Interviews

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

9027 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 18/09/2026. 606 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Filippo Meneghetti  • Director of Two of Us

“We all lie, all the time”

Filippo Meneghetti • Director of Two of Us

Cineuropa met up with director Filippo Meneghetti at Unifrance’s 22nd Rendez-vous with French Cinema to...  

22/01/2020 | /France/Luxembourg/Belgium

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Margaret Menegoz • President of Unifrance

Interview accordé l'occasion du 16ieme Festival du Film Français au Japon (13 - 18 Mars 2008 à Tokyo et Osaka)  

13/03/2008

"Loyal to a great author"

Margaret Menegoz • Producer

Director since 1975 of production, distribution and international sales company Les Films du Losange,...  

30/09/2005

Mads Mengel • Director of The Guest

"I wanted nuance in every character, everyone to be right and everyone to be wrong at some point"

Mads Mengel • Director of The Guest

The Danish director speaks about developing complex characters with the actors, portraying mental illness...  

10/07/2026 | Karlovy Vary 2026 | Competition

"Ambition is not solely about money and casting"

Cyril Mennegun • Director

Cyril Mennegun deciphers the surprising success of Louise Wimmer and talks about his second feature film,...  

02/04/2013

Kenneth Mercken • Director of Coureur

“The storyline’s authenticity was paramount”

Kenneth Mercken • Director of Coureur

Cineuropa sat down with Belgian director Kenneth Mercken to talk about fictionalising his real-life story...  

30/01/2019 | IFFR 2019 | Limelight

Christian Carmosino Mereu • Director of Land of Upright People

"This kind of impassioned involvement in politics took me back to my childhood years"

Christian Carmosino Mereu • Director of Land of Upright People

VENICE 2022: The Italian helmer chats about his documentary, which he shot in Burkina Faso from the 2014...  

04/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Giornate degli Autori

Salvatore Mereu • Director

Two girls living in a downtrodden Cagliari neighborhood star in an exhilarating, bitter comedy  

06/09/2012

Mereu’s anti-hero Sonétaula

Salvatore Mereu • Director

07/03/2008

Salvatore Mereu • Director of Assandira

“When you choose a book to adapt, you do it almost on an unconscious level”

Salvatore Mereu • Director of Assandira

VENICE 2020: We talked to Salvatore Mereu, the director of Assandira, based on the novel by Giulio Angioni  

10/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | Out of Competition

Salvatore Mereu • Director of Bentu

"This farmer, whose way of life is so distant from our own, reminds us that we don't have the right relationship with nature"

Salvatore Mereu • Director of Bentu

VENICE 2022: The director follows the day-to-day life of an elderly farmer as he waits for the wind to...  

09/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Giornate degli Autori

Salvatore Mereu • Director of Wandering Trees

“I wanted the landscape that is portrayed in the film to potentially be everyone’s - a landscape of the soul”

Salvatore Mereu • Director of Wandering Trees

The director talks about his movie, centred on three very different families who come together and clash...  

12/08/2026 | Locarno 2026 | Competition

Rasmus Merivoo • Director of Kratt

“In some ways, my film is like a nature documentary: you show how little people live, how the world affects them and how they affect the world”

Rasmus Merivoo • Director of Kratt

We talked to the Estonian director about his film, which is really for the whole family, even though...  

10/08/2021 | Fantasia 2021

Katrin Merkel • Head of studies, Serial Eyes

“Applicants should have a clear sense of where they stand in their careers and what they are looking for next”

Katrin Merkel • Head of studies, Serial Eyes

We spoke with the expert about the type of talents Serial Eyes is looking for and how the training...  

06/03/2026 | /Europe

Noémie Merlant • Director of The Balconettes

“It’s like the city is screaming and falling apart at the same time”

Noémie Merlant • Director of The Balconettes

CANNES 2024: The French actress-writer-director breaks down her sophomore directorial feature, about three...  

22/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Midnight Screenings

"Shattering the stereotypical image of the butch female cop in a leather jacket"

Frédéric Mermoud • Director

After several acclaimed shorts, Swiss-born, French-based director Frédéric Mermoud has made an impressive...  

14/10/2010

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