Interviews

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

8295 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 07/07/2025. 650 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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“I’m still searching for ways to explain to my nine-year old son what happened and why”
Jivan Avetisyan • Director of Gate to HeavenArmenia’s Jivan Avetisyan tells us about his latest feature, its exclusion from Moscow Film Festival and...  
26/11/2020 | /Armenia
“The process of building up new Armenian cinema is long-term and is now still at the fermentation stage”
Karen Avetisyan • Artistic director, Golden Apricot International Film FestivalReturning to its original dates in July, Armenia’s major film event places an emphasis on regional cinema,...  
08/07/2022 | Golden Apricot 2022
“So many times, I have felt depressed when I’ve woken up to another sunny day and wished for rain”
Christian Avilés  • Director of Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish HolidaysThe ethereal short, unspooling at Karlovy Vary as part of EFP’s Future Frames, plays with stereotypes as...  
04/07/2023 | Future Frames 2023
“To think about death is to think about life”
Lila Avilés • Director of TótemBERLINALE 2023: The Mexican director finds beauty in last goodbyes  
23/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition
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Yossi Aviram  • DirectorCineuropa met up with the director of La Dune at the Bergamo Film Meeting. Le Pacte will release the...  
"When I discovered theatre and film, I found a source that could fill the gap inside my soul"
Kārlis Arnolds Avots  • ActorBERLINALE 2025: The young actor discusses past and present challenges in his career, dream projects and...  
22/02/2025 | European Shooting Stars 2025
“Seeing the reality we are so used to through the eyes of a foreigner was really tempting”
Lachezar Avramov  • Director of A Picture with YukiWe chatted to Lachezar Avramov, a Bulgarian director whose film A Picture with Yuki has just won a Special...  
09/10/2019 | Golden Rose 2019
“Sadism is a good way to talk about the end of morality”
Alexandros Avranas  • DirectorSAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: We talked to Greek director Alexandros Avranas about the sheer extremity of Love Me...  
25/09/2017
“The Greek cinematography industry functions like a lobby”
Alexandros Avranas • DirectorMiss Violence, by Greek director Alexandros Avranas, was presented in several festivals but still awaits...  
22/01/2014
“At some point, given what is happening to the environment, we might all become refugees”
Alexandros Avranas • Director of Quiet LifeVENICE 2024: The Greek director outlines the mysterious syndrome affecting refugee children as well as...  
30/08/2024 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti
“Succesful Film Festival starts from the the programming”
Kerem Ayan  • Istanbul Film FestivalKerem Ayan, Deputy Director at Instanbul Film Festival, is currently in Cannes watching about 6 films per day  
19/05/2022 | Euro Film Fest
“I prefer to show and suggest”
Isabel Ayguavives  • DirectorCineuropa met up with Isabel Ayguavives, the director of The Magnetic Tree, her feature debut  
29/07/2014
"Exploring the battles fought by the silent majority"
Nabil Ayouch • DirectorTORONTO 2017: After the sensational Much Loved, Nabil Ayouch returns to Toronto with Razzia, world...  
12/09/2017
“Not seeing victims only from one side”
Nabil Ayouch • DirectorIn God's Horses, recently awarded two prizes in Namur, director Nabil Ayouch looks at the origins of the...  
08/10/2012
“You can find a sister in another country, find common ground and help each other, no matter where you come from”
Kurdwin Ayub • Director of MoonWith her new film, shot in Jordan, the Austrian filmmaker tells a cross-border story of women's solidarity  
14/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition
“I know how Yesmin and girls from a migratory background feel; that’s why I wanted to make this film for them”
Kurdwin Ayub • Director of SonneBERLINALE 2022: In her first feature, the Kurdish-Austrian director deals with questions of identity,...  
18/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Encounters

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