Interviews

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

7492 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 23/04/2024. 580 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Humor and visuality

Friederike Jehn • Director

Summer Outside is one of the few German films to succeed in running at an A-festival in 2012  

04/12/2012

Rūta Adelė Jekentaitė  • Producer, Baltic Productions

“Documentaries invite you to discover”

Rūta Adelė Jekentaitė • Producer, Baltic Productions

The Emerging Producer from Lithuania discusses her approach to her favourite story-telling medium  

28/03/2023 | Emerging Producers 2023

Bobo Jelčić  • Director

“A story has to be localised so it can feel authentic”

Bobo Jelčić • Director

We chatted to veteran Croatian stage director Bobo Jelčić, whose new film All Alone has just premiered in...  

20/08/2018 | Sarajevo 2018 | Competition

Tension of a bizarre day

Bobo Jelcic • Director

Croatian writer-director explains how he achieved the special atmosphere of his first feature film A Stranger.  

30/04/2013

Mark Jenkin • Director of Bait

“People can see whatever they want to see in the movie; it's the audience's film now”

Mark Jenkin • Director of Bait

We sat down with British helmer Mark Jenkin to unpick his latest, critically acclaimed feature Bait, which...  

30/08/2019

Mark Jenkin  • Director of Enys Men

“My feeling is that the past, present and future all exist at the same time”

Mark Jenkin • Director of Enys Men

CANNES 2022: Cineuropa met up with the Cornish director to talk about the influences and superstitions...  

30/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Directors’ Fortnight

Fun with cruelty

Anders Thomas Jensen • Director

The prolific Danish writer/director who has written over 20 screenplays in Denmark in just 10 years,...  

15/05/2006

Anders Thomas Jensen • Director of Riders of Justice

“I love awkward situations, like when you have a funeral and everyone starts laughing”

Anders Thomas Jensen • Director of Riders of Justice

We talked to the director of the 2021 IFFR opening title, fresh off its wins at Denmark's Robert Awards  

09/02/2021 | IFFR 2021 | Limelight

Ove Rishøj Jensen  • Owner of Paradiddle Pictures and co-founder of DocCelerator

“People start shooting too early: you could label it as FOMO filmmaking”

Ove Rishøj Jensen • Owner of Paradiddle Pictures and co-founder of DocCelerator

We get the low-down on the new editions of the DocCelerator workshops, which will take place online in...  

12/01/2022 | /Denmark

Proud to work with European talent

Peter Aalbæk Jensen • CEO Zentropa

Peter Aalbæk Jensen • Zentropa presents three films in Berlin  

05/02/2009

Svend Jensen  • Distributor, Arthaus

“We are hoping that there will be some compensation for the films that were going to be released”

Svend Jensen • Distributor, Arthaus

We spoke to Arthaus CEO Svend Jensen as the cinemas in Norway were beginning to reopen  

30/06/2020 | /Norway

Joël Jent

Producers on the Move 2016 - Switzerland

Joël Jent

Swiss director Joël Jent has produced several documentary and fiction projects including Samir's Iraqi...  

06/05/2016

Jin Jeon • Producer, J.J. Productions

“Truth cannot be impartial, but there are truths to be told”

Jin Jeon • Producer, J.J. Productions

The Emerging Producer from this year’s guest country explains why she produces documentaries and discusses...  

21/03/2022 | Emerging Producers 2022

Valeriu Jereghi  • Director, National Film Center of the Republic of Moldova

“We are determined to introduce cash-rebate fiscal incentives”

Valeriu Jereghi • Director, National Film Center of the Republic of Moldova

Cineuropa talked to Valeriu Jereghi, the Moldovan filmmaker who last year became the director of the...  

02/02/2017

Andraž Jerič • Producer, Temporama

"Slovenian film producers are a versatile, determined bunch"

Andraž Jerič • Producer, Temporama

The Slovenian Producer on the Move is motivated despite frustrating circumstances  

20/05/2021 | Producers on the Move 2021

Anthony Jerjen • Director of Inherit the Viper

"The way we film violence in Europe isn’t the same as in the US"

Anthony Jerjen • Director of Inherit the Viper

Young, Swiss director Anthony Jerjen chats with us about his first feature film Inherit the Viper,...  

04/10/2019 | Zurich 2019

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