Interviews

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

8189 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 14/05/2025. 658 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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"Telling women's stories is sometimes more important than writing a feminist tract"
Valeria Sarmiento  • DirectorSAN SEBASTIÁN 2018: Chilean director Valeria Sarmiento tells us about her latest film, The Black Book — a...  
29/09/2018 | San Sebastián 2018 | Competition
"I never intended to make the film as Raul would have made it"
Valeria Sarmiento • DirectorThe Chilean director took over Lines of Wellington, her husband Raul Ruiz’ film project, after he died  
06/09/2012
"Thanks to the clear evidence, this case is a blueprint for how corruption works throughout the region, but maybe also around the world"
Matt Sarnecki • Director of The Killing of a JournalistThe director unpicks his investigative documentary that tackles the 2018 murder of Slovak journalist Ján...  
11/07/2022 | Karlovy Vary 2022 | Special Screenings
“Our goal is to promote new talents in a friendly environment”
Yianna Sarri  • Head, Thessaloniki Agora Doc MarketWe had a chance to chat with Yianna Sarri, head of the Agora Doc Market, who co-organises the most...  
06/03/2018 | Thessaloniki Documentary 2018 | Market
"Right after the death of family member you suddenly turn in a event manager, a funeral organiser - and this is grotesque situation"
Dovile Sarutyte • Director of Feature Film About LifeThere is no time to mourn in the first feature by the Lithuanian filmmaker, who tells us more about it and...  
30/11/2021 | Black Nights 2021 | First Feature Competition
“‘Ignorant’ is the right word to describe a large part of our society”
Anka and Wilhelm Sasnal  • DirectorsCineuropa met up with Polish directorial duo Anka and Wilhelm Sasnal at Crossing Europe, where they had a...  
03/05/2017
“Robert Walser wrote about the uncertainty of tomorrow, about dependence on the employer – it’s very modern”
Wilhelm Sasnal • Director of The AssistantOne of Poland’s most successful artists has put a modern spin on a 1908 novel in a new film that he...  
10/02/2025 | IFFR 2025 | Big Screen Competition
“The Almaty Film Festival provides a chance to indulge fully in the atmosphere of world cinema and to be inspired”
Akan Satayev  • President, Almaty Film FestivalWe talked to president of the Almaty Film Festival Akan Satayev to find out more about the Kazakh...  
29/08/2019 | Almaty 2019
“I love Marie Curie because she doesn’t compromise”
Marjane Satrapi  • Director of RadioactiveAt the Zurich Film Festival, Cineuropa caught up with director Marjane Satrapi to talk about Radioactive...  
02/10/2019 | Zurich 2019
A universal tale
Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud • DirectorsWhen Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud started out on the adventure of making Persepolis, they were...  
15/06/2007
Chicken With Plums: an ode to Love and cinema
Vincent Paronnaud et Marjane Satrapi • DirectorsChicken With Plums is the latest comic book adaptation by directorial duo Paronnaud and Satrapi, who won...  
03/09/2011
Video - Festival de Cannes 2009
Riad Sattouf - director of Les beaux gossesDebut film by the French cartoonist, who creates his own personal adolescent universe with all the classic...  
"It's a human story that is obviously shaped by politics"
Lucía Malandro, Daniel Saucedo  • Directors of La isla sumergidaThe winners of the Basque section of Zinebi Networking tell us about their project, which focuses on the...  
20/11/2023 | Zinebi 2023 | Zinebi Networking
"This dialogue between two people who don’t want to talk to each other, but they still can do it – this is important for me"
Jurijs Saule • Director of Martin Reads the QuranWe caught up with the German filmmaker to talk about his film, which sees a professor of Islamic studies...  
15/11/2024 | Lecce 2024
“Sometimes it’s more fascinating to follow the evolution of a project”
Carlos Saura • DirectorWe chatted with the great Spanish film director Carlos Saura to find out more about his documentary Renzo...  
18/06/2018 | Biografilm 2018
Interview
Carlos Saura  • DirectorVENICE 2015: In Argentina, a special event in the Venice Days, the great Spanish director Carlos Saura...  
07/09/2015

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