Interviews

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

8160 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 03/05/2025. 661 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Carlo D’Ursi  • President, Madrid Audiovisual Association

“Our lineup is a testament to our belief that talent knows no gender”

Carlo D’Ursi • President, Madrid Audiovisual Association

The president of the organising body behind the Ventana CineMad International Co-production Forum and...  

02/11/2023 | /Spain

Carlo D’Ursi  • Producer

“I want culture to be a pivotal element on both a national and a European level”

Carlo D’Ursi • Producer

Carlo D’Ursi, who heads up Potenza Producciones, has made a name for himself in Spain by producing films...  

16/05/2017

Maya Kosa and Sérgio da Costa • Directors of Bird Island

"Contradiction is our mechanism, and it becomes absurd"

Maya Kosa and Sérgio da Costa • Directors of Bird Island

At the 9th edition of Lanzarote’s Muestra Internacional de Cine, Maya Kosa and Sérgio da Costa are...  

29/11/2019 | Lanzarote 2019

Basil da Cunha  • Director

“Reality always has to be stronger than cinema”

Basil da Cunha • Director

Cineuropa met up Basil da Cunha, with the young director of the astounding After the Night during the “Les...  

18/03/2014

Basil Da Cunha  • Director of Manga D’Terra

"I made a musical that pays homage to a type of music which does not get the recognition it deserves"

Basil Da Cunha • Director of Manga D’Terra

The Swiss-Portuguese director, whose film pays homage to the women of the Reboleira neighbourhood, talks...  

14/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Basil Da Cunha  • Director of O fim do mundo

"I didn’t arrive in Reboleira thinking ‘I’m a director’. I was first accepted and respected as a person"

Basil Da Cunha • Director of O fim do mundo

Swiss and Portuguese director Basil Da Cunha tells us about his latest film O fim do mundo, screened in...  

19/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Competition

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Pandora da Cunha Telles - Ukbar Filmes

Cineuropa met with Pandora da Cunha Telles, Ukbar Filmes, at the Rome Film Market "The Business Street"  

Sandra da Fonseca • Producer

"Young Italian filmmakers are a rare find"

Sandra da Fonseca • Producer

We met up with the French producer Sandra da Fonseca at the Cinemed Meetings to talk about the project...  

23/10/2018 | Cinemed 2018 | Industry

Maya Da-Rin • Director of The Fever

“Cinema has the propensity to exoticize indigenous peoples”

Maya Da-Rin • Director of The Fever

Brazilian director Maya Da-Rin tells us about her debut feature, The Fever, selected in competition in Locarno  

12/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Competition

François Da Silva • Producer

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François Da Silva • Producer

CANNES NEXT: Cineuropa talked to François Da Silva, producer of India’s biggest movie project Baahubali,...  

15/05/2016

Joost Daamen  • Head of programme, IDFA

“This year’s films and themes are broader, although the personal sphere may still be a starting point”

Joost Daamen • Head of programme, IDFA

The head of programme of the world’s largest doc festival talks us through this year’s line-up, its new...  

08/11/2023 | IDFA 2023

Cherien Dabis • Director

Venice Days 2013

Cherien Dabis • Director

Palestinian American director Cherien Dabis presented her film May In the Summer at Venice Days 2013.  

01/09/2013

Cherien Dabis • Director of All That's Left of You

“One of my deepest desires with this film from the beginning has always been to create something that has the power to heal”

Cherien Dabis • Director of All That's Left of You

The Palestinian-Jordanian-US director talks about production design, family histories and generating...  

26/01/2025 | Sundance 2025 | Premieres

Zeynep Dadak • Director of Electric Sleep

“People are more interested in hybrid genre films than ever before”

Zeynep Dadak • Director of Electric Sleep

We talked to Zeynep Dadak, the winner of the Eurimages Co-production Development Award for Best Project at...  

01/12/2020 | Black Nights 2020 | Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event

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UmutDağ • Director

Austrian director Umut Dag talks about his first feature, Kuma, the story of a young woman who is married...  

20/04/2012

Video - Venice Film Festival 2009, Venice Days

Interview with Yannick Dahan & Benjamin Rocher, directors of La Horde

La HordeRelease in France on February 10  

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