Interviews

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

8193 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 15/05/2025. 661 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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“The way a festival is experienced in a cinema cannot be reproduced outdoors or online”
Csilla Kató and Dumitru Budrala • Head of programming and founding director, Astra Film FestivalWe talked with the founders of Romania’s oldest documentary gathering about the challenges they...  
20/10/2022 | Astra 2022
“It is not enough to have a history; it is more important to be relevant”
Dumitru Budrala  • Founding director, Astra Film FestivalWe chatted to Dumitru Budrala, founding director of the Astra Film Festival, about the relationship...  
24/10/2019 | Astra 2019
"We have retained the same mission since the very first edition – that of curators of reality"
Dumitru Budrala  • Founding director, Astra Film FestivalWith 25 editions of Romania's biggest documentary film festival under his belt, Astra's founding director,...  
17/10/2018 | Astra 2018
“The audience was our main partner”
Dumitru Budrala • President and founder, Astra Film FestivalWe talked to Dumitru Budrala, the president and founder of the Astra Film Festival, about how outdoor...  
15/09/2020 | Astra 2020
“We don’t want to lose a certain atmosphere that encourages communication”
Dumitru Budrala  • President, Astra Film FestivalThe Astra Film Festival’s president, Dumitru Budrala, chatted to Cineuropa about the strengths of...  
24/10/2017
“Documentary is the spearhead of cinema”
Dumitru Budrala  • President, Astra Film FestivalAstra Film Festival’s president, Dumitru Budrala, chatted to Cineuropa about the challenges of organising...  
23/10/2014
“The most important thing is to help companies stay alive after the pandemic”
Florent Bugeau  • Distributor, Rezo FilmsThe head of sales and acquisitions of the French company talks about his concerns about the situation of...  
25/05/2021 | /France
Rezo Films and its “phénomène de l’été”
Florent Bugeau - French distributor of 2 Days in Paris16/10/2007
“We are always treading on quicksand”
Raluca Bugnar  • Coordinator, EducaTIFFThe Transilvania IFF caters to a host of niche audiences, without forgetting about the youngest viewers,...  
15/06/2023 | Transilvania 2023
“It is important to me never to underestimate the audience and to offer them a sophisticated programme”
Vincenzo Bugno  • Artistic director, Bolzano Film Festival BozenThe 37th edition of the festival in South Tyrol is looking beyond borders, as its artistic director explains  
08/04/2024 | /Italy
“Right now, our priority is to reaffirm our existence”
Vincenzo Bugno • Head, World Cinema FundBERLINALE 2025: We talked to the head of the World Cinema Fund about its work, its goals and the upcoming...  
11/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025
"The pandemic taught us something essential, which is that a festival can totally reinvent itself"
Emilie Bujès  • Artistic director, Visions du RéelWe talked to the artistic director of the Swiss festival since 2018  
08/04/2022 | Visions du Réel 2022
"Maintaining a distinctiveness and very high artistic standards"
Emilie Bujès • Artistic director, Visions du RéelCineuropa talked to Emilie Bujès, the new artistic director of Visions du Réel, about the first new...  
02/11/2017
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Ewa Bukowska • DirectorKARLOVY VARY 2018: We have met up with Polish filmmaker Ewa Bukowska to discuss her first feature 53 Wars,...  
12/07/2018 | Karlovy Vary 2018 | East of the West
“I’m interested in demystifying this absurd world we live in”
Enrique Buleo  • Director of Still Life with GhostsThe Spanish filmmaker makes his feature film debut with a collection of stories featuring beings from this...  
07/02/2025 | /Spain/Serbia
"Lake of Death gave me the opportunity to add a more personal touch"
Nini Bull Robsahm • Director of Lake of DeathNorwegian director Nini Bull Robsahm introduces us to Lake of Death, her horror film released in Norway a...  
31/10/2019

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