Interviews

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

8177 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 12/05/2025. 666 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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“The whole idea of tradition and a church is supposed to connect you to God and not to people in society”
Fernando Meirelles  • Director of The Two PopesCineuropa met up with director Fernando Meirelles in London to talk about the star-studded The Two Popes  
29/11/2019
"My film tells a story of tragic fate in an era where love is treated as crime"
Sebastian Meise  • Director of Great FreedomCANNES 2021: The Austrian director discusses homosexuality, post-war Germany and his film, one of the...  
13/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Un Certain Regard
“This role allows me to bring together all the passions and skills I’ve cultivated over the last 20-25 years”
Tanja Meissner • Director, Berlinale ProBERLINALE 2025: The new industry head discusses the events and opportunities awaiting professionals...  
11/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | EFM
Memento Films International continues to focus on ambitions
Tanja Meissner  • ExporterCineuropa spoke to Memento Films International's Tanja Meissner: focus on the line-up and international...  
29/01/2015
One little indian, two features
Franziska Meletzky • Director16/06/2008
"I’ve never done a shoot before that’s given me so much back"
Fernand Melgar  • DirectorCineuropa met up with Fernand Melgar at the Solothurn Film Festival, where his film At the Philosophers'...  
01/02/2018 | Solothurn 2018
"My movies are an existential questioning that I try to subscribe to"
Fernand Melgar  • DirectorCineuropa met up with Swiss filmmaker Fernand Melgar, who returns to Locarno to enlighten again, through...  
15/08/2014
"Europe is turning into a huge prison"
Fernand Melgar • DirectorFernand Melgar presented his controversial documentary Special Flight, about illegal immigration in...  
29/11/2011
Kinology: "very unusual and ambitious projects"
Grégoire Melin • Seller02/02/2009
“Filmmaking is the art of the encounter”
Matheus Mello  • ProducerThe Brazilian Emerging Producer, now based in Spain, talks about producing documentary films and finding...  
17/03/2023 | Emerging Producers 2023
Shooting Star 2009 - Denmark
Cyron Melville20/01/2009
“Animation is not a genre, but a medium with which you can tell any kind of story”
Reza Memari • Director of The Last Whale SingerWe spoke to the German-Iranian filmmaker about the potential of animation and his upcoming multi-format...  
17/02/2023 | /Germany/Czech Republic/Canada
“We could imagine that when we watch a film, we are the ghosts who possess a body, the body of the one who witnesses, the body of the camera”
Rodrigo Díaz, Pascual Mena • Producers of ErraticsThe producers awarded with the Eurimages New Lab Outreach Award at this year’s IFFR talked to Cineuropa...  
04/03/2025 | IFFR 2025 | IFFR Pro
"There are some very dangerous ways of understanding masculinity"
Polo Menárguez • Director of The PlanWith his feature debut, The Plan, which is released today in Spanish cinemas, Polo Menárguez has brought...  
21/02/2020 | Spain
"This is the Slovenian version of Easy Rider, structured like a memory of recent times"
Dominik Mencej  • Director of RidersThe Slovenian filmmaker talks about how he looked back at the recent past of the Balkans while drawing...  
23/08/2022 | Sarajevo 2022 | Competition
“I like to fully embrace my outsider status”
Antonio Méndez Esparza  • DirectorFollowing his award-winning debut Aquí y allá, Antonio Méndez Esparza is back with Life and Nothing More,...  
29/09/2017 | San Sebastián 2017 | Competition 

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