Interviews

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

7478 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 28/03/2024. 582 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Martti Helde  • Director

"I'm guided by my inner feelings - what gets me going, what is important to create for society"

Martti Helde • Director

Cineuropa chatted to director Martti Helde in the wake of the success experienced by his feature debut, In...  

24/10/2014

Martti Helde  • Director of Scandinavian Silence

"If you have all the options, tools and creative choices in the world, it’s not really a creative process"

Martti Helde • Director of Scandinavian Silence

Estonian director Martti Helde discusses the challenges of making his sophomore effort, Scandinavian...  

04/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | East of the West

Johanne Helgeland • Director of The Crossing

"Talking to children about important subjects and difficult issues is helpful"

Johanne Helgeland • Director of The Crossing

Cineuropa met with Norwegian director Johanne Langeland whose first feature film The Crossing is full of...  

13/02/2020 | Norway

“There’s a real buzz around Norwegian films these days”

Stine Helgeland • Norwegian Film Institute

25/01/2011

Susanna Helke • Director of Ruthless Times – Songs of Care

"I liked the idea that this 'faceless mass' we keep referring to is now standing in front of the camera, singing"

Susanna Helke • Director of Ruthless Times – Songs of Care

The Finnish director encourages her protagonists to talk about their problems, and sometimes even sing...  

08/02/2022 | DocPoint 2022

Sten Hellevig  • Director

“My intention wasn't to shock, it was to get closer to reality”

Sten Hellevig • Director

Cineuropa met the Norwegian director Sten Hellevig to talk about his first feature film Dryads – Girls...  

06/08/2015

Carolina Hellsgård • Director of Ever After

“A horror movie is a great tool to confront the characters with their own lives”

Carolina Hellsgård • Director of Ever After

German Films interviewed Carolina Hellsgård, whose latest film, the apocalyptic zombie horror and female...  

27/12/2018

Monica Hellström  • Producer, Final Cut for Real

"I am interested in complex relationships between people"

Monica Hellström • Producer, Final Cut for Real

Denmark’s Monica Hellström has been selected for EFP’s 2020 Producers on the Move, and we talked about her...  

14/05/2020 | Producers on the Move 2020

Veit Helmer • Director of The Bra

“Each of the women have their own strange obsessions and their own, individual reasons for trying the bra on”

Veit Helmer • Director of The Bra

We sat down with director Veit Helmer at the Bari Bif&st to talk about his film, The Bra, set in an...  

30/04/2019 | Bif&st 2019

Matthias Helwig • Director, Fünf Seen Filmfestival

“We have to start almost from scratch to inspire people to come and watch films – and I am ready to do so”

Matthias Helwig • Director, Fünf Seen Filmfestival

The head honcho of the Fünf Seen Filmfestival, perched on the outskirts of Munich, tells us more about its...  

24/08/2022 | /Germany

2009 Producer on the Move - Sweden

Erik Hemmendorff

29/04/2009

“What is most important is not the story”

Erik Hemmendorff • Producer

With their company Plattform, Erik Hemmendorff and Ruben Östlund are bringing a breath of fresh air into...  

30/10/2008

Susann Maria Hempel  • Director

The whole wide world in the jungle of the provinces

Susann Maria Hempel • Director

German Films met up with successful German filmmaker Susann Maria Hempel, director of several...  

17/09/2015

Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck  • Head, Berlinale Shorts

“A short film can be so much freer in its choice of tools”

Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck • Head, Berlinale Shorts

The head of Berlinale Shorts guides us through the 2021 programme and ponders the changes to the...  

02/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Berlinale Shorts

Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck • Head of Berlinale Shorts

“I don’t have to create much of a buzz because the films themselves already do it and the audience trusts us”

Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck • Head of Berlinale Shorts

BERLINALE 2020: As Berlinale Shorts gets into full swing, Cineuropa talks to Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck...  

25/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Berlinale Shorts

A man of stature

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck • Director

He is a debutant who has proven himself a professional in the best sense of the word with his first...  

29/10/2006

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