Interviews

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

8235 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 24/05/2025. 667 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Roberto Stabile  • Head of international relations, ANICA

“A physical film market is like a cinema experience: irreplaceable”

Roberto Stabile • Head of international relations, ANICA

This year's Cannes Marché du Film and its potential to give rise to a new market formula are just some of...  

29/07/2020 | /Italy

Birgitte Stærmose  • Director of Afterwar

"People who live in bad predicaments need our empathy and emotion, but not sentimentality and pity"

Birgitte Stærmose • Director of Afterwar

BERLINALE 2024: The Danish filmmaker delves into the process of making her documentary, filmed over 15...  

28/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Panorama

Casting Lisbeth Salander was our first focus

Søren Stærmose • Producer of the Millennium films

03/04/2009

Jan-Henrik Stahlberg • Director of Muxmäuschenstill X

“This film offers the viewer the rare and great gift of trusting them – nowadays, there is fear everywhere”

Jan-Henrik Stahlberg • Director of Muxmäuschenstill X

The German director tells us more about low-budget production conditions and about his motivations to make...  

30/01/2025 | Max Ophüls Prize 2025

Portrait of the artist as an outsider

Simon Staho • Director

11/10/2005

Danijela Stajnfeld • Director of Hold Me Right

"Making this film was a healing process in the aftermath of a sexual assault"

Danijela Stajnfeld • Director of Hold Me Right

Serbia's Danijela Stajnfeld talked to us about her deeply personal Hold Me Right, screening as part of the...  

21/08/2020 | Sarajevo 2020 | Documentary Competition

Andrea Staka  • Director

"I am interested in the invisible, what is going on inside human beings"

Andrea Staka • Director

Cineuropa met up with Swiss filmmaker Andrea Staka, who, through Cure: The Life of Another, allows us to...  

25/08/2014

Andrea Štaka • Director of IBICABA – Visions of Paradise

"It's a challenge to shoot a period film - set in the 19th century - with a European arthouse budget"

Andrea Štaka • Director of IBICABA – Visions of Paradise

BERLINALE 2025: The Swiss director breaks down her upcoming film, which won the Eurimages Co-production...  

27/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | EFM

Andrea Staka • Director of Mare

"A detailed study of middle-aged family women, and how their sexuality can fit in everyday’s life"

Andrea Staka • Director of Mare

BERLINALE 2020: Swiss filmmaker Andrea Staka discusses her latest film, Mare, presented in the Panorama...  

29/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Panorama

Mira Staleva • Distributor, Art Fest

"Distribution in Bulgaria is a true challenge"

Mira Staleva • Distributor, Art Fest

The distribution manager of the Sofia-based outfit, and also managing director of the Sofia International...  

01/04/2021 | /Bulgaria

Mira Staleva  • Head of Sofia Meetings

"We are a platform with the principal ambition to present new media and new distribution models in the rapidly changing world of cinema"

Mira Staleva • Head of Sofia Meetings

We spoke to Mira Staleva, the driving force behind Sofia Meetings, about the challenges of organising one...  

13/03/2019 | Sofia 2019 | Sofia Meetings

Mira Staleva  • Managing director, Sofia International Film Festival

“A sense of humour will save us”

Mira Staleva • Managing director, Sofia International Film Festival

Cineuropa talked to Mira Staleva, the managing director of the Sofia International Film Festival, also...  

20/04/2020 | Sofia 2020

Producers on the move 2012 – Hungary

Judit Stalter • Laokoon Filmgroup

Propelled to centre stage of the Hungarian film industrythanks to Happy new life, Laokoon Filmgroup has...  

25/04/2012

Monica Stambrini • Director of Hold on Miss! Isabella Ducrot Unlimited

"When success comes for an artist at that age, it's fascinating"

Monica Stambrini • Director of Hold on Miss! Isabella Ducrot Unlimited

VENICE 2024: The Italian director talks about the documentary she has dedicated to the ninety-something...  

05/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Keti Stamo  • Director of Sons of Cain

"Dreams were the perfect antidote to whisk these children away to a different reality"

Keti Stamo • Director of Sons of Cain

VENICE 2021: The director has crafted a dreamlike documentary that calls into question the strict nature...  

14/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Giornate degli Autori

Industry report

Bernie Stampfer - Deutsche Bank

The role of the banks in the near future in the audiovisual industry  

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