Interviews

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

7923 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 04/12/2024. 608 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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“My movie is the cheapest of all the Italian films at the festival”
Pupi Avati • Director of American BackyardVENICE 2024: Well into his seventh decade as a filmmaker, the Italian cinema adventurer’s career choice...  
09/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition
"The fact I went out and studied film and theatre directing, and not law, engineering, economy or medicine, was a somewhat irresponsible gamble"
Irfan Avdić  • Director of PreciousAs his short film Precious prepared to screen at EFP’s Future Frames at Karlovy Vary, we caught up with...  
20/06/2019 | Future Frames 2019
“Having lived on both sides of the Iron Curtain, my character was capable of seeing the big picture”
Maria Averina  • Director of Flying with FinsThe Bulgarian filmmaker shares some insights into her fruitful interaction with Alzek Misheff, the artist...  
19/12/2023 | /Bulgaria
“I’m still searching for ways to explain to my nine-year old son what happened and why”
Jivan Avetisyan • Director of Gate to HeavenArmenia’s Jivan Avetisyan tells us about his latest feature, its exclusion from Moscow Film Festival and...  
26/11/2020 | /Armenia
“The process of building up new Armenian cinema is long-term and is now still at the fermentation stage”
Karen Avetisyan • Artistic director, Golden Apricot International Film FestivalReturning to its original dates in July, Armenia’s major film event places an emphasis on regional cinema,...  
08/07/2022 | Golden Apricot 2022
“So many times, I have felt depressed when I’ve woken up to another sunny day and wished for rain”
Christian Avilés  • Director of Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish HolidaysThe ethereal short, unspooling at Karlovy Vary as part of EFP’s Future Frames, plays with stereotypes as...  
04/07/2023 | Future Frames 2023
“To think about death is to think about life”
Lila Avilés • Director of TótemBERLINALE 2023: The Mexican director finds beauty in last goodbyes  
23/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition
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Yossi Aviram  • DirectorCineuropa met up with the director of La Dune at the Bergamo Film Meeting. Le Pacte will release the...  
“Seeing the reality we are so used to through the eyes of a foreigner was really tempting”
Lachezar Avramov  • Director of A Picture with YukiWe chatted to Lachezar Avramov, a Bulgarian director whose film A Picture with Yuki has just won a Special...  
09/10/2019 | Golden Rose 2019
“Sadism is a good way to talk about the end of morality”
Alexandros Avranas  • DirectorSAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: We talked to Greek director Alexandros Avranas about the sheer extremity of Love Me...  
25/09/2017
“The Greek cinematography industry functions like a lobby”
Alexandros Avranas • DirectorMiss Violence, by Greek director Alexandros Avranas, was presented in several festivals but still awaits...  
22/01/2014
“At some point, given what is happening to the environment, we might all become refugees”
Alexandros Avranas • Director of Quiet LifeVENICE 2024: The Greek director outlines the mysterious syndrome affecting refugee children as well as...  
30/08/2024 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti
“Succesful Film Festival starts from the the programming”
Kerem Ayan  • Istanbul Film FestivalKerem Ayan, Deputy Director at Instanbul Film Festival, is currently in Cannes watching about 6 films per day  
19/05/2022 | Euro Film Fest
“I prefer to show and suggest”
Isabel Ayguavives  • DirectorCineuropa met up with Isabel Ayguavives, the director of The Magnetic Tree, her feature debut  
29/07/2014
"Exploring the battles fought by the silent majority"
Nabil Ayouch • DirectorTORONTO 2017: After the sensational Much Loved, Nabil Ayouch returns to Toronto with Razzia, world...  
12/09/2017
“Not seeing victims only from one side”
Nabil Ayouch • DirectorIn God's Horses, recently awarded two prizes in Namur, director Nabil Ayouch looks at the origins of the...  
08/10/2012

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