Interviews

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

7478 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 28/03/2024. 579 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Shahrbanoo Sadat  • Director of The Orphanage

“Some people feel I don’t talk enough about war and politics in my films”

Shahrbanoo Sadat • Director of The Orphanage

CANNES 2019: Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat breaks down The Orphanage, the second part of a planned...  

22/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

Jiří Sádek • Director

“Technology inspires new art, and that art inspires new technologies”

Jiří Sádek • Director

Cineuropa spoke to Jiří Sádek at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival about his modern rendition of a classic...  

06/07/2016

2009 Producer on the Move - Norway

Yngve Sæther

29/04/2009

David Safarian  • Director

“There are people who can maintain their human face in any circumstances”

David Safarian • Director

We met up with Armenian filmmaker David Safarian, who won the Best Film and Best Actress Awards at the...  

26/03/2018

Yana Drouz & David Safarian  • Screenwriter and actress, Director

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Yana Drouz & David Safarian • Screenwriter and actress, Director

Cineuropa talked to Armenian screenwriter and actress Yana Drouz and director David Safarian, who...  

27/11/2015

Inna Sahakyan • Director of Aurora’s Sunrise

“Aurora just refused to be reduced to a victim or to an object of history”

Inna Sahakyan • Director of Aurora’s Sunrise

The Armenian documentary filmmaker reveals key details around the artistic decisions made throughout the...  

21/07/2022 | Golden Apricot 2022

Brussels Mediterranean Film Festival 2010

Ismaël Saïdi • director

Interview with Belgian director Isamaël Saïdi, whose Ahmed Gassiaux was presented at the 2010...  

"A blend of senses and pleasure"

Michel Saint-Jean • Producer

A hallmark of quality cinema, Diaphana has been producing and distributing films by Dominik Moll, Ken...  

04/07/2006

GoCritic! Interview: Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre  • Director, scholar, founder of MJSTP Films

"It is our turn to re-envision the world"

GoCritic! Interview: Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre • Director, scholar, founder of MJSTP Films

We interviewed the acclaimed Canadian feminist director, producer and scholar who presented her PhD...  

27/06/2019 | GoCritic! | Animafest Zagreb 2019

Éléonore Saintagnan  • Director of Camping du Lac

“In my work, there is always something strange going on”

Éléonore Saintagnan • Director of Camping du Lac

The absurd meets the serious in the French director’s new film, in which she also plays the lead role  

14/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Cineasti del presente

Yannis Sakaridis  • Director

“Refugees are victims of a corrupt system well orchestrated in destroying”

Yannis Sakaridis • Director

First unveiled in the Agora, Yannis Sakaridis’ well-travelled refugee drama Amerika Square returns to...  

10/11/2016

Emilio Sakraya • Actor

"It’s so great to be part of the European cinematic landscape"

Emilio Sakraya • Actor

BERLINALE 2022: The German actor, who has recently finished shooting Fatih Akin's newest feature,...  

21/02/2022 | European Shooting Stars 2022

Amr Salama  • Director

“I feel that saying that some people lack humanity is not right”

Amr Salama • Director

At the Cairo Film Festival, Cineuropa talked to Amr Salama, the director of Sheikh Jackson, which...  

12/12/2017

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

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