Interviews

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

7490 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 18/04/2024. 579 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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"I never intended to make the film as Raul would have made it"

Valeria Sarmiento • Director

The Chilean director took over Lines of Wellington, her husband Raul Ruiz’ film project, after he died  

06/09/2012

Matt Sarnecki • Director of The Killing of a Journalist

"Thanks to the clear evidence, this case is a blueprint for how corruption works throughout the region, but maybe also around the world"

Matt Sarnecki • Director of The Killing of a Journalist

The director unpicks his investigative documentary that tackles the 2018 murder of Slovak journalist Ján...  

11/07/2022 | Karlovy Vary 2022 | Special Screenings

Yianna Sarri  • Head, Thessaloniki Agora Doc Market

“Our goal is to promote new talents in a friendly environment”

Yianna Sarri • Head, Thessaloniki Agora Doc Market

We had a chance to chat with Yianna Sarri, head of the Agora Doc Market, who co-organises the most...  

06/03/2018 | Thessaloniki Documentary 2018 | Market

Dovile Sarutyte • Director of Feature Film About Life

"Right after the death of family member you suddenly turn in a event manager, a funeral organiser - and this is grotesque situation"

Dovile Sarutyte • Director of Feature Film About Life

There is no time to mourn in the first feature by the Lithuanian filmmaker, who tells us more about it and...  

30/11/2021 | Black Nights 2021 | First Feature Competition

Anka and Wilhelm Sasnal  • Directors

“‘Ignorant’ is the right word to describe a large part of our society”

Anka and Wilhelm Sasnal • Directors

Cineuropa met up with Polish directorial duo Anka and Wilhelm Sasnal at Crossing Europe, where they had a...  

03/05/2017

Akan Satayev  • President, Almaty Film Festival

“The Almaty Film Festival provides a chance to indulge fully in the atmosphere of world cinema and to be inspired”

Akan Satayev • President, Almaty Film Festival

We talked to president of the Almaty Film Festival Akan Satayev to find out more about the Kazakh...  

29/08/2019 | Almaty 2019

Marjane Satrapi  • Director of Radioactive

“I love Marie Curie because she doesn’t compromise”

Marjane Satrapi • Director of Radioactive

At the Zurich Film Festival, Cineuropa caught up with director Marjane Satrapi to talk about Radioactive...  

02/10/2019 | Zurich 2019

A universal tale

Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud • Directors

When Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud started out on the adventure of making Persepolis, they were...  

15/06/2007

Chicken With Plums: an ode to Love and cinema

Vincent Paronnaud et Marjane Satrapi • Directors

Chicken With Plums is the latest comic book adaptation by directorial duo Paronnaud and Satrapi, who won...  

03/09/2011

Video - Festival de Cannes 2009

Riad Sattouf - director of Les beaux gosses

Debut film by the French cartoonist, who creates his own personal adolescent universe with all the classic...  

Lucía Malandro, Daniel Saucedo  • Directors of La isla sumergida

"It's a human story that is obviously shaped by politics"

Lucía Malandro, Daniel Saucedo • Directors of La isla sumergida

The winners of the Basque section of Zinebi Networking tell us about their project, which focuses on the...  

20/11/2023 | Zinebi 2023 | Zinebi Networking

Carlos Saura • Director

“Sometimes it’s more fascinating to follow the evolution of a project”

Carlos Saura • Director

We chatted with the great Spanish film director Carlos Saura to find out more about his documentary Renzo...  

18/06/2018 | Biografilm 2018

Carlos Saura  • Director

Interview

Carlos Saura • Director

VENICE 2015: In Argentina, a special event in the Venice Days, the great Spanish director Carlos Saura...  

07/09/2015

Iberian Fado

Carlos Saura • Director

Carlos Saura • Iberian Fado  

19/02/2008

François Sauvagnargues • General Delegate of the FIPA

"A competition that gives everyone a boost"

François Sauvagnargues • General Delegate of the FIPA

Interview with François Sauvagnargues, the general delegate of the FIPA, the 30th edition of which will...  

23/01/2017

Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire • Director

"It’s about him battling his demons"

Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire • Director

Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire talks to Cineuropa about his powerful film A Prayer Before Dawn, which was screened...  

19/06/2018

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