Interviews

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

8177 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 12/05/2025. 666 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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“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

Kalin Kalinov • Producer, Invictus

“Producing films with profound themes that also have the potential to appeal to a wider audience is quite risky”

Kalin Kalinov • Producer, Invictus

The prominent Bulgarian producer elaborates on the concept behind his project selection policy and on the...  

14/05/2024 | Producers on the Move 2024

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

“The freedom we have here, and the ability to put this programme together, is something that we cherish with pride, but also with great responsibility”

Vanja Kaludjercic • Director, International Film Festival Rotterdam

IFFR’s head discusses the upcoming edition and the festival’s vision, blending the finest of arthouse,...  

30/01/2025 | IFFR 2025

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

Asta Kamma August  • Actress

"I read the script twenty to thirty times, with the idea that it moves into your subconscious"

Asta Kamma August • Actress

BERLINALE 2024: The Swedish actress talks about her budding career, which has already seen her work with...  

04/03/2024 | European Shooting Stars 2024

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