Interviews

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

8168 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 08/05/2025. 660 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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“Initially, we said: ‘Wouldn’t it be cool to have an algorithm tell us what to do with our life?’”
Dennis Stormer, Marisa Meier  • Director and producer of Youth TopiaWe talked to the director and producer behind this year’s Zurich Audience Award winner, in which kids just...  
04/10/2021 | Zurich 2021
A producer with an international outlook
Pierre-Alain Meier • ProducerAn international producer who has made films worldwide, Pierre-Alain Meier is back in Switzerland with A...  
24/05/2007
Swiss cinema at its peak
Ursula Meier • DirectorCineuropa met the French-Swiss director awarded in Berlin for Sister.  
22/03/2012
A road movie in reverse
Ursula  Meier • DirectorInterview with a director who favours the mixing of genres and analyses the inner workings of her...  
14/10/2008
Home, a road movie in reverse
Ursula Meier • DirectorUrsula Meier • Director Home, a road movie in reverse  
15/05/2008
“Usually in cinema, violence is shown through male protagonists, and when there are women, they’re mostly teenagers”
Ursula Meier • Director of The LineBERLINALE 2022: The French-Swiss director’s tragicomedy deals with the representation of female violence,...  
18/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition
“Our market backs ambitious projects by authors with a unique artistic vision”
Gudula Meinzolt • Director of the DOCM at Visions du RéelCineuropa caught up with Gudula Meinzolt, director of the DOCM (Doc Outlook-International Market) at the...  
21/04/2017
“There is reason to believe that European features will also be important parts of platform content strategies in years to come”
Roderik Smits, Christopher Meir • Lecturers, Carlos III University of MadridThe two lecturers break down their edited collection of essays titled European Cinema in the Streaming Era  
13/05/2024 | /Europe
“The whole idea of tradition and a church is supposed to connect you to God and not to people in society”
Fernando Meirelles  • Director of The Two PopesCineuropa met up with director Fernando Meirelles in London to talk about the star-studded The Two Popes  
29/11/2019
"My film tells a story of tragic fate in an era where love is treated as crime"
Sebastian Meise  • Director of Great FreedomCANNES 2021: The Austrian director discusses homosexuality, post-war Germany and his film, one of the...  
13/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Un Certain Regard
“This role allows me to bring together all the passions and skills I’ve cultivated over the last 20-25 years”
Tanja Meissner • Director, Berlinale ProBERLINALE 2025: The new industry head discusses the events and opportunities awaiting professionals...  
11/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | EFM
Memento Films International continues to focus on ambitions
Tanja Meissner  • ExporterCineuropa spoke to Memento Films International's Tanja Meissner: focus on the line-up and international...  
29/01/2015
One little indian, two features
Franziska Meletzky • Director16/06/2008
"I’ve never done a shoot before that’s given me so much back"
Fernand Melgar  • DirectorCineuropa met up with Fernand Melgar at the Solothurn Film Festival, where his film At the Philosophers'...  
01/02/2018 | Solothurn 2018
"My movies are an existential questioning that I try to subscribe to"
Fernand Melgar  • DirectorCineuropa met up with Swiss filmmaker Fernand Melgar, who returns to Locarno to enlighten again, through...  
15/08/2014
"Europe is turning into a huge prison"
Fernand Melgar • DirectorFernand Melgar presented his controversial documentary Special Flight, about illegal immigration in...  
29/11/2011

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