Interviews

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

8174 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 09/05/2025. 666 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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“Our idea was to make a road movie, a bit in the style of Twin Peaks, with the protagonist meeting some strange people”
Håvard Bustnes • Director of Phantoms of the Sierra MadreThe Norwegian director assures us that everything we see in his surprising and twist-laden documentary...  
22/03/2024 | CPH:DOX 2024
“Albanian cinema needs to open up to international co-productions”
Ilir Butka  • Chairman, Albanian National Center of CinematographyWe discussed the recent evolution of Albanian cinema and the benefits of the Balkan Film Market with...  
11/10/2017
"This year we had the biggest Lithuanian delegation at the Berlinale"
Dovile Butnoriute • Head of Department of Film Promotion, Lithuanian Film CentreBERLIN 2019: We had a chance to chat with Lithuanian Film Centre's Head of Department of Film Promotion...  
21/02/2019 | Berlinale 2019 | EFM
“To promote Anatomy of a Fall, we purchased a lot of advertising space at the beginning of the major national true crime podcasts”
Stefano Finesi and Gianluca Buttari • Distributors, Teodora FilmThe two representatives of the Roman outfit talked to us about their arthouse distribution work, as well...  
02/05/2024 | Distributor of the Month
“AJD Industry Days brings a whole spectrum of stories from countries we have not heard from before”
Rudy Buttignol • Moderator of Main Pitch and Work in Progress sections, AJD Industry DaysThe independent broadcasting executive with over five decades of experience talks to us about his work at...  
13/09/2022 | AJB DOC 2022
“Humans are too complex to be able to choose between two sides; we have to learn to combine different identities”
Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay  • Director of OrayWe chatted to German filmmaker of Turkish heritage Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay about his Cineuropa...  
16/03/2020 | Mons 2020
Shooting Stars 2010 - Poland
Agata Buzek - actressPolish audiences have considered her a star since she played Sabina in Borys Lankosz’s The Reverse, which...  
Like an English lady
Agata Buzek  • Shooting Star 2010, Poland28/01/2010
“We want to make an impact by making environmentally friendly work in the art department one of the focuses of the training”
Domante Urmonaitė and Ieva Bužinskaitė • Art Department MasterclassWe spoke to two employees of Art Department Masterclass to get the low-down on their educational programme...  
27/04/2022 | /Lithuania
"Durak (The Fool) is not the full picture of Russia, even though it is most of it"
Yury Bykov  • DirectorCineuropa speaks to Russian director Yury Bykov, whose works are always characterized by a criticism of...  
12/08/2014
Interview
Darragh Byrne • DirectorParked by Irish director Darragh Byrne is the story of a homeless person, a drug abuser and a music...  
28/06/2011
“For me, making films means touching people”
Eileen Byrne • Director of The Mariana TrenchThe Luxembourgish director discusses her first feature, based on Jasmin Schreiber’s best-selling novel, as...  
06/02/2025 | /Luxembourg/Italy/Austria
“I was absolutely amazed by the connection my actors had and the emotions that were already palpable”
Eileen Byrne  • Director of Touch MeAs her short film Touch Me prepared to screen at EFP’s Future Frames at Karlovy Vary, we caught up with...  
24/06/2019 | Future Frames 2019

“It has never been so easy to make films and it has never been so difficult to show them”
Jorge Caballero • Producer, Gusano FilmsThe Spanish producer selected for the 2021 Emerging Producers discusses the role of documentaries in our...  
24/02/2021 | Emerging Producers 2021
“Cinema is suffering under the yoke of narrative”
Sergio Caballero  • DirectorSergio Caballero, awarded in Rotterdam with Finisterrae, competes in Sitges with The Distance, a film...  
09/10/2014
“For me, constructing a film is similar to composing music”
Pedro Cabeleira  • DirectorLOCARNO 2017: Cineuropa talks to young Portuguese director Pedro Cabeleira about making his film, Damned...  
04/08/2017

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