Interviews

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

7490 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 19/04/2024. 579 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Piotr Ryczko  • Director of I Am REN

“I wanted to stick to the truth and talk about a woman who suffered”

Piotr Ryczko • Director of I Am REN

We talked to Piotr Ryczko, the debuting director of I Am REN, which is about to hit Polish theatres and...  

03/06/2020 | /Poland

Fridtjof Ryder  • Director of Inland

"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 Inland

The young British director discusses his dreamlike, Lynchian debut feature, set in Gloucestershire and...  

15/06/2023 | /UK

Jason Ryle  • Executive director, imagineNATIVE

“Programming is one of the most amazing, but also one of the most difficult, things about film-festival work”

Jason Ryle • Executive director, imagineNATIVE

The executive, artistic and managing director of the imagineNATIVE festival, Jason Ryle, talks about the...  

20/05/2019 | Euro Film Fest

Matúš Ryšan • Director of Out Of Pure Conscience

“After more than 25 years of existence, a ‘first wave’ of Slovak cinema is starting to form”

Matúš Ryšan • Director of Out Of Pure Conscience

We talked to Slovakian first-time director Matúš Ryšan about his short film Out Of Pure Conscience,...  

01/07/2020 | Future Frames 2020

Karin Rywkind Segal  • Artistic director, Docaviv

“Programming a festival such as ours is about a delicate balance”

Karin Rywkind Segal • Artistic director, Docaviv

The Tel Aviv-based festival has had three hybrid editions, each in a new set of extraordinary...  

30/05/2022 | Docaviv 2022

Karin Rywkind Segal  • Artistic director, Docaviv

"The ability to question and raise one's voice is crucial for democracy"

Karin Rywkind Segal • Artistic director, Docaviv

Docaviv's artistic director talked us through the festival's 23rd edition, unspooling from 1-10 July  

05/07/2021 | Docaviv 2021

Karin Rywkind Segal • Artistic director, Docaviv

"Filmmakers should trust festivals that have a strong, curated programme"

Karin Rywkind Segal • Artistic director, Docaviv

We spoke to Docaviv’s artistic director, Karin Rywkind Segal, to find out more about the hybrid version of...  

03/09/2020 | Docaviv 2020

Karin Rywkind Segal  • Artistic director, Docaviv

"We are very independent and diverse in our selection"

Karin Rywkind Segal • Artistic director, Docaviv

Cineuropa visited Israel's biggest documentary event, the Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival...  

28/05/2019 | Docaviv 2019

Beata Rzeźniczek • Producer, Madants

“Change is always an opportunity for innovation”

Beata Rzeźniczek • Producer, Madants

The 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

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Nicolas Saada  • Director

“Reality is an idea, a fantasy that people have when they watch a fiction film”

Nicolas Saada • Director

French 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 • Producer

Producer of 13 (Tzameti), les Films de la Strada managed the metamorphosis of a medium film into a feature  

30/01/2006

Lasse Saarinen  • CEO, Finnish Film Foundation

“I don’t make promises I’m not sure I can keep”

Lasse Saarinen • CEO, Finnish Film Foundation

Cineuropa went to Helsinki to talk to Lasse Saarinen, the chief executive officer of the Finnish Film...  

25/06/2019

Ignas Jonynas and Kristupas Sabolius  • Director and screenwriter of Invisible

"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 Invisible

We sat down with Ignas Jonynas and Kristupas Sabolius to talk about their second, San Sebastián-screened...  

01/10/2019 | San Sebastián 2019 | New Directors

Beata Saboova  • Producer, Naoko Films

“The documentary audience has more political awareness and seeks to expand their minds”

Beata Saboova • Producer, Naoko Films

The 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 • directors

Interview with directors Dunia Ayaso and Félix Sabroso for their film The Island Inside, whose lead actors...  

Hend Sabry  • Actress

"Art, film and culture also help in the fight against other stereotypes"

Hend Sabry • Actress

At 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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