Interviews

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

8108 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 24/03/2025. 633 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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“Reality is an idea, a fantasy that people have when they watch a fiction film”
Nicolas Saada  • DirectorFrench director Nicolas Saada is screening his second feature, Taj Mahal, in the Global Cinema section of...  
20/10/2015
Gamble pays off for Les Films de la Strada
Fanny Saadi • ProducerProducer of 13 (Tzameti), les Films de la Strada managed the metamorphosis of a medium film into a feature  
30/01/2006
“I don’t make promises I’m not sure I can keep”
Lasse Saarinen  • CEO, Finnish Film FoundationCineuropa went to Helsinki to talk to Lasse Saarinen, the chief executive officer of the Finnish Film...  
25/06/2019
"Our choreographer was also an important scriptwriter, as he wrote the whole choreography of the two characters’ feelings"
Ignas Jonynas and Kristupas Sabolius  • Director and screenwriter of InvisibleWe sat down with Ignas Jonynas and Kristupas Sabolius to talk about their second, San Sebastián-screened...  
01/10/2019 | San Sebastián 2019 | New Directors
“The documentary audience has more political awareness and seeks to expand their minds”
Beata Saboova  • Producer, Naoko FilmsThe Emerging Producer from Belgium addresses the relation between documentary, experimentation, low budget...  
09/03/2023 | Emerging Producers 2023
Festival du Cinéma Méditerranéen
Dunia Ayaso and Félix Sabroso • directorsInterview with directors Dunia Ayaso and Félix Sabroso for their film The Island Inside, whose lead actors...  
"Art, film and culture also help in the fight against other stereotypes"
Hend Sabry  • ActressAt the Cairo Film Festival, of which she was a sponsor, Cineuropa met up with actress Hend Sabry to talk...  
17/01/2018
“I am interested in people being, not acting”
Ira Sachs  • Director of FrankieCANNES 2019: We met up with Ira Sachs, the director of Frankie, a French-Portuguese-Belgian-US...  
23/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Competition
“It’s crucial to have those dreams and make them come true”
Tathiani Sacilotto • Producer, Persona Non Grata PicturesThe Brazil-born producer discusses the Portuguese film industry and the ambitions of her production company  
19/05/2021 | Producers on the Move 2021
"It’s always wise for the cinema world to worry about its future: that’s how it moves forward"
Gilles Sacuto • Producer and President, French Union of Independent ProducersThe president of the French Union of Independent Producers dissected the state of the sector on the...  
04/11/2022 | ARP Film Meetings 2022
Interview
Shahrbanoo Sadat • DirectorCANNES 2016: Young Afghan filmmaker Shahrbanoo Sadat talks about her first feature Wolf and Sheep,...  
17/05/2016
“Some people feel I don’t talk enough about war and politics in my films”
Shahrbanoo Sadat  • Director of The OrphanageCANNES 2019: Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat breaks down The Orphanage, the second part of a planned...  
22/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight
“Technology inspires new art, and that art inspires new technologies”
Jiří Sádek • DirectorCineuropa spoke to Jiří Sádek at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival about his modern rendition of a classic...  
06/07/2016
“The new generation wants to win using forgiveness and beauty”
Nader Saeivar • Director of The WitnessVENICE 2024: The Iranian director explains how he intended to commemorate the women’s movement and its...  
07/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti Extra
2009 Producer on the Move - Norway
Yngve Sæther29/04/2009
“There are people who can maintain their human face in any circumstances”
David Safarian  • DirectorWe met up with Armenian filmmaker David Safarian, who won the Best Film and Best Actress Awards at the...  
26/03/2018

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