Interviews

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

8168 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 08/05/2025. 660 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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“The pleasure comes from inventing it all”
Alex van Varmerdam • DirectorIn competition for the first time in Cannes, the Dutch filmmaker gives a few cryptic leads for...  
20/05/2013
"It’s important to see queer people represented on screen, there is a lot of work to be done in this direction"
Hanna Van Vliet • ActressBERLINALE 2022: The Dutch actress, who plays the lead role in the internationally acclaimed drama series...  
21/02/2022 | European Shooting Stars 2022
“I wanted to create a simple exercise in style”
Alex van Warmerdam  • DirectorLOCARNO 2015: Cineuropa speaks with Alex van Warmerdam about his new work Schneider vs. Bax, screening at...  
10/08/2015
"You can almost smell nostalgia, but you cannot smell film — that's why the nature elements are the closest to how you experience nostalgia in real life"
Miwako Van Weyenberg • Director of Soft LeavesThe filmmaker talked to us about her personal relationship to her script, casting decisions, and how she...  
07/02/2025 | IFFR 2025 | Big Screen Competition
Producer on the Move 2007 – Czech Republic
Martin VandasMartin Vandas Producer On The Move 2007 – Czech Republic  
25/04/2007
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Philippe Vandendriessche  • DirectorCinergie met up with Belgian director and photographer Philippe Vandendriessche to talk about his recent...  
"It’s not just about friendship, it’s also about finding your path, accepting death, forgiving your father for what you didn’t get from him"
Felix van Groeningen & Charlotte Vandermeersch  • Directors of The Eight MountainsCANNES 2022: The Belgian duo discuss the making, the topics and all of the details of the first film they...  
28/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Competition
"There is an extraordinary degree of diversity"
Marc Vandeweyer  • Chief executive of Cartoon MovieMarc Vandeweyer, chief executive of Cartoon Movie, unveils the trends of the 17th edition  
02/03/2015
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Marc Vandeweyer • Festival director, Cartoon MovieMarc Vandeweyer, Cartoon Movie's festival director, analyses the state of European animation in 2014  
What if we were to give a certification to European animation?
Marc Vandeweyer • General director, CartoonCineuropa caught up with Marc Vandeweyer, the director general of Cartoon, who stressed the importance for...  
13/03/2017
Belgian animation
Viviane  Vanfleteren  • ProducerCinergie.be met with producer Viviane Vanfleteren (Vivi Film), Toon Roebben (3D - Walking the dog) and...  
28/01/2009
“As a subsidised organisation we want to support cinemas as much as possible”
Seppe Vanhaecke  • Distributor, MOOOVWe caught up with Seppe Vanhaecke, responsible for distribution at MOOOV, to discuss the Benelux...  
21/05/2020 | Belgium
“Zoom calls fail to excite the market”
Anne-Sophie Vanhollebeke • President, Cartoon ItaliaThe hardships suffered by the Italian audiovisual industry as a result of the pandemic have also hit the...  
02/04/2021 | /Italy
"We reorganised ourselves but COVID-19 has overcome our plans”
Anne-Sophie Vanhollebeke • President, Cartoon ItaliaWe asked Anne-Sophie Vanhollebeke, president of Cartoon Italia, about how the Italian animation industry...  
09/04/2020 | Italy
"I wanted to explore people being judged solely based on appearances and on origins"
Sébastien Vaniček • Director of VerminVENICE 2023: The French director chatted with us about his energy-filled first feature, which uses a...  
11/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | International Critics' Week
"You don’t have to stack the deck"
Michele Vannucci  • DirectorMichele Vannucci talks about his debut piece I Was a Dreamer, which was presented at Venice and is based...  
30/11/2016

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