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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“This new generation of filmmakers is not afraid to experiment”
Martin Žiaran • CinematographerAward-winning Slovak cinematographer Martin Žiaran sat down with Cineuropa to discuss his latest projects,...  
15/04/2016
“When I watched The Birds, I had no idea that my life would be connected with cinema”
Giedrė Žickytė • Producer, MoonmakersLithuania’s Producer on the Move digs deep into her career and reveals the feature-length documentary...  
17/05/2024 | Producers on the Move 2024
“A documentary producer has to have a very subtle and honest approach”
Giedrė Žickytė • Producer, MoonmakersInterview with Giedrė Žickytė, producer for Lithuanian company Moonmakers and selected for the 2019...  
05/03/2019 | Emerging Producers 2019
“I was working on it alone for a long time, and I really didn’t know if people would like it or not”
Gints Zilbalodis  • Director of AwayWe caught up with Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis to chat about his fairy tale-like animated adventure...  
11/06/2019 | Annecy 2019
“Creating a sense of hand-made artistry was crucial”
Gints Zilbalodis • Director of FlowCANNES 2024: We sat down with the renowned Latvian animation director to discuss apocalyptic floods and...  
23/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Un Certain Regard
“I want to show people with dignity – neither victims nor heroes, just human beings trying to live with integrity”
Želimir Žilnik • Director of Eighty PlusThe Serbian director discusses his deep suspicion of ideologies in relation to his irresistibly charming...  
28/04/2025 | goEast 2025
Producers on the move 2012 – Czech Republic
Ondrej Zima • Evolution Films"A mutual trust between the artist and the producer is crucial", says Ondrej Zima, who stands behind both...  
11/05/2012
“Today, viewers of drama series have become their own programme directors”
Klaus Zimmermann  • ProducerInternational producer Klaus Zimmermann, who delivered the Serial Eyes keynote speech, entitled “The...  
21/11/2017
“Relations between countries are crucial for growing the market”
Nicola Zingaretti  • President of the Lazio RegionWhilst in Paris for a tribute to Ettore Scola, Nicola Zingaretti talked to us about funding for...  
26/02/2016
“I see my job as highlighting the dark side of the room"
Maya Zinshtein  • Director of ’Til Kingdom ComeCinema Femme talked to Israeli filmmaker and journalist Maya Zinshtein about what’s behind her documentary...  
06/02/2020 | IDFA 2020
“Europe must open up to Arab cinema”
Daniel Ziskind  • ProducerCineuropa met up with producer Daniel Ziskind at the Cairo Film Festival, giving us an opportunity to...  
17/01/2018
"I expect to see an Arab filmmaker selected at the upcoming editions of Berlin, Cannes and Venice"
Daniel Ziskind  • Producer, Film ClinicCineuropa spoke to Paris-based producer Daniel Ziskind, who has been signed up as the European...  
22/04/2015
"The revolutions are encouraging producers and directors to look at more hard-hitting material"
Daniel Ziskind  • Representative of ZADCineuropa met up with Daniel Ziskind, who has just produced the film El Ott by Ibrahim El Batout, which...  
14/11/2014
"A metaphor for modern-day man being trapped like tuna"
Francesco Zizola • DirectorVENICE 2018: Photojournalist Francesco Zizola is presenting his short film As If We Were Tuna in the...  
31/08/2018 | Venice 2018 | Giornate degli Autori
"A story that isn’t afraid of being a bit enigmatic"
Rebecca Zlotowski • DirectorFrench director Rebecca Zlotowski deciphers Planetarium, a film that plumbs the depths of and trouble with...  
16/11/2016
“Not a militant film, but a dialogue between two worlds”
Rebecca Zlotowski  • DirectorRebecca Zlotowski, the author of Belle épine, a guest at the “Rendez-vous” appointment with new French...  
04/04/2014

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