Interviews

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

8161 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 06/05/2025. 662 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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"The challenge is to appeal to children without alienating their parents"
Ben Stassen  • Co-director of Bigfoot FamilyWe met with Belgian director and producer Ben Stassen who’s presenting his 9th feature film Bigfoot Family...  
17/06/2020 | Annecy 2020
“As soon as we announce another project in production, it’s as good as sold in 50 to 60 countries”
Ben Stassen • Director of The Queen’s CorgiWe met up with producer and director Ben Stassen, a pioneer of 3D who’s bringing out his 9th feature film,...  
02/04/2019
"Our market is the international market"
Ben Stassen • Director & ProducerBen Stassen and his animation studio nWave, based in Brussels, are leaders in international 3D animated...  
13/07/2017
"I’m constantly taking myself out of my comfortable area and trying new things"
Judith State  • ActressBERLINALE 2023: The Romanian actress, who has worked with masters from her country such as Cristi Puiu and...  
27/02/2023 | European Shooting Stars 2023
“We managed to complete the film on such a low budget because it was mostly a family affair”
Marka Staviarska  • Producer of Loli ParadičkaCineuropa talked to Marka Staviarska, the Slovakian producer of the low-budget dramedy Loli Paradička,...  
04/03/2020 | Slovakia
“Today, it’s more about popcorn than it is about art”
Frank L Stavik • Distributor, FidalgoWe spoke to the Norwegian distributor, who touched on his company’s editorial policy, his country’s...  
11/07/2024 | Distributor of the Month
"The grave for small distributors"
Frank L. Stavik • Managing Director, Fidalgo Film DistributionThe managing director of Fidalgo Film Distribution explains how the digital reality has changed the...  
17/07/2012
Interview
Gjorce Stavreski • DirectorWe met up with Macedonian director Gjorce Stavreski to discuss his first film Secret Ingredient, presented...  
28/11/2017 | Bergamo 2018
The European Documentary Industry
Tue Steen Müller, International consultant on DocumentaryNOW is the Golden Age of Documentaries. This is my answer when I take part in workshops and festivals...  
16/07/2009
"This particular episode about the chaos of the revolution in the aftermath of Ceaușescu's downfall is not well known in Romania"
Tudor Giurgiu & Cecilia Stefanescu • Director and writer of LibertateThe director and the screenwriter discuss their film, in which they explore the civil war-like events that...  
18/08/2023 | Sarajevo 2023 | Competition
"A co-production is like a marriage: the more trust is built, the better the relationship works"
Corinna Marschall and Laurent Steiert • Director of MEDIA Desk Suisse, and Deputy Head of the Film Department at the Swiss Federal Office of CultureSwitzerland is implementing a new funding measure aimed at the co-development for minority co-productions  
10/02/2023 | /Switzerland
“Choosing between the plague and cholera”
Nicolas  Steil  • DirectorA tale of resistance and hiding during WWII in the mines of the Franco-Luxembourg border region. The...  
29/05/2009
“'Are you interested in humour?' producer Henrik Jansson-Schweizer asked. I read five pages and was good to go”
Björn Stein • Director of Whiskey on the RocksThe Swedish director breaks down his process of turning a 1981 Cold War story into a wacky satirical comedy  
20/11/2024 | Stockholm 2024
“You should never do what everyone else is doing”
Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein  • Directors of SwoonCineuropa talked to Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein, the makers of Swoon, chosen as this year’s closing film...  
05/02/2019 | Göteborg 2019
“Daniela and David hoped that I could really make a film to tell their truth”
Michael Steiner  • Director of And Tomorrow We Will Be DeadWe talk to the Swiss director about his film, in which he reconstructs the kidnapping of two Swiss...  
12/04/2022 | Bif&st 2022
“We need better ways to find funding mechanisms which are a real help”
Michael Stejskal • Distributor, FilmLadenWe spoke to the managing director of Austrian distribution company FilmLaden, Michael Stejskal, about the...  
17/09/2020 | /Austria

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