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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“Being a producer is not a job; it’s a calling”
Tibor Keser • Producer, KOMPOTAccording to the Croatian producer, the boundaries between documentary and fiction are finally starting to...  
14/05/2024 | Producers on the Move 2024
Producer on the Move 2014 – Ireland
John KevilleJohn Keville (SP Films) produced Simon Pummell’s Brand New-U and his next, Pilgrimage, will be underway...  
22/04/2014
“Zako is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit, and the power of art to preserve freedom, humanity and hope”
Tigran Araqelyan, Susanna Khachatryan • Director and producer of ZakoThe director and producer of the project that received the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award at...  
11/03/2025 | Cartoon 2025 | Cartoon Movie
“Cinema challenges audiences, pushing them out of their comfort zones”
Vahagn Khachatryan • Producer, Oolik ProductionsThe Armenian producer discusses what documentary filmmaking is like in a country at the crossroads of...  
03/03/2025 | Emerging Producers 2025
“It's like every government has learned this playbook, a way to delegitimise the peaceful protester”
Rana Kazkaz and Anas Khalaf • Directors of The TranslatorFilmmakers Rana Kazkaz and Anas Khalaf talk to Cineuropa about their debut feature, The Translator,...  
19/11/2020 | Black Nights 2020 | First Feature Competition
“The intention was to create this portrait of what it's like to exist in our late capitalist society”
Naqqash Khalid  • Director of In CameraThe Manchester-based writer-director discusses his debut feature, centred on an actor desperate for a part...  
13/10/2023 | London 2023
“I think with comedy, you can reach people who wouldn't otherwise want to hear stories from a place with such tough issues”
Basil Khalil • Director of A Gaza WeekendIn his first feature, the London-based Palestinian director parodies the situation in Gaza by crafting a...  
19/09/2022 | Toronto 2022 | Discovery
“I try to keep some variety in making films”
Lasha Khalvashi • ProducerCineuropa met up with producer Lasha Khalvashi, Georgia’s 2017 Producer on the Move, to discuss his work...  
15/05/2017
“Moving into production is a great present for our tenth birthday”
Nadia Khamlichi  • ProducerUmedia, the historic Belgian Tax Shelter intermediary, is revving up its international production...  
02/07/2014
"I grew up in a mixed-race family and didn't really know where I fitted into society"
Aleem Khan • Director of After LoveCineuropa met up with Aleem Khan to talk about his debut feature, After Love, awarded the Cannes label...  
27/10/2020 | Rome 2020
“The characters have to live with the unintended consequences of what their parents did”
Hong Khaou  • Director of MonsoonWe sat down with Cambodian-born British director Hong Khaou to unpick his second movie, Monsoon, in...  
08/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | Competition
"We had a responsibility as Belgian filmmakers, we needed to make a film"
José-Luis Peñafuerte, Chergui Kharroubi • DirectorsInterview with Belgian filmmakers José-Luis Peñafuerte and Chergui Kharroubi, whose documentary Molenbeek,...  
06/12/2016
“Imagination helps us navigate reality”
Alireza Khatami  • DirectorVENICE 2017: Iranian filmmaker Alireza Khatami is presenting his debut feature Oblivion Verses in...  
01/09/2017
“I wanted to break away from this cliché that every time you have to reflect, you have to go to a confined, dark space”
Alireza Khatami • Director of The Things You KillThe Canadian-based Iranian director speaks to us about his cast, the emotional challenges he faced in...  
28/01/2025 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition
“When I am in Svaneti, I always come up with good ideas”
Mariam Khatchvani • Founder and artistic director, Svaneti International Film FestivalThe filmmaker talks to us about the future of the festival she created  
18/07/2022 | /Georgia
Interview
Boris Khlebnikov • DirectorKARLOVY VARY 2017: We caught up with Russian director Boris Khlebnikov, who is in the Official Competition...  
03/07/2017 | Karlovy Vary 2017 | Competition 

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