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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“I wanted to respect Chaplin's spirit”
Xavier Beauvois  • DirectorVENICE 2014: Cineuropa hears from French actor and director Xavier Beauvois, who presented his latest...  
28/08/2014
The director's moral duty
Xavier Beauvois • Director
"Beyond religion, the film is about men"
Xavier Beauvois  • DirectorThe French director answered questions from international journalists about Of Gods and Men at a press...  
20/05/2010
The director's moral duty
Xavier Beauvois • Director03/09/2005
"Our house is on fire – our priority should be to save it"
Xavier Beauvois  • Director of Drift AwayBERLINALE 2021: In his usual punchy fashion, the French director sheds light on his sensitive fiction film...  
03/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Competition
“If I try a new method, I know how to perfect it in my following project”
Peter Bebjak • DirectorKARLOVY VARY 2017: Slovakian filmmaker Peter Bebjak was picked for the main competition at Karlovy Vary...  
05/07/2017
"I would like to try every genre"
Peter Bebjak  • DirectorSlovakian director, producer and writer Peter Bebjak premiered his third feature, The Cleaner, at the...  
27/10/2015
“Personally, I believe we are living in times when we need heroic films about people who had an important mission”
Peter Bebjak • Director of The Auschwitz ReportThe prolific Slovak filmmaker talks about his most ambitious project yet, which has just premiered...  
29/09/2021 | /Slovakia/Czech Republic/Poland/Germany
“We made 2001: A Space Odyssey’s Monolith into a burnt piece of toast”
Richard Phelan and Will Becher  • Directors of A Shaun the Sheep Movie: FarmageddonCineuropa caught up with Richard Phelan and Will Becher, the masterminds behind A Shaun the Sheep Movie:...  
01/10/2019 | Zurich 2019
Packing a Punch
Christian Becker and Anita Schneider • Producers17/12/2008
“There are some very good documentaries about nuclear power, but we wanted our viewers to be able to project themselves”
Julien Becker • Co-director of An Zéro – Comment le Luxembourg a disparuThe co-director of this film, which imagines the impact of a nuclear catastrophe on the territorial and...  
06/04/2021 | Luxembourg 2021
Interview
Wolfgang Becker • Director08/02/2013
“I wanted to give the full picture of the time and to look at it from all angles”
Ruth Beckermann  • DirectorWe met up with Ruth Beckermann to talk about her political documentary The Waldheim Waltz, which won Best...  
22/03/2018 | Diagonale 2018 
“We project a future onto these children that may not materialise, but that's what cinema is all about”
Ruth Beckermann • Director of FavoritenBERLINALE 2024: The Austrian filmmaker showcases a difficult reality in her new documentary, in which she...  
19/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Encounters
“It was interesting how relaxed and how playful the men were as they interacted with each other”
Ruth Beckermann • Director of MutzenbacherBERLINALE 2022: The Austrian helmer confronts men of different ages with a controversial text about the...  
18/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Encounters
“In general, I strongly believe that films should always surprise you”
Alica Bednáriková • Director of Liquid BreadCineuropa talks to the Slovak director as she prepares for her film to screen as part of EFP's Future Frames  
04/07/2022 | Future Frames 2022

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