Interviews

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

8226 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 23/05/2025. 660 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Aude Léa Rapin • Director of Planet B

“In Planet B, people don’t talk; they act”

Aude Léa Rapin • Director of Planet B

VENICE 2024: In her 2039-set feature, starring Adèle Exarchopoulos, the French director brings science...  

29/08/2024 | Venice 2024 | International Film Critics’ Week

Video - France Cinema 2003, Florence

Jean-Paul Rappeneau - director of Bon Voyage

French director is interviewed during the France Cinema 2003 in Florence  

Mohamed Rashad • Director of The Settlement

“This man was building his future on the death of his father”

Mohamed Rashad • Director of The Settlement

BERLINALE 2025: The Alexandria-based filmmaker breaks down his narrative debut, which was born of a...  

19/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Perspectives

Elio Germano, Omar Rashid   • Directors of Segnale d'allarme - La mia battaglia

"We create a virtual theatre with the headsets, but there's much more to it than just filming a play"

Elio Germano, Omar Rashid • Directors of Segnale d'allarme - La mia battaglia

VENICE 2019: We spoke to Elio Germano and Omar Rashid about their VR film Segnale d'allarme - La mia...  

01/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Giornate degli Autori

Xavier Henry Rashid • Sales agent, Film Republic

"With Brexit, we have to reevaluate if we stay a UK company or not"

Xavier Henry Rashid • Sales agent, Film Republic

BERLIN 2019: We chatted with Xavier Henry Rashid, sales agent at British company Film Republic, at the...  

22/02/2019 | Berlinale 2019 | EFM

Nina Vindum Rasmussen • Researcher, London School of Economics and Political Science

"Increased transparency would strengthen the sustainability of the sector in the long run"

Nina Vindum Rasmussen • Researcher, London School of Economics and Political Science

The scholar breaks down on one of her recent journal articles, which examines how screen workers interact...  

14/08/2024 | /Europe

Mohammad Rasoulof • Director of The Seed of the Sacred Fig

“My collaborators are the victims of a slow form of torture”

Mohammad Rasoulof • Director of The Seed of the Sacred Fig

The Iranian director fills us in on the background to his Cannes-awarded film as well as on the current...  

15/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Piazza Grande

Pen-ek Ratanaruang • Director

Interview

Pen-ek Ratanaruang • Director

VENICE 2017: Thai filmmaker Pen-ek Ratanaruang is presenting Samui Song, his new film co-produced with...  

30/08/2017

Sonia Otto, Arek Gielnik and Dietmar Ratsch • Producers, Indi Film

“We have created a special niche for ourselves in the German documentary landscape”

Sonia Otto, Arek Gielnik and Dietmar Ratsch • Producers, Indi Film

German Films interviewed Sonia Otto, Arek Gielnik and Dietmar Ratsch of Indi Film to know more about their...  

28/12/2018

Milo Rau • Director of The New Gospel

"The first black Jesus film in the European film history"

Milo Rau • Director of The New Gospel

VENICE 2020: With The New Gospel, Swiss director Milo Rau adapts the Bible to the present day, depicting...  

08/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | Giornate degli Autori

Ilja Rautsi  • Director of The Night of the Living Dicks

“Horror needs to feel physical”

Ilja Rautsi • Director of The Night of the Living Dicks

Cineuropa chatted to writer-director Ilja Rautsi, who is about to blow existing ideas about Finnish cinema...  

27/03/2020 | /Finland/Denmark

Alessandro Ravani • Commercial Director, RAI Com

“Technology can never replace human connections in various international markets”

Alessandro Ravani • Commercial Director, RAI Com

On the occasion of the beginning of MIPCOM in Cannes, the man responsible for the sale of RAI content...  

17/10/2022 | /Italy

“I like unlucky people”

Rolando Ravello • Director

Admired cinema and television actor Rolando Ravello takes his first steps behind the recording camera with...  

22/02/2013

Francine H Raveney  • Audiovisual consultant/EWA Network head of public relations

“Women directors represent only one in every five films – we want to see a change”

Francine H Raveney • Audiovisual consultant/EWA Network head of public relations

At the Berlin Film Festival, Cineuropa had a chat with Francine H Raveney, of the EWA Network, to discover...  

03/03/2016

Imanol Rayo  • Director of Death Knell

"My film eschews the commonplace"

Imanol Rayo • Director of Death Knell

We chatted to Imanol Rayo at San Sebastián after he presented his second film, Death Knell, which glides...  

28/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | New Directors

Julien Razafindranaly • Sales agent, Films Boutique

“Our work has changed, but it does so all the time because the way movies are being shown keeps on changing”

Julien Razafindranaly • Sales agent, Films Boutique

The French sales agent talked us through the company’s editorial policy and its efforts to reconcile...  

14/02/2023 | /Germany/France

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