Interviews

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

7487 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 15/04/2024. 579 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis • Directors of Heads or Tails?

"We wanted to do a full-on western film. A real western, like they used to shoot in the old days: gritty, dirty and savage"

Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis • Directors of Heads or Tails?

We spoke to the second winners of this year’s CineMart Eurimages Co-Production Development Award, who are...  

10/02/2023 | IFFR 2023 | IFFR Pro

Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis  • Directors of The Tale of King Crab

“The role of Luciano grew with our lead actor; he really became the character”

Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis • Directors of The Tale of King Crab

CANNES 2021: The Italian duo have presented their first feature film, set in a fictional 19th century, in...  

13/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Directors’ Fortnight

Alessio Rigo de Righi, Matteo Zoppis  • Directors

“We believe in a cinema of omission”

Alessio Rigo de Righi, Matteo Zoppis • Directors

With Il Solengo, Italian filmmakers Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis are already consolidating a...  

09/02/2016

Fernando Franco and Koldo Zuazua • Director and producer of The Rite of Spring

"We dance well together; we complement each other perfectly"

Fernando Franco and Koldo Zuazua • Director and producer of The Rite of Spring

We get to talk with the two experienced professionals, who with this film complete their third...  

22/09/2022 | San Sebastian 2022 | Competition

2009 Producer on the Move - Spain

Koldo Zuazua

28/04/2009

Paolo Zucca  • Director

"I have been inspired by Shakespeare"

Paolo Zucca • Director

Italian filmmaker Paolo Zucca talks to us about his project L’uomo che comprò la Luna, at the Cinemed...  

27/10/2016

Paolo Zucca • Director

Venice Days 2013

Paolo Zucca • Director

Director Paolo Zucca speaks about his feature debut L'arbitro, born from the short by the same name, which...  

01/09/2013

Video - Trieste Film Festival 2009

Andrzej Zuławski, director

Żuławski talks about training in Central and Eastern Europe, about cinema and communism  

"Cinema must be as a peacock's tail"

Andrzej Zulawski • Director

10/06/2005

Xawery Żuławski  • Director of Bird Talk

“This film is anti-fascist, it’s really that simple”

Xawery Żuławski • Director of Bird Talk

Cineuropa met with Polish filmmaker Xawery Żuławski, celebrating the world premiere of his latest film...  

05/08/2019 | New Horizons 2019

The inside story of a European co-production

Léon Zuratas • Producer

After an early career at United Artists, Léon Zuratas became an independent producer in the 1970s...  

20/03/2007

Ramon Zürcher • Director

Limits of language, power of sound

Ramon Zürcher • Director

The Strange Little Cat had world-premiered in the 2013 Berlinale's Forum section. It won the New Talent...  

05/12/2013

Ramon Zürcher and Silvan Zürcher  • Directors of The Girl and the Spider

“Our style, in a way, is determined by control, but there’s also this beauty in chaos”

Ramon Zürcher and Silvan Zürcher • Directors of The Girl and the Spider

BERLINALE 2021: We spoke to the Swiss directors about their oblique, witty psychological drama, on the eve...  

03/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Encounters

Meinolf Zurhorst  • Head of the ARTE film department, ZDF

“TV is more profound than it seems”

Meinolf Zurhorst • Head of the ARTE film department, ZDF

Cineuropa sat down with Meinolf Zurhorst during the CineLink Drama workshop, to talk about current TV...  

11/04/2017

Josip Žuvan  • Director of Carbide

“We shot the film in the pauses between playing FIFA and Call of Duty

Josip Žuvan • Director of Carbide

The Croatian director’s debut feature is a drama set in Mediterranean suburbs during the winter, mixing...  

26/10/2022 | Zagreb 2022

Andrey Zvyagintsev  • Director

“You need to look in the opposite direction to see what’s on the other side”

Andrey Zvyagintsev • Director

Qumra Master Andrey Zvyagintsev chatted to us in Doha about his work and whether it reflects Russian society  

20/03/2018

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