Interviews

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

7843 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 30/10/2024. 599 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Floor van der Meulen • Director of Pink Moon

“We no longer know if we should laugh or cry about it. But that’s life, isn’t it?”

Floor van der Meulen • Director of Pink Moon

The Dutch filmmaker talks to us about her Tribeca-awarded film, which is now in competition at Les Arcs...  

14/12/2022 | Les Arcs 2022

Melissa van der Schoor  • Content manager, IFFR Unleashed

“Unleashed gives independent filmmakers a proactive way to find a new audience”

Melissa van der Schoor • Content manager, IFFR Unleashed

We chatted to Melissa van der Schoor, content manager of IFFR Unleashed, about what the festival’s new...  

31/01/2018 | IFFR 2018

Guido van der Werve • Director of The Breath of Life

“Cinema is a solution to what I want to do, and that is to touch people”

Guido van der Werve • Director of The Breath of Life

We spoke to the Dutch director about his intimate self-portrait, in which he processes a dramatic life...  

08/02/2023 | IFFR 2023 | Tiger Competition

Leonardo van Dijl • Director of Julie Keeps Quiet

“The challenge for me was to make the silence loud”

Leonardo van Dijl • Director of Julie Keeps Quiet

CANNES 2024: The director unpicks his first feature, an intimate portrait of a young tennis player who has...  

18/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Critics’ Week

Jaco van Dormael  • Director

"Spending time on a set with your friends is a fantastic job"

Jaco van Dormael • Director

CANNES 2015: Belgian director Jaco van Dormael sat down with Cineuropa following the world premiere of his...  

22/05/2015

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Jaco Van Dormael • Director

Belgian director Jaco Van Dormael talks about his most experimental film, Mr. Nobody  

Accident and choice

Jaco Van Dormael • Director

Cinergie met with the Belgian director of Toto the Hero and The Eighth Day, while he was in the middle of...  

23/06/2007

Els van Driel  • Co-director of The Mind Game

“We hope to give faces and voices to the many untold stories of suffering involving people on the move”

Els van Driel • Co-director of The Mind Game

One of the co-directors delves into her documentary revolving around the two-year odyssey of a young...  

26/10/2023 | Human Rights Film Festival Berlin 2023

“The film explains less than the original comic”

Guidovan Driel • Director

Dutch graphic novelist Guido van Driel adapted one of his own works for his first feature project: The...  

18/02/2013

Amélie van Elmbt  • Director

"My work is based on meetings that occur both in fiction and in real life"

Amélie van Elmbt • Director

We met up with Belgian director Amélie van Elmbt, whose latest film The Elephant and the Butterfly comes...  

22/11/2017

Jan-Willem van Ewijk  • Director

“When I shoot, I look for real things”

Jan-Willem van Ewijk • Director

Cineuropa caught up with Jan-Willem van Ewijk ahead of the Dutch release of his second feature, Atlantic.  

24/02/2015

Jan-Willem van Ewijk • Director of Alpha.

"I was interested in the concept of one person dominating another, while nature dominates everybody"

Jan-Willem van Ewijk • Director of Alpha.

VENICE 2024: The Dutch director talks to us about his Europa Cinemas Label winner, in which the unresolved...  

09/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Clara van Gool  • Director of The Beast in the Jungle

“You can evoke more passion with a dance move than you can with a dialogue”

Clara van Gool • Director of The Beast in the Jungle

We chatted to Dutch director Clara van Gool to get the low-down on her IFFR-screened The Beast in the...  

31/01/2019 | IFFR 2019 | Limelight

Felix Van Groeningen • Director

"A microcosm that shows us the changes underway in society"

Felix Van Groeningen • Director

Cineuropa caught up with Felix van Groeningen, who recently won the Prize for Best Director at Sundance...  

23/02/2016

Felix Van Groeningen  • Director

“People understood the purpose of the film – and they endorsed it”

Felix Van Groeningen • Director

Felix Van Groeningen’s fourth film and LUX Prize 2013 laureate The Broken Circle Breakdown, is one of the...  

21/01/2014

Felix Van Groeningen • Director

LUX Prize 2013

Felix Van Groeningen • Director

Belgian director Felix Van Groeningen’s fourth feature The Broken Circle Breakdown is competing for the...  

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