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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Rita Azevedo Gomes  • Director

“I don’t care who I am any more; I will never find the answer”

Rita Azevedo Gomes • Director

The experienced Portuguese director is picking up an Honorary Mikeldi Award at Zinebi, and we took the...  

17/11/2023 | Zinebi 2023

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Rita Azevedo Gomes • Director

A Woman's Revenge was the only Portuguese production in competition at the 2011 edition of the Lisbon and...  

Rita Azevedo Gomes  • Director of The Portuguese Woman

“You can find an equal amount of truth in Dostoyevsky and in some quality contemporary writing”

Rita Azevedo Gomes • Director of The Portuguese Woman

BERLIN 2019: We caught up with Portugal’s Rita Azevedo Gomes to talk about her interesting casting choices...  

12/02/2019 | Berlinale 2019 | Forum

Faeze Azizkhani  • Director of The Locust

“I watched so many films and found out how everyone could tell their own stories…”

Faeze Azizkhani • Director of The Locust

In this Iranian-German drama, a female scriptwriter faces many obstacles while trying to stay true to her...  

21/03/2022 | SXSW 2022

Brwa Vahabpour, Peiman Azizpour • Director of and actor in My Uncle Jens

"The film talks about how to deal with a feeling of shortcoming or feeling that you're not living up to your assigned role in a society"

Brwa Vahabpour, Peiman Azizpour • Director of and actor in My Uncle Jens

The director and the actor reflect on striking a complex tonal balance with their film, working with...  

12/03/2025 | SXSW 2025

David Azoulay • President of ESRA - École supérieure de réalisation audiovisuelle

“For nearly 50 years, our main mission has been to teach all of the theoretical and practical aspects of the audiovisual industry”

David Azoulay • President of ESRA - École supérieure de réalisation audiovisuelle

Our conversation revolved around the school's primary teaching goals, its degree programmes and the...  

12/04/2021 | /France

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Nomintuya Baasankhuu • Director, Film Nomad

“Thanks to our partnership with the Sundance Institute, we aim to provide our filmmakers with top-tier online training and resources”

Nomintuya Baasankhuu • Director, Film Nomad

In 2023, Cineuropa participated in Film Nomad, the first training and coaching programme for Mongolian...  

27/05/2024 | /Mongolia

Nomintuya Baasankhuu  • Founding director, Film Nomad

“Film Nomad will continue to provide invaluable support to both emerging and established filmmakers in Mongolia”

Nomintuya Baasankhuu • Founding director, Film Nomad

The founding director details the young film-development initiative, which aims to establish cooperation...  

11/10/2023 | /Mongolia

Shooting Star 2010 - Norway

Anders Baasmo Christiansen - Actor

Norwegian Shooting Star 2010 confesses what he likes the most about acting: "I love diving into...  

Otilia Babara • Director of Love Is Not an Orange

“This is why the archive footage was so powerful: it makes it clear that this is not a one-off story”

Otilia Babara • Director of Love Is Not an Orange

In her first feature-length documentary, the Moldovan director tells the story of her fellow countrywomen...  

20/10/2022 | DOK Leipzig 2022

"Tipping from innocence to nightmare "

Gela Babluani • Director

A meeting with a young filmmaker with an explosive talent, coldly dissecting human violence  

30/01/2006

Tamara Babun  • Producer

"A producer should always be daring"

Tamara Babun • Producer

Tamara Babun, Emerging Producer 2016 from Croatia, represents production company Factum - and talks to us  

08/03/2016

Brussels Film Festival 2010

Claudio Casadio and Simone Bachini • actor and producer

The Man Who Will Come won the Audience Award at the festival in the Belgian capital.  

Producer on the move 2010 – Italy

Simone Bachini

05/05/2010

The Algeria of Rachida

Yamina Bachir Chouikh • Director

The director talks about her directorial debut with a film about terrorism and fundamentalism "This is a...  

25/03/2003

Maria Bäck  • Director of Psychosis in Stockholm

“You get used to navigating chaos”

Maria Bäck • Director of Psychosis in Stockholm

Cineuropa met up with Maria Bäck, the director of this year’s Göteborg opening film, Psychosis in...  

28/01/2020 | Göteborg 2020

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