Interviews

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

8257 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 13/06/2025. 669 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Ayhan Salar  • Director

"Separation leaves deep cuts in our lives"

Ayhan Salar • Director

Cineuropa met up with Ayhan Salar, the co-writer, co-director, co-producer and DoP on Verge, his first...  

08/07/2016

GoCritic! Interview: Zahra Salarnia  • Director of No. 28

"I wanted to uncover the memory of an innocent childhood in a remote, peaceful environment set against the political backdrop of post-revolutionary Iran"

GoCritic! Interview: Zahra Salarnia • Director of No. 28

Iranian filmmaker Zahra Salarnia presented her film and we were there to chat with her about this visual...  

12/12/2023 | GoCritic! | Animateka 2023

Hrönn Kristinsdóttir, Carolina Salas  • Artistic director and managing director, Stockfish Film Festival

“There is something new happening, so come and take part in it”

Hrönn Kristinsdóttir, Carolina Salas • Artistic director and managing director, Stockfish Film Festival

The Icelandic festival’s new duo of directors want to attract both audiences and industry professionals to...  

29/03/2023 | Stockfish 2023

Ivan Salatić  • Director

"I got the feeling that people were slowly disappearing"

Ivan Salatić • Director

VENICE 2018: Dubrovnik-born, Montenegro-raised director Ivan Salatić answered some questions about his...  

13/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | International Film Critics’ Week

Ivan Salatić • Director of Wondrous Is the Silence of My Master

"It's more about stripping things off than adding layers to the acting"

Ivan Salatić • Director of Wondrous Is the Silence of My Master

We talked to the Montenegrin director about his second feature, its setting, its historical inspiration...  

06/02/2025 | IFFR 2025 | Tiger Competition

João Salaviza  • Director

"Bodies have a story to tell"

João Salaviza • Director

Palme d’Or-winning filmmaker João Salaviza looks back at the experience of making his feature debut, Mountain  

18/04/2016

Premier Plans Film Festival - Angers 2010

Joao Salaviza - director

The Portuguese director João Salaviza discusses about Arena, Palm d’Or as best short feature at Cannes...  

Ramón Salazar  • Director

“We tried not to make it give way to tear-jerking melodrama”

Ramón Salazar • Director

BERLIN 2018: Ramón Salazar is back at the Berlinale with his fourth film, Sunday’s Illness, an intimate...  

21/02/2018 | Berlinale 2018 | Panorama - Tribeca 2018

Ramón Salazar • Director

"I’m starting from scratch"

Ramón Salazar • Director

Malaga-born filmmaker world-premieres his new film at the Seville European Film Festival, after three...  

15/11/2013

Tarik Saleh • Director

"It’s our duty to ensure greater value is placed on film"

Tarik Saleh • Director

We met with the director behind The Nile Hilton Incident and Boy from Heaven, who’s also a member of the...  

24/01/2025 | /Sweden/France

Tarik Saleh • Director

"A character who fights the totally corrupt systems he belongs to"

Tarik Saleh • Director

Swedish director Tarik Saleh talks to us about the origins of The Nile Hilton Incident, which came out on...  

29/06/2017

Tarik Saleh • Director of Boy from Heaven

"As an immigrant child, I’m standing of the shoulders of my grandparents"

Tarik Saleh • Director of Boy from Heaven

CANNES 2022: The Swedish filmmaker of Egyptian origins discusses the topics he tackles on his latest film,...  

26/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Competition

Tarik Saleh • Director of Eagles of the Republic

"Some people think my film is a satire, but it really isn’t, it’s an enormous system which no-one is putting a stop to"

Tarik Saleh • Director of Eagles of the Republic

CANNES 2025: The Swedish filmmaker of Egyptian origin unpicks his captivating film noir, which is the...  

22/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

Brussels Mediterranean Film Festival 2010

Lyes Salem • director

Interview with director Lyles Salem, whose French/Algerian co-production Mascarades was presented at the...  

Multiplexes are the future of distribution in Kosovo

Milazim Salihu • Distributor

29/04/2010

Ulaa Salim  • Director of Eternal

"We’re all seeking something bigger than our own lives or bigger than ourselves"

Ulaa Salim • Director of Eternal

Revealed with Sons of Denmark, the Danish filmmaker returns with a hybrid work completely out of the...  

30/01/2024 | IFFR 2024 | Big Screen Competition

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