Interviews

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

7477 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 28/03/2024. 581 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Christophe Leparc  • Director, Cinemed

"A young emerging cinema where the place of women directors is more and more important"

Christophe Leparc • Director, Cinemed

We met up with Christophe Leparc, director of the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival (39th edition...  

20/10/2017

Christophe Leparc • Director, Cinemed

"It’s no coincidence that an entirely new generation is emerging"

Christophe Leparc • Director, Cinemed

Cineuropa sat down with Christophe Leparc, director of the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, the...  

21/10/2016

Christophe Leparc  • Secretary general, Director's Fortnight

"Our main goal is to help the films we invited to this year's selection"

Christophe Leparc • Secretary general, Director's Fortnight

As part of our #EuropeansAgainstCovid19 series in collaboration with LUX Prize, Cannes Director's...  

05/05/2020 | LUX Prize 2020/#EuropeansAgainstCovid19

Julie Lerat-Gersant • Director of Little Ones

“The actresses were distracted from their own acting and this made everything feel much more authentic and natural”

Julie Lerat-Gersant • Director of Little Ones

The French director discusses her film, in which a teenager needs to find the way to break free from her...  

09/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Cineasti del presente

Artemio Benki, Sylvie Leray  • Distributors

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Artemio Benki, Sylvie Leray • Distributors

At the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Cineuropa invited Artemio Benki and Sylvie Leray to talk about how they...  

04/07/2016

Diego Lerman  • Director, Chair of the Venice Days Jury

Interview - Venice Days 2014

Diego Lerman • Director, Chair of the Venice Days Jury

VENICE 2014: Argentinian Diego Lerman is heading up the jury that comprises the young people taking part...  

03/09/2014

Ina Lerner Grevstad • Director of Svik

"How much you're willing to sacrifice of your life to save another person"

Ina Lerner Grevstad • Director of Svik

We met up with Norwegian-based director Ina Lerner Grevstad to discuss her series Svik, a project in...  

04/02/2020 | Göteborg 2020 | Göteborg Industry

Stef Lernous • Director of Hotel Poseidon

“If I had to describe Hotel Poseidon, I’d say it’s a dreamlike film”

Stef Lernous • Director of Hotel Poseidon

In his debut feature film, the Belgian director delivers a hallucinogenic film experience contemplating...  

16/04/2021 | BIFFF 2021

Juraj Lerotić  • Director of Safe Place

“My film is about a traumatic event, a sudden rift in everyday life, a loss of control”

Juraj Lerotić • Director of Safe Place

We got the chance to talk to the director of the Cineuropa Award-winning film, the protagonist of which is...  

31/08/2022 | Sarajevo 2022 | Competition

Les Arcs 2010

Les Journées DIRE

In this video, the independent distributors and cinema owners speak on the meaning and importance of the...  

Philippe Lesage • Director of Who by Fire

“I go where it hurts”

Philippe Lesage • Director of Who by Fire

BERLINALE 2024: The Canadian director explains how he took pleasure in misleading the viewer in his new...  

22/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Generation

Alice Lesort • Sales agent, Les Films du Losange

“The market is more and more polarised”

Alice Lesort • Sales agent, Les Films du Losange

The French sales agent spoke about how the market is changing, forcing sales agents and distributors to be...  

16/02/2023 | /France

Jalil Lespert  • Director

Yves Saint Laurent: beyond the legend

Jalil Lespert • Director

Following its box-office success in France, Jalil Lespert’s Yves Saint Laurent is being presented at the...  

09/02/2014

Rea Lest • Actress

"I would love to do as many different projects as possible"

Rea Lest • Actress

BERLIN 2019: Estonian actress Rea Lest, one of the 2019 Shooting Stars, talks to us about her work experience  

15/02/2019 | European Shooting Stars 2019

James Lester • Director

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James Lester • Director

VENICE 2017: US director James Lester talks about his first documentary film Getting Naked: A Burlesque...  

04/09/2017

Jørgen Leth  • Director of I Walk

“This whole story was an extension of my personal process”

Jørgen Leth • Director of I Walk

We chatted to experimental filmmaker and poet Jørgen Leth about his highly personal, IDFA-screened...  

29/11/2019 | IDFA 2019

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