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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Nicola Ruffo  • Director, Swiss Films

“My aim is to incorporate a greater sense of playfulness in spite of the challenges we may face”

Nicola Ruffo • Director, Swiss Films

We had a chance to talk to the charismatic new director of Swiss Films, an experienced interdisciplinary...  

30/06/2021 | /Switzerland

Children can save the world

Christophe Ruggia

The French director of Les Diables and Le gone du Chaaba speaks about his poetry, his Algerian childhood,...  

04/11/2002

Iulia Rugină  • Director

"Not welcoming new voices sentences Romanian cinema to a premature ageing"

Iulia Rugină • Director

KARLOVY VARY 2017: Cineuropa caught up with Iulia Rugină, who talks about the challenges of her third...  

06/07/2017

Iulia Rugina • Director

Sending out powerful emotions

Iulia Rugina • Director

Iulia Rugina’s feature debut, Love Building, won over audiences at the Transylvania Film Festival.  

19/07/2013

Dennis Ruh • Director, European Film Market

“We, as the EFM, want to bring together the entire industry”

Dennis Ruh • Director, European Film Market

The EFM’s head honcho delves into the impact of artificial intelligence and the new trends in the market  

13/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | EFM

Dennis Ruh • Director, European Film Market

“We are able to offer a state-of-the-art market experience”

Dennis Ruh • Director, European Film Market

The head of the EFM offers an overview of the market set to unspool from 16-22 February and shares his...  

13/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | EFM

Dennis Ruh • Director, European Film Market

“For me, the future is both physical and digital, with a focus on physical gatherings”

Dennis Ruh • Director, European Film Market

The head of the EFM offers an overview of the market set to unspool from 10-17 February and shares his...  

02/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | EFM

Dennis Ruh  • Director, European Film Market

“Every large film market has its own position within the industry, and that has not changed with the virtual edition”

Dennis Ruh • Director, European Film Market

We talked to the new head of the European Film Market about the challenges and advantages in organising an...  

17/02/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | EFM

Dennis Ruh • Member of the board of directors, Seriesly Berlin

“We learned that the future of conferences must include discussions on both successes and failures, and that younger voices should be given platforms to speak freely”

Dennis Ruh • Member of the board of directors, Seriesly Berlin

The former head of the EFM reflects on the first edition of Seriesly Berlin, discussing its bold approach...  

27/09/2024 | Seriesly Berlin 2024

Constanze Ruhm • Director of The Notes of Anna Azzori/A Mirror that Travels through Time

"A fresh, feminist perspective on an old art film"

Constanze Ruhm • Director of The Notes of Anna Azzori/A Mirror that Travels through Time

BERLINALE 2020: Austrian artist Constanze Ruhm discusses her essay film The Notes of Anna Azzori/A Mirror...  

26/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Forum

The task of growing up

Catarina Ruivo • Director

Catarina Ruivo, discreet and affable, currently inhabiting the space between editing and her next...  

01/04/2005

Javier Ruiz Caldera • Director

Venice Days 2013

Javier Ruiz Caldera • Director

Spanish director Javier Ruiz Caldera presented Three Many Weddings at the closing night of the 2013...  

07/09/2013

Alauda Ruiz de Azúa  • Director of Lullaby

“Mothers always seem like they have superpowers”

Alauda Ruiz de Azúa • Director of Lullaby

BERLINALE 2022: The Basque director presents her feature debut, an intimate family drama bolstered by the...  

12/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Panorama

Alauda Ruiz de Azúa • Director of Querer

“Fear is powerful and invisible”

Alauda Ruiz de Azúa • Director of Querer

The Basque filmmaker presents her first series, which once again investigates the ins and outs of family,...  

30/09/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | Out of Competition

Hugo Ruiz  • Director of One Night with Adela

“My film is extremely unrestrained”

Hugo Ruiz • Director of One Night with Adela

The Spanish filmmaker unpicks his feature debut, an indie revenge flick that has just earned him the Best...  

16/06/2023 | Tribeca 2023

Luka Rukavina • Director of Cricket & Antoinette

“When recording dialogues, I insisted that the actors who were together in a scene had to be together in the room, too”

Luka Rukavina • Director of Cricket & Antoinette

We sat down with the Croatian filmmaker to discuss his movie, which is the first 3D animated feature made...  

17/01/2023 | /Croatia

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