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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“Refugees are victims of a corrupt system well orchestrated in destroying”
Yannis Sakaridis  • DirectorFirst unveiled in the Agora, Yannis Sakaridis’ well-travelled refugee drama Amerika Square returns to...  
10/11/2016
"It’s so great to be part of the European cinematic landscape"
Emilio Sakraya • ActorBERLINALE 2022: The German actor, who has recently finished shooting Fatih Akin's newest feature,...  
21/02/2022 | European Shooting Stars 2022
“I feel that saying that some people lack humanity is not right”
Amr Salama  • DirectorAt the Cairo Film Festival, Cineuropa talked to Amr Salama, the director of Sheikh Jackson, which...  
12/12/2017
"Separation leaves deep cuts in our lives"
Ayhan Salar  • DirectorCineuropa met up with Ayhan Salar, the co-writer, co-director, co-producer and DoP on Verge, his first...  
08/07/2016
"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. 28Iranian filmmaker Zahra Salarnia presented her film and we were there to chat with her about this visual...  
12/12/2023 | GoCritic! | Animateka 2023
“There is something new happening, so come and take part in it”
Hrönn Kristinsdóttir, Carolina Salas  • Artistic director and managing director, Stockfish Film FestivalThe Icelandic festival’s new duo of directors want to attract both audiences and industry professionals to...  
29/03/2023 | Stockfish 2023
"I got the feeling that people were slowly disappearing"
Ivan Salatić  • DirectorVENICE 2018: Dubrovnik-born, Montenegro-raised director Ivan Salatić answered some questions about his...  
13/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | International Film Critics’ Week
"It's more about stripping things off than adding layers to the acting"
Ivan Salatić • Director of Wondrous Is the Silence of My MasterWe talked to the Montenegrin director about his second feature, its setting, its historical inspiration...  
06/02/2025 | IFFR 2025 | Tiger Competition
"Bodies have a story to tell"
João Salaviza  • DirectorPalme 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 - directorThe Portuguese director João Salaviza discusses about Arena, Palm d’Or as best short feature at Cannes...  
“We tried not to make it give way to tear-jerking melodrama”
Ramón Salazar  • DirectorBERLIN 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
"I’m starting from scratch"
Ramón Salazar • DirectorMalaga-born filmmaker world-premieres his new film at the Seville European Film Festival, after three...  
15/11/2013
"It’s our duty to ensure greater value is placed on film"
Tarik Saleh • DirectorWe 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
"A character who fights the totally corrupt systems he belongs to"
Tarik Saleh • DirectorSwedish director Tarik Saleh talks to us about the origins of The Nile Hilton Incident, which came out on...  
29/06/2017
"As an immigrant child, I’m standing of the shoulders of my grandparents"
Tarik Saleh • Director of Boy from HeavenCANNES 2022: The Swedish filmmaker of Egyptian origins discusses the topics he tackles on his latest film,...  
26/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Competition
"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 RepublicCANNES 2025: The Swedish filmmaker of Egyptian origin unpicks his captivating film noir, which is the...  
22/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

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