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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“I wanted to stick to the truth and talk about a woman who suffered”
Piotr Ryczko  • Director of I Am RENWe talked to Piotr Ryczko, the debuting director of I Am REN, which is about to hit Polish theatres and...  
03/06/2020 | /Poland
"The edit stays as open as it can, and the score informs back on the edit, as does the sound design. You remain constantly open"
Fridtjof Ryder  • Director of InlandThe young British director discusses his dreamlike, Lynchian debut feature, set in Gloucestershire and...  
15/06/2023 | /UK
“Programming is one of the most amazing, but also one of the most difficult, things about film-festival work”
Jason Ryle  • Executive director, imagineNATIVEThe executive, artistic and managing director of the imagineNATIVE festival, Jason Ryle, talks about the...  
20/05/2019 | Euro Film Fest
“After more than 25 years of existence, a ‘first wave’ of Slovak cinema is starting to form”
Matúš Ryšan • Director of Out Of Pure ConscienceWe talked to Slovakian first-time director Matúš Ryšan about his short film Out Of Pure Conscience,...  
01/07/2020 | Future Frames 2020
“Programming a festival such as ours is about a delicate balance”
Karin Rywkind Segal  • Artistic director, DocavivThe Tel Aviv-based festival has had three hybrid editions, each in a new set of extraordinary...  
30/05/2022 | Docaviv 2022
"The ability to question and raise one's voice is crucial for democracy"
Karin Rywkind Segal  • Artistic director, DocavivDocaviv's artistic director talked us through the festival's 23rd edition, unspooling from 1-10 July  
05/07/2021 | Docaviv 2021
"Filmmakers should trust festivals that have a strong, curated programme"
Karin Rywkind Segal • Artistic director, DocavivWe spoke to Docaviv’s artistic director, Karin Rywkind Segal, to find out more about the hybrid version of...  
03/09/2020 | Docaviv 2020
"We are very independent and diverse in our selection"
Karin Rywkind Segal  • Artistic director, DocavivCineuropa visited Israel's biggest documentary event, the Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival...  
28/05/2019 | Docaviv 2019
“Change is always an opportunity for innovation”
Beata Rzeźniczek • Producer, MadantsThe Polish Producer on the Move breaks down her career so far and discusses what she views as the future...  
21/05/2021 | Producers on the Move 2021

“Reality is an idea, a fantasy that people have when they watch a fiction film”
Nicolas Saada  • DirectorFrench director Nicolas Saada is screening his second feature, Taj Mahal, in the Global Cinema section of...  
20/10/2015
Gamble pays off for Les Films de la Strada
Fanny Saadi • ProducerProducer of 13 (Tzameti), les Films de la Strada managed the metamorphosis of a medium film into a feature  
30/01/2006
“I don’t make promises I’m not sure I can keep”
Lasse Saarinen  • CEO, Finnish Film FoundationCineuropa went to Helsinki to talk to Lasse Saarinen, the chief executive officer of the Finnish Film...  
25/06/2019
"Our choreographer was also an important scriptwriter, as he wrote the whole choreography of the two characters’ feelings"
Ignas Jonynas and Kristupas Sabolius  • Director and screenwriter of InvisibleWe sat down with Ignas Jonynas and Kristupas Sabolius to talk about their second, San Sebastián-screened...  
01/10/2019 | San Sebastián 2019 | New Directors
“The documentary audience has more political awareness and seeks to expand their minds”
Beata Saboova  • Producer, Naoko FilmsThe Emerging Producer from Belgium addresses the relation between documentary, experimentation, low budget...  
09/03/2023 | Emerging Producers 2023
Festival du Cinéma Méditerranéen
Dunia Ayaso and Félix Sabroso • directorsInterview with directors Dunia Ayaso and Félix Sabroso for their film The Island Inside, whose lead actors...  
"Art, film and culture also help in the fight against other stereotypes"
Hend Sabry  • ActressAt the Cairo Film Festival, of which she was a sponsor, Cineuropa met up with actress Hend Sabry to talk...  
17/01/2018

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