Interviews

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

8246 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 27/05/2025. 671 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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"I love observing conversations and people’s exchanges"
Mateo Ybarra • Director of Summer CampThe director explains why he’s fascinated by groups and by the utopias which unfold within fleeting...  
07/02/2025 | IFFR 2025 | Bright Future
"I was interested in showing how much more responsible a 12-year-old can be than an adult"
Maja-Ajmia Yde Zellama • Director of Têtes BrûléesBERLINALE 2025: The young filmmaker chatted with us about her first feature film, which paints the...  
28/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Generation
Interview - Venice Days 2011
Lou Ye • DirectorChinese director Lou Ye adapted Jie Liu-falin's novel "Bitch”. Shot in Paris, Love and Bruises centres on...  
“I wanted to show the behaviour of the Chinese towards life, death and love”
Yé Yé  • Director of H6CANNES 2021: The Chinese-French director breaks down her new documentary film, which she shot in a large...  
11/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Special Screenings
“As human beings and as artists, we have the freedom to resist the realities in our region by means of creative work”
Sigal Yehuda • Founder and executive director, Close-UpWe chatted to the founder and executive director of this international co-production programme for...  
01/12/2021 | /Belgium/Middle East/Africa
“We live in a period of slow decay, and the smell won’t go away any time soon”
Emre Yeksan • DirectorVENICE 2017: After a lengthy development process, Emre Yeksan’s feature debut, The Gulf, has been...  
04/09/2017
“You must express your ideas in a universal language if you want to be heard”
Andrey Yermak  • ProducerAt the recent Odesa International Film Festival, Cineuropa chatted to producer Andrey Yermak, who staged...  
27/07/2017
“Strong stories that have an international scope, told by talented filmmakers, are still needed”
Olena Yershova Yıldız • Head, Antalya Film ForumWe talked to Olena Yershova Yıldız, head of the Antalya Film Forum, to get an overview of the Turkish...  
02/10/2020 | Antalya 2020 | Antalya Film Forum
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Adilkhan Yerzhanov • DirectorCANNES 2018: Kazakh filmmaker Adilkhan Yerzhanov talked to us about his new film, The Gentle Indifference...  
24/05/2018 | Cannes 2018 | Un Certain Regard
“You have to love and accept yourself in the first place in order to be able to give love and respect to others in return”
CB Yi • Director of MoneyboysCANNES 2021: The Taiwanese-Austrian director presents a drama about male prostitution in the Un Certain...  
17/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Un Certain Regard
“I like the role I have as a cinematographer and I want to make films with others, not alone”
Jieun Yi  • CinematographerThe cinematographer, who studied at the Babelsberg‘s Konrad Wolf Film University, talks about working with...  
14/04/2021 | /Germany
"I very much want to rely on the visual language, rather than on dialogues"
Diao Yinan • Director of The Wild Goose LakeCANNES 2019: We met up with Chinese filmmaker Diao Yinan, who is participating for the first time in the...  
21/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Competition
Interview - Venice Days 2014
So Yong Kim  • DirectorVENICE 2014: The director of Korean heritage So Yong Kim has made the seventh short film in the Miu Miu...  
28/08/2014
"My intention was to create a sort of documentary-like style"
Phillip Youmans • Director of Burning CaneVENICE 2019: We spoke to US director Phillip Youmans, whose astonishing debut film, Burning Cane, had its...  
04/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Giornate degli Autori
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Ben Young • DirectorVENICE 2016: Australian director Ben Young is in the Venice Days with his feature debut, psychological...  
01/09/2016
"The idea is to respond to what is going on"
Neil Young  • Programmer, EFF PalićCineuropa met up with the new EFF Palić programmer, British film critic Neil Young, to ask him about the...  
23/07/2018 | Palić 2018

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