Interviews

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

8153 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 25/04/2025. 660 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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CB Yi • Director of Moneyboys

“You have to love and accept yourself in the first place in order to be able to give love and respect to others in return”

CB Yi • Director of Moneyboys

CANNES 2021: The Taiwanese-Austrian director presents a drama about male prostitution in the Un Certain...  

17/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Un Certain Regard

Jieun Yi • Cinematographer

“I like the role I have as a cinematographer and I want to make films with others, not alone”

Jieun Yi • Cinematographer

The cinematographer, who studied at the Babelsberg‘s Konrad Wolf Film University, talks about working with...  

14/04/2021 | /Germany

Diao Yinan • Director of The Wild Goose Lake

"I very much want to rely on the visual language, rather than on dialogues"

Diao Yinan • Director of The Wild Goose Lake

CANNES 2019: We met up with Chinese filmmaker Diao Yinan, who is participating for the first time in the...  

21/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Competition

So Yong Kim • Director

Interview - Venice Days 2014

So Yong Kim • Director

VENICE 2014: The director of Korean heritage So Yong Kim has made the seventh short film in the Miu Miu...  

28/08/2014

Phillip Youmans • Director of Burning Cane

"My intention was to create a sort of documentary-like style"

Phillip Youmans • Director of Burning Cane

VENICE 2019: We spoke to US director Phillip Youmans, whose astonishing debut film, Burning Cane, had its...  

04/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Giornate degli Autori

Ben Young • Director

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Ben Young • Director

VENICE 2016: Australian director Ben Young is in the Venice Days with his feature debut, psychological...  

01/09/2016

Neil Young • Programmer, EFF Palić

"The idea is to respond to what is going on"

Neil Young • Programmer, EFF Palić

Cineuropa met up with the new EFF Palić programmer, British film critic Neil Young, to ask him about the...  

23/07/2018 | Palić 2018

Simon Stone, Miranda Otto & Odessa Young • Director, actresses

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Simon Stone, Miranda Otto & Odessa Young • Director, actresses

VENICE 2015: The Daughter, the directorial debut by Australia's Simon Stone, selected as the closing film...  

06/09/2015

Nathalie Álvarez Mesén and Nima Yousefi • Director and producer of The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands

“A tropical, gothic drama about the historical colonization of the female body”

Nathalie Álvarez Mesén and Nima Yousefi • Director and producer of The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands

The director of Clara Sola and her producer spoke to us about their new project, the winner of the...  

07/12/2021 | TorinoFilmLab 2021

Nima Yousefi • Producer, Hobab

“It’s not just about learning from your own mistakes; it’s about learning from other people’s!”

Nima Yousefi • Producer, Hobab

Joining the ranks of the Producers on the Move, the Swedish company’s CEO helps his directors to clearly...  

12/05/2021 | Producers on the Move 2021

Interview - Venice Days 2011

Susan Youssef • Director

Susan Youssef uses the 7th-century Arabic romance “Majnun Layla” as a vehicle to narrate a classic story...  

Venice Days 2010

Sere Yüce • Director

Interview with Sere Yüce, director of Majority, which won the Luigi de Laurentis Award for Best Debut Film  

Philipp Yuryev • Director of The Whaler Boy

"I felt this is a story of a first love, so it couldn't be depressing"

Philipp Yuryev • Director of The Whaler Boy

VENICE 2020: Russian director Philipp Yuryev talks to us about his feature debut, The Whaler Boy, in which...  

06/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | Giornate degli Autori

Soleen Yusef • Director of Winners

“Children should be able to speak their own language and tell their own stories”

Soleen Yusef • Director of Winners

BERLINALE 2024: The German-Kurdish writer-director zooms in on the unifying power of football in her new...  

20/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Generation

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