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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“I didn’t intend to do a refugee story; I wanted to do a story about my friend”
Jonas Poher Rasmussen  • Director of FleeWe talked to the Danish director whose latest movie has become one of the year’s most celebrated titles...  
17/09/2021 | Millennium Docs Against Gravity 2021
“We didn’t make a film about a handicapped person; we made a film about a person who also happens to be disabled”
Teemu Nikki, Jani Pösö and Petri Poikolainen  • Director of, producer of and actor in The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See TitanicVENICE 2021: The Orizzonti Extra entry focuses on a man who would do anything for love – even leave his...  
13/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Orizzonti Extra
“The short films I commission, especially experimental and avant-garde films, are highly inspiring for me to see and to show the audience what else cinema could be and become”
Emilie Poirier  • Head of Short Films and Feature Films Programmer at Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de MontréalEmilie Poirier outlines the different programmes of the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma which includes VR and...  
26/03/2024 | Euro Film Fest
"European cinema is the alternative"
Claude-Eric Poiroux • Director of Europa Cinemas28/02/2006
"We sometimes forget the importance of renewal"
Claude-Eric Poiroux • Festival Premiers Plans d'AngersThe state of young European cinema deciphered by Claude-Eric Poiroux, General and Artistic Director of the...  
16/01/2014
"There's a pleasurable dimension to film festivals that mustn't be neglected"
Claude-Éric Poiroux • General delegate, Premiers Plans Film FestivalClaude-Éric Poiroux talks about young European talent at the 31st Premiers Plans Film Festival in Angers...  
25/01/2019 | Festivals | France
"Cinemas are the best place for films"
Claude-Eric Poiroux • General Director of Europa CinemasDigitisation, film circulation, experimentation with day-and-date film releases -- Claude-Eric Poiroux,...  
20/11/2012
Producer on the Move 2014 – Poland
Mikołaj PokromskiCineuropa met up with Poland’s Producer on the Move, Mikołaj Pokromski, of Pokromski Studio, to discuss...  
14/05/2014
Special report - The Documentary Market
Lynne Polak, Project Manager EBU, SwitzerlandInterview with the project manager of EBU (European Broadcasting Union), focusing on documentary series  
Interview - 10 European Directors To Watch
Sacha Polak • DirectorHemel’s director explains the making of Hemel, her first feature length film  
"I find it important to fight for what you want, even if it’s difficult to explain what you have in mind"
Sacha Polak  • Director of Dirty GodWe chatted to Dutch director Sacha Polak just after she opened the 48th IFFR with her tremendous third...  
24/01/2019 | IFFR 2019 | Limelight
Gone back to the roots
Roman PolanskiDirector´s childhood in The pianist, the story of a musician who survived the Nazi persecution in Warsaw  
24/05/2002
"I thought the text was hilarious"
Roman Polanski • DirectorBack in competition in Cannes, Polish director Roman Polanski talks about Venus in Fur  
25/05/2013
“This cruel history, that has not been processed, has given rise to ghosts over the generations”
Ayşe Polat • Director of In The Blind SpotBERLINALE 2023: We chatted with the Kurdish-German director about dealing with generational trauma and its...  
23/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Encounters
“People are excited about getting something other than Nordic noirs from the Nordics”
Mikko Pöllä  • Co-creator of Californian CommandoWe talked to Mikko Pöllä, the head writer and co-creator of the new Finnish comedy series Californian...  
08/04/2020 | Finland
“Women have problems making people believe them”
Béatrice Pollet • Director of And Yet We Were All BlindWe talked to the French filmmaker about her highly sensitive and disturbing drama about a woman who...  
24/11/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Competition

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