Interviews

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

8091 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 15/03/2025. 635 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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“We wanted to let the viewer see how people really behave”
Vitaly Mansky  • DirectorCineuropa met up with Russian filmmaker Vitaly Mansky, whose documentary Under the Sun, co-produced by...  
19/11/2015
"Putin in 1999 and what he is today are absolutely incomparable"
Vitaly Mansky  • Director of Putin’s WitnessesWe met up with Russian filmmaker Vitaly Mansky to discuss his latest award-winning movie, Putin’s Witnesses  
30/07/2018 | Odesa 2018
“We wanted to turn up the volume”
Axel Petersén and Måns Månsson  • DirectorsBERLIN 2018: Cineuropa met up with Swedish directors Axel Petersén and Måns Månsson to discuss their film...  
21/02/2018 | Berlinale 2018 | Competition 
“We need to take care of the life support system that is the ocean”
Jean-Michel Cousteau, Jean-Jacques Mantello  • DirectorsCineuropa caught up with Jean-Michel Cousteau and Jean-Jacques Mantello, the directors of Wonders of the...  
27/06/2017
A director & his alter-ego
Robert ManthoulisIn Lilly's Story one Greek director makes a film about another Greek director making a film about the...  
07/09/2002
Manuel Mozos and Maria João Sigalho • Director and Producer“I explore love and the family. But making films in Portugal is still difficult”  
18/11/2008
“We want to continue this journey of reworking and mixing together documentary, archive and fiction”
Federico Ferrone, Michele Manzolini  • Directors of Once More Unto the BreachVENICE 2019: We asked a few questions to Federico Ferrone and Michele Manzolini, the two directors of Once...  
04/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Sconfini
“I have never seen myself represented in the films I love”
Nida Manzoor  • Director of Polite SocietyThe British director breaks down her action-packed satire of martial-arts and Bollywood movies  
09/03/2023 | Glasgow 2023
In the labyrinths of the mind
René ManzorAriadne, Theseus and then the Minotaur: in his thriller, Dédales, the French director investigates a young...  
25/09/2003
“The foxtrot is the dance of a man with his fate”
Samuel Maoz  • DirectorVENICE 2017: Cineuropa spoke to Israeli director Samuel Maoz about the origins and themes of his new...  
06/09/2017 | Venice 2017 | Competition 
“This film has helped me overcome some of my fears”
Pablo Maqueda • Director of Dear WernerWith the documentary Dear Werner, Spaniard Pablo Maqueda follows in Herzog’s footsteps, re-embarking on...  
18/11/2020 | Zinebi 2020
“I’m not afraid of being depraved or awkward as a filmmaker”
Pablo Maqueda  • Director of Girl UnknownThe young Madrilenian director breaks down his new fiction feature, which competed at the most recent...  
09/06/2023 | /Spain
Ways to freedom
Pia Marais • DirectorDirector Pia Marais reflects upon her career so far.  
17/08/2011
“I like female characters who, a bit like Hitchcock’s, are hiding something underneath”
Pia Marais • Director of TransamazoniaThe South African-born director tells us about how she grappled with the paradoxes of the Amazon...  
15/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition
"I wanted this balance between naughty and nice"
Sander Maran • Director of Chainsaws Were SingingThe Estonian director talks about his feature debut, awarded at the recent Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy...  
08/05/2024 | HOFF 2024
“On one of the reels, I saw Franco going down a staircase, and that made me wonder, ‘Who was this family?’”
Juan Soto, Chiara Marañón • Directors of Elena dio a luz un hermoso niñoWe sat down with the winners of the Spanish strand of Zinebi Networking to discuss their project based...  
21/11/2022 | Zinebi 2022 | Zinebi Networking

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