Interviews

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

7494 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 26/04/2024. 579 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Tereza Swadoschová  • Head of the Inspiration Forum, Ji.hlava IDFF

“Our audience is our muse”

Tereza Swadoschová • Head of the Inspiration Forum, Ji.hlava IDFF

We sat down with Tereza Swadoschová, head of the Inspiration Forum at the Ji.hlava IDFF, to talk about...  

22/10/2018 | Jihlava 2018

Interview - Venice Film Festival

Tilda Swinton - actress

A friend's portrait  

Ramata-Toulaye Sy  • Director of Banel & Adama

"Everything had to follow Banel's emotional journey"

Ramata-Toulaye Sy • Director of Banel & Adama

CANNES 2023: The young filmmaker unveils the intentions of her first feature film, shot in Senegal and...  

23/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Competition

Oksana Syhareva  • Producer

“Art has a different purpose than to change politics or society”

Oksana Syhareva • Producer

The Emerging Producer from Ukraine doesn't see film as a weapon for social and political change, but a...  

23/03/2023 | Emerging Producers 2023

European Documentary Market - How does Documentary Campus work?

Peter Symes • Head of Studies at the Documentary Masterschool

Training Programmes for Documentary Professionals in Europe  

16/07/2009

Patrik Syversen • Director

"Afterparty... is believing the party's still raging, even though it's already over"

Patrik Syversen • Director

Cineuropa sat down with Norwegian director Patrik Syversen to discuss his fifth feature film, Afterparty,...  

17/03/2016

István Szabó  • Director

"The only reason to make a film is to help the audience to understand they are not alone dealing with their problems"

István Szabó • Director

The Veteran Hungarian director, who has received the Lifetime Achievement Golden Olive at the European...  

16/11/2021 | Lecce 2021

"With freedom come responsibilities"

Istvan Szabo • Director

14/10/2008

István Szabó • Director of Final Report

“If one would still like to be with others in the future, the cinema will remain”

István Szabó • Director of Final Report

Decorated Hungarian filmmaker István Szabó enlightens us about his melancholic and comic Final Report,...  

30/11/2020 | Black Nights 2020 | Competition

Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó  • Directors of White Plastic Sky

“We wanted to study the paradox of sacrifice”

Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó • Directors of White Plastic Sky

First presented in the Berlinale’s Encounters section, the film is a spectacular post-apocalyptic animated...  

28/11/2023 | /Hungary/Slovakia

Noemi Veronika Szakonyi  • Director of Six Weeks

"The six-week adoption law in Hungary is a very suspenseful situation for a film"

Noemi Veronika Szakonyi • Director of Six Weeks

The Hungarian filmmaker discusses her film, which follows a young mother of an unwanted child who has six...  

23/08/2022 | Sarajevo 2022 | Competition

André Szardenings • Director of Bulldog

“I didn't want to make a film in which queerness was a problem”

André Szardenings • Director of Bulldog

We talked about the German director’s first feature, in which he tells the story of a particularly...  

28/10/2022 | /Germany/Spain

Janos Szász • Director

Interview

Janos Szász • Director

The Notebook was named best film at the Karlovy Vary Festival  

04/07/2013

Jagoda Szelc  • Director

“Watching a film is a form of ritual”

Jagoda Szelc • Director

BERLIN 2018: We talked to Jagoda Szelc, whose debut film, Tower. A Bright Day, has had its world premiere...  

17/02/2018 | Berlinale 2018 | Forum

Rozália Szeleczki  • Director of Cat Call

"My basic idea is that the more absurd I make things, the more they somehow reflect reality"

Rozália Szeleczki • Director of Cat Call

The Hungarian filmmaker details her film, which follows a 30-year-old trapped in a world of her own...  

23/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | First Feature Competition

Bálint Szentgyörgyi • Creator and director of The Informant

"We all grew up with families who talked about a world that no longer existed”

Bálint Szentgyörgyi • Creator and director of The Informant

The young Hungarian director spoke enthusiastically about his eight-part series, which had its...  

09/11/2021 | Geneva 2021

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