Interviews

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

9036 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 23/09/2026. 611 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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"The societal change has opened up a void"
Samm Haillay • ProducerBusy British producer of Newcastle-based Third Films set to make a splash on the Lido  
27/08/2014
Producers on the Move 2011 – United Kingdom
Samm Haillay • Third FilmsProducer and part time teacher Samm Haillay parlayed his company Third Film into a major player on the...  
02/05/2011
“A great piece of cinema will stir a movement in people; an emotion, or a question”
Charlotte Hailstone • Producer, Hailstone FilmsThe 2022 Emerging Producer from Scotland shares her experiences in documentary filmmaking and her future...  
01/03/2022 | Emerging Producers 2022
“The film industry in Armenia has historically been dominated by men, but in the past half-decade, there has been a drastic shift”
Nare Leone Ter-Gabrielyan, Sareen Hairabedian  • DirectorsThe two filmmakers break down what it’s like being women in the Armenian film industry, their latest works...  
05/04/2024 | /Armenia
Producers on the move 2008 - Poland
Grzegorz Hajdarowicz30/04/2008
Interview
Szabolcs Hajdu  • DirectorWe talked to Hungarian filmmaker Szabolcs Hajdu at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2016 about...  
06/07/2016
Berlinale 2010
Szabolcs Hajdu - director
"The ocean is there in a single drop of water"
Szabolcs Hajdu • DirectorSzabolcs Hajdu’s third feature was selected at the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes, following a Best...  
16/11/2007
“We go where the audiences are”
Szabolcs Hajdu  • Director of Kalman's DayThe Hungarian director has made a new chamber film about the nature of relationships, which he himself...  
16/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Critics’ Picks
Sarajevo Film Festival 2010, Cineuropa Prize
Szabolcs Hajdu • director, Orsolya Török-Illyés, actress, Andrea Taschler, executive producerThe director, the main actress and the executive producer of Bibliothèque Pascal interviewed after the...  
“In documentaries we have more creative freedom than in the fiction world”
Pasi Hakkio  • Producer, Wacky Tie FilmsThe Emerging Producer from Finland talks about how he tries to make films about themes that are important...  
20/03/2023 | Emerging Producers 2023
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Grimur Hakonarson  • DirectorCANNES 2015: Cineuropa met up with Icelandic director Grimur Hakonarson to talk about Rams, winner of the...  
16/05/2015
“Corruption is part of this community’s life”
Grímur Hákonarson  • Director of The CountyWe chatted to Icelandic writer-director Grímur Hákonarson, whose third feature, The County, was presented...  
11/09/2019 | Toronto 2019 | Contemporary World Cinema
"I find the environment of male striptease to be a good metaphor for a film about a search for identity and an exploration of vanity"
Terézia Halamová • Director of Dog and WolfAfter being a part of Karlovy Vary's Talent Pool initiative, the Slovak director returns to the festival...  
07/07/2025 | Future Frames 2025
“We are making a film about intimacy without any explicit sex scenes”
Terézia Halamová • Director of The Hour Between Dog and WolfThe winner of the Cineuropa Work in Progress Award in the Febiofest Industry Days talks about exploring...  
08/04/2026 | Febiofest Bratislava 2026 | Febiofest Industry Days
“Children should be taken seriously”
Mascha Halberstad • Director of Fox and Hare Save the ForestBERLINALE 2024: The Dutch director breaks down her new film, in which weird twists abound and Apocalypse...  
16/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Generation

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