power Alley

"This film is not only a portrait of intolerance"

Lillah Halla • Director of Power Alley by Ana Stanic

CANNES 2023: The Brazilian filmmaker discusses her first feature, centred on a promising volleyball player who is faced with an unwanted pregnancy  

João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora  • Directors of The Buriti Flower

"We spent years together with this indigenous community in Brazil"

João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora • Directors of The Buriti Flower by Teresa Vena, Ana Stanic

CANNES 2023: The directing duo once again follows the indigineous Krahô people in the heart of the Brazilian forest, this time over three time periods of...  

Mohamed Kordofani  • Director of Goodbye Julia

"The friendship story in my film is a model for the political situation in Sudan, and for a possible reconciliation"

Mohamed Kordofani • Director of Goodbye Julia by Teresa Vena, Ana Stanic

CANNES 2023: The Sudanese director discusses his first feature, a film that strikes a balance between a political and cultural backdrop and a highly...  

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 by Ana Stanic

CANNES 2023: The French filmmaker discusses the topics, the making and the cast of her first feature, which follows a young midwife who embarks on a...  

Aakash Chhabra   •  Filmmaker

“We are trying to access some European funds and film commissions from Europe, which we lack in India and Asia”

Aakash Chhabra • Filmmaker

Indian director Aakash Chhabra is developing his first feature film.  

Christop Terhechte & Nadja Tennstedt   • Director & Head of Industry Dok Leipzig

"We want to make people understand that documentaries are not just about the content, but also about the form"

Christop Terhechte & Nadja Tennstedt • Director & Head of Industry Dok Leipzig

Christoph Terhechte, director and Nadja Tennstedt, head of industry at Dok Leipzip, tell us how this “audience festival” focuses on documentary  

Philippe Reynaert   • Director Rencontres Internationales du film politique

"We thought there was something we could do with films about politics"

Philippe Reynaert • Director Rencontres Internationales du film politique

Philippe Reynaert tells us how this project started, what has been and will be the program and actions for the next edition  

Lisa Theresa Hoeh   •  Festival and Program Director Tromsø International Film Festival

"What is special about our festival is that it really is an audience festival"

Lisa Theresa Hoeh • Festival and Program Director Tromsø International Film Festival

Festival and program director Lisa Theresa Hoeh talks about how this international film festival has been developing since 1991 in Tromsø.  

Fiona Clark   •  CEO Cork International Film Festival

"Start with the art and if it’s really good, you can market it proudly"

Fiona Clark • CEO Cork International Film Festival

Fiona Clark, director and CEO of the Cork International Film Festival, talks about the 68th edition which will be held in November 2023.  

Diego Aparicio   •  Artistic director Queer Wave

"Queer Wave is a meeting point for everyone to come together and exchange experiences"

Diego Aparicio • Artistic director Queer Wave

Diego Aparicio, founder and artistic director of Queer Wave: the LGBTIA+ film festival in Cyprus, talks with us about the journey of the project. It started...  

Rachel Close  • Director of One of Us

"This is a personal story but it has a universal connotation in terms of identity, belonging and searching"

Rachel Close • Director of One of Us by Ana Stanic

The winner of the Cineuropa Marketing Award at this year's WEMW discusses her project, which combines a personal investigation against a background with an...  

Barbora Struss and Angelica Cantisani  • CEO, MIDPOINT Institute, and programmes coordinator, TorinoFilmLab

"This is the first activity of many to come where we want to create an accessible pool of writing talents"

Barbora Struss and Angelica Cantisani • CEO, MIDPOINT Institute, and programmes coordinator, TorinoFilmLab by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2023: The two experts discuss the "Only Writers in the Building" initiative, a unique showcase of ten promising European writers committed to...  

Hannes Hirsch and River Matzke  • Director and co-screenwriter of Drifter

"The film is a result of many queer stories, and themes I experienced and struggled with myself"

Hannes Hirsch and River Matzke • Director and co-screenwriter of Drifter by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2023: The director and the co-screenwriter of the German title discuss "gay loneliness" and personal experiences and how it all became a sensitive...  

Benedetta Porcaroli  • Actress

"I am very passionate, and when I decide to do a film, everything in my life has to do with it"

Benedetta Porcaroli • Actress by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2023: The Italian actress talks to us about her career in her home country and her wish to work abroad  

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