Interviews

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

9027 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 18/09/2026. 607 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Joshua Oppenheimer • Director of The End

“My work finds its truth when we move beyond forms of storytelling that are inherently always fictitious”

Joshua Oppenheimer • Director of The End

The acclaimed Copenhagen-based US filmmaker speaks about his fiction debut, a fierce indictment of our...  

28/03/2025 | /Denmark/Germany/Ireland/Italy/UK/Sweden

Mikael Opstrup • European Documentary Network

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Mikael Opstrup • European Documentary Network

Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries 2013: EDN’s Head of Studies Mikael Opstrup talks about the current...  

05/09/2013

Steve Oram  • Director

“I mourn the fact that great subversive films rarely get made nowadays”

Steve Oram • Director

KARLOVY VARY 2016: Cineuropa sat down with Steve Oram, the director of Aaaaaaaah!, to discuss how he made...  

11/07/2016

Industry report - European Policy

Leonard Orban - European Commissioner for multilingualism

The European policy towards multilingualism  

Thomas Ordonneau  • Distributor

"As freely as possible"

Thomas Ordonneau • Distributor

We met up with Thomas Ordonneau, the manager of Shellac, the co-producer and French distributor of the...  

10/06/2015

Isabel Orellana • Producer, Araucaria Cine

"I don’t believe cinema is an instrument but a medium"

Isabel Orellana • Producer, Araucaria Cine

Interview with Isabel Orellana, producer from Chile, the guest country of the 2019 Emerging Producers...  

05/03/2019 | Emerging Producers 2019

Josué Orellana  • Director of Infortunio

“Thanks to this experience, the idea for my film began to take shape as an extension of my own way of telling stories”

Josué Orellana • Director of Infortunio

We chatted to the Honduran helmer, who participated in this year’s Euro CineLab training programme,...  

20/12/2024 | /El Salvador/Honduras/Panama/Europe

Ann Oren • Director of Objet a

“My film addresses what it means to be a human on this planet right now”

Ann Oren • Director of Objet a

The German director talks to us about her second feature, psychedelia, surrealism and the human connection...  

17/08/2026 | Locarno 2026 | Competition

Ann Oren • Director of Piaffe

"I was very much interested in the psychology of dressage, in the relationship between rider and horse"

Ann Oren • Director of Piaffe

The Israeli-born, Berlin-based filmmaker discusses her formally ambitious first feature film  

15/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Chris Orgelt  • Programme Manager, Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival

"People do not come only for the films, they come for the atmosphere, to have fun and enjoy themselves"

Chris Orgelt • Programme Manager, Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival

09/02/2022 | Euro Film Fest

Damilola Orimogunje • Director of Dear Ajayi

"These two sisters react at the society in their own ways, and for me it was very important not to judge them"

Damilola Orimogunje • Director of Dear Ajayi

VENICE 2026: The director talks about his second feature, set in 1990s Nigeria and centring on two sisters...  

12/09/2026 | Venice 2026 | Giornate degli Autori

Joaquín Oristrell  • Director

“Our work consists of bearing witness to the moment we’re living in”

Joaquín Oristrell • Director

Catalan filmmaker Joaquín Oristrell is on the offensive again with the militant Hablar, a film that...  

11/06/2015

Álfrún Helga Örnólfsdóttir • Director of Band

“This is women embracing failure on stage”

Álfrún Helga Örnólfsdóttir • Director of Band

The Icelandic director invites us to give it up for her very own The Post Performance Blues Band...  

28/04/2022 | Hot Docs 2022

Shooting Stars 2003 - Hungary

Szonja Oroszlán - actress

Oroszlàn came to the forefront of public and industry attention in Hungary’s most popular domestic...  

GoCritic! Interview: Jelena Oroz • Director of short film No Room

“I wanted to step outside of 2D digital animation – it’s my safe place, and I wanted to try something different”

GoCritic! Interview: Jelena Oroz • Director of short film No Room

The Croatian animator talks fast cars, cramped spaces and cinematic revenge during Ljubljana's 21st...  

13/12/2024 | GoCritic! | Animateka 2024

Luis Ortega • Director of Kill the Jockey

“When you take yourself too seriously, you fuck it all up”

Luis Ortega • Director of Kill the Jockey

VENICE 2024: In the Argentinian director’s film, life is dark, and that’s funny – as long as you don’t...  

02/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Competition

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