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 05/05/2025. 661 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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“Bad things can be fun”
Triin Ruumet • Director of Dark ParadiseThe Estonian filmmaker makes a case for facing your fears as she follows two siblings who are dealing with...  
21/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Baltic Film Competition
"A story is all about authenticity – the creation of something unique and meaningful"
Stefan Ruzowitzky  • DirectorThe Chinese Bridging the Dragon market met up with Stefan Ruzowitzky, the director of The Counterfeiters,...  
10/01/2019
"I faced reality with a film"
Stefan Ruzowitzky • DirectorStefan Ruzowitzky • Director Oscar 2008  
22/01/2008
“My protagonist feels the world is twisted and distorted; German Expressionists wanted to communicate the same thing”
Stefan Ruzowitzky • Director of HinterlandSelected for the Piazza Grande section of Locarno, the Austrian helmer’s new film shows the landscape...  
06/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Piazza Grande
Interview - Pesaro Film Festival 2003
Zbigniew Rybczynski - directorRestrospective dedicated to the Polish filmmaker during the 2003 edition the Pesaro International Film...  
“The main interest for me and Sasha was to make those invisible people visible – at least for 98 minutes”
Apolena Rychlíková  • Director of Limits of EuropeThe Czech director delves into her close collaboration with her protagonist as they blew the lid off the...  
05/04/2024 | One World Prague 2024
“I wanted to stick to the truth and talk about a woman who suffered”
Piotr Ryczko  • Director of I Am RENWe talked to Piotr Ryczko, the debuting director of I Am REN, which is about to hit Polish theatres and...  
03/06/2020 | /Poland
"The edit stays as open as it can, and the score informs back on the edit, as does the sound design. You remain constantly open"
Fridtjof Ryder  • Director of InlandThe young British director discusses his dreamlike, Lynchian debut feature, set in Gloucestershire and...  
15/06/2023 | /UK
“Programming is one of the most amazing, but also one of the most difficult, things about film-festival work”
Jason Ryle  • Executive director, imagineNATIVEThe executive, artistic and managing director of the imagineNATIVE festival, Jason Ryle, talks about the...  
20/05/2019 | Euro Film Fest
“After more than 25 years of existence, a ‘first wave’ of Slovak cinema is starting to form”
Matúš Ryšan • Director of Out Of Pure ConscienceWe talked to Slovakian first-time director Matúš Ryšan about his short film Out Of Pure Conscience,...  
01/07/2020 | Future Frames 2020
“Programming a festival such as ours is about a delicate balance”
Karin Rywkind Segal  • Artistic director, DocavivThe Tel Aviv-based festival has had three hybrid editions, each in a new set of extraordinary...  
30/05/2022 | Docaviv 2022
"The ability to question and raise one's voice is crucial for democracy"
Karin Rywkind Segal  • Artistic director, DocavivDocaviv's artistic director talked us through the festival's 23rd edition, unspooling from 1-10 July  
05/07/2021 | Docaviv 2021
"Filmmakers should trust festivals that have a strong, curated programme"
Karin Rywkind Segal • Artistic director, DocavivWe spoke to Docaviv’s artistic director, Karin Rywkind Segal, to find out more about the hybrid version of...  
03/09/2020 | Docaviv 2020
"We are very independent and diverse in our selection"
Karin Rywkind Segal  • Artistic director, DocavivCineuropa visited Israel's biggest documentary event, the Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival...  
28/05/2019 | Docaviv 2019
“Change is always an opportunity for innovation”
Beata Rzeźniczek • Producer, MadantsThe Polish Producer on the Move breaks down her career so far and discusses what she views as the future...  
21/05/2021 | Producers on the Move 2021

“Reality is an idea, a fantasy that people have when they watch a fiction film”

Nicolas Saada • Director

French director Nicolas Saada is screening his second feature, Taj Mahal, in the Global Cinema section of...

20/10/2015

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