Interviews

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

8160 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 03/05/2025. 661 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Christian Kmiotek - Samsa Film

Co-producing with Luxembourg  

Part of the process

Hans-Christian Schmid and Britta Knoeller • Producers

30/06/2008

Matthijs Wouter Knol  • CEO and director, European Film Academy

“We've introduced initiatives to keep European cinema relevant and accessible”

Matthijs Wouter Knol • CEO and director, European Film Academy

The CEO and director of the European Film Academy discusses the context of the 37th edition of the...  

02/12/2024 | European Film Awards 2024

Matthijs Wouter Knol  • CEO and director, European Film Academy

“By expanding the Month of European Film, we’re creating a longer window for promoting European films”

Matthijs Wouter Knol • CEO and director, European Film Academy

The director of the European Film Academy offers some insights into the second edition of the promotional...  

01/11/2023 | /Europe

Matthijs Wouter Knol  • Director, European Film Market

“It’s time to take a different kind of responsibility at the EFM”

Matthijs Wouter Knol • Director, European Film Market

BERLINALE 2020: We chatted to EFM director Matthijs Wouter Knol to get the low-down on what’s new at the...  

13/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | EFM

Matthijs Wouter Knol   • Director, European Film Market

“Content is king, independent of technologies, platforms, new players or financing options”

Matthijs Wouter Knol • Director, European Film Market

Matthijs Wouter Knol offers Cineuropa a broad overview of what is changing at this year’s EFM and the hot...  

06/02/2019 | Berlinale 2019 | EFM

Matthijs Wouter Knol  • Director, European Film Market

"We've made the EFM one of the most important business events in the film industry"

Matthijs Wouter Knol • Director, European Film Market

BERLIN 2018: As the EFM kicks off, its director, Matthijs Wouter Knol, lifts the lid on new trends and...  

15/02/2018 | Berlinale 2018 | Market

Matthijs Wouter Knol  • Director, European Film Market

“We want to be a platform where new plans get going”

Matthijs Wouter Knol • Director, European Film Market

Cineuropa caught up with Matthijs Wouter Knol, the head of Berlin’s EFM, to chat about the innovations at...  

08/02/2017

Matthijs Wouter Knol  • Director, European Film Market

“Relax and embrace change – you’ll be fine”

Matthijs Wouter Knol • Director, European Film Market

BERLIN 2016: The director of the European Film Market, Matthijs Wouter Knol, talks to Cineuropa about the...  

12/02/2016

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...  

05/02/2015

Ingunn Knudsen • Producer

"Old age is a golden age"

Ingunn Knudsen • Producer

Cineuropa interviewed Ingunn Knudsen, producer of the documentary The Optimists  

30/09/2013

Producers on the move 2012 - Iceland

Arnar Knútsson • Filmus Productions

Black’s Game was a dream start for Icelandic producer Arnar Knútsson. It has now exceeded 60,000...  

03/05/2012

Alexandre Koberidze • Director of What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?

"The plan was to tell simple stories with simple methods and forms"

Alexandre Koberidze • Director of What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?

BERLINALE 2021: The Georgian director, responsible for one of the most acclaimed titles of this edition of...  

08/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Competition

Dorota Kobiela  • Director

"Our bravery was nothing compared to Vincent’s"

Dorota Kobiela • Director

Polish animator and painter Dorota Kobiela joined forces with the UK’s Hugh Welchman to create Loving...  

05/10/2017

GoCritic! Interview: Ekin Koca • Director of The Immoral

“There are lots of human mechanisms that I am interested in”

GoCritic! Interview: Ekin Koca • Director of The Immoral

Levan Tskhovrebadze chatted with the young Paris-based Turkish animator Ekin Koca about his film which...  

13/12/2022 | GoCritic! | Animateka 2022

Christian Johannes Koch • Director of Spagat

Spagat is not a movie about ‘sans-papiers’; it’s a movie about society as a whole”

Christian Johannes Koch • Director of Spagat

Cineuropa met up with young Swiss director Christian Johannes Koch at San Sebastián to talk about Spagat,...  

24/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | New Directors

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