Interviews

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

8165 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 07/05/2025. 664 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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"Time and trust are key elements for capturing real life"
Jean Libon and Yves Hinant • Directors of For a Fistful of FriesWe met with the Belgian directors five years after the success met by So Help Me God in order to discuss...  
18/10/2022 | /France/Belgium
"I want the Locarno Film Festival to be very free in its choices"
Lili Hinstin • Artistic director, Locarno Film FestivalWe met with Locarno Film Festival's new artistic director Lili Hinstin to discuss the 72nd edition of the...  
18/07/2019 | Locarno 2019
“I wanted to blend auteur cinema with the craftsmanship of genre film”
Carlo S Hintermann • Director of The Book of VisionVENICE 2020: We chatted with Carlo S Hintermann about his first fiction feature, The Book of Vision,...  
12/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | International Film Critics’ Week
“In the protective darkness of the smoke sauna, all emotions can come out, and no experience is too harsh or too embarrassing”
Anna Hints • Director of Smoke Sauna SisterhoodWe sat down with the Estonian director to talk about her documentary feature debut and about the...  
23/01/2023 | Sundance 2023 | World Cinema Documentary Competition
"I don’t believe in the free flow of thoughts when it comes to artistic creation"
Kim Hiorthøy • DirectorCineuropa caught up with Norwegian director Kim Hiorthøy, whose debut feature, The Rules for Everything,...  
25/01/2017
“There were some dangerous situations, and I was stunned when I realised that they are part of the everyday life of the people there”
Hogir Hirori • Director of SabayaWe talked to the Swedish director, whose documentary was shown at Sundance, in the World Cinema...  
05/02/2021 | Sundance 2021 | World Cinema Documentary Competition
"Plumbed such depths"
Oliver Hirschbiegel • DirectorArtist, critic and television director and the director of The Downfall, a difficult film which has become...  
02/05/2005
“These women prove that such a world can exist, a world where you can realise your ambitions while also thinking of others”
Aleksandra Hirszfeld • Director of Female EnthusiastsWe talked to the director of a new feminist documentary series that features conversations with 100...  
15/02/2021 | /Poland
"A mix of stories about heritage and resistance in order to talk about living together"
Sarah Hirtt • Director of EscapadaWe spoke to the young Belgian filmmaker Sarah Hirtt, whose first feature film, Escapada comes out in...  
12/03/2019
The question of identity
Dagmar Hirtz • DirectorDagmar Hirtz • Director The question of identity  
20/11/2006
"I wanted to give a certain impact to thinking about life and death"
Valentin Hitz  • DirectorCineuropa talked to Valentin Hitz about his second feature, Hidden Reserves, which was screened at the...  
14/04/2017
“Today’s audiences – especially younger ones – are drawn to authenticity, tonal boldness and emotional precision”
Janne Hjeltnes • Producer, Empathitude PicturesThe Norwegian producer spoke about her newly launched production firm, bold storytelling and challenges of...  
07/05/2025 | Producers on the Move 2025
“I didn't want to compromise the main character’s vision”
Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir  • DirectorTORONTO 2017: Icelandic writer-director Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir talked to us to break down her feature...  
14/09/2017
“We are bringing sci-fi to our region – that’s where we took the biggest risk”
Robert Hloz  • Director of Restore PointIn his debut feature, the Czech director looks to the year 2041, when, if you die an unnatural death, you...  
11/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Special Screenings
“This proletarian type of character, struggling with reality, is my modern hero”
Mehdi Hmili • Director of StreamsWe chatted to the director about his award-winning tale of a female victim of police injustice, who goes...  
07/12/2021 | Cairo 2021
“I wanted the audience to ask themselves questions like: what do I do for my child?”
Erika Hníková • Director of Every Single MinuteThis documentary about a boy being brought up in accordance with the Kameveda method has had its world...  
30/08/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | Competition

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