Interviews

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

8153 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 25/04/2025. 659 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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“I’ve always been drawn to stories that reveal something unexpected”
Elena Martin • Producer, Manifest FilmThe Romanian producer discusses encouraging people to engage more deeply with the world, finding audiences...  
13/03/2025 | Emerging Producers 2025
“Sexuality is a vital impulse”
Elena Martín Gimeno • Director of CreaturaCANNES 2023: The winner of the Europa Cinemas Label at the festival discusses her second film, which she...  
02/06/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Directors’ Fortnight
“I wanted to play a personal journey and a geographical one against each other”
Jean-Philippe Martin • DirectorWe caught up with director Jean-Philippe Martin, whose first feature film, Sonar, goes on release in Belgium  
07/06/2017
"We had no intention of creating a generational portrait"
Mario Alejandro Arias, Gabriela Alonso and Nicolás Martín • Directors of To Have TimeWith their first feature film, of hybrid genre and the final project of their studies at ECAM, they have...  
17/05/2022 | D'A 2022
"We get close to some people without knowing why"
Alberto Martín Menacho  • Director of Nights Gone ByThe filmmaker from Madrid with a love for Extremadura talks about his first feature-length documentary, in...  
29/09/2023 | San Sebastian 2023 | Zabaltegi-Tabakalera
“I can help artists to realise what they have within themselves”
Philippe Martin  • ProducerCineuropa met up with producer Philippe Martin, head of Les Films Pelléas, a few days ahead of the release...  
15/04/2014
"A Difficult Film to Finance"
Philippe Martin • ProducerFor Les Films Pelléas, the producer of the last three films of the Larrieu brothers, an expression of loyalty  
25/07/2005
“I look forward to the time when a live audience can see our movie"
Adam Martinec  • Director of Anatomy of a Czech AfternoonAdam Martinec, director of Anatomy of a Czech Afternoon, discusses with us about his short film now...  
30/06/2020 | Future Frames 2020
“Humour opens up the audience's heart, making it easier to smuggle in the heavier moments”
Adam Martinec  • Director of Our Lovely Pig SlaughterThe director discusses his use of the pig-slaughter tradition to explore generational and gender tensions,...  
02/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition
European Distributors: Up Next! - Czech Republic
Premysl Martinek • Distributor12/09/2008
"Accepting an order and making it your own"
Emilio Martínez Lázaro • DirectorFollowing the success of his last film, a hilarious musical comedy, Lázaro started to work on a sequel,...  
15/12/2005
"We’ve managed to create a working space where professionals feel comfortable"
Silvia Martínez • Business development manager, Valladolid Trade Fair CentreWe talked to one of the key organisers of this event, which brings together location managers and shooting...  
04/07/2022 | Shooting Locations Marketplace 2022
“I cannot tolerate violence against women in any form”
Maia Martiniak • Director of UnseenCineuropa talks to Slovakian director Maia Martiniak, whose latest, award-winning work, Unseen, looks at...  
02/12/2020 | /Slovakia
“If you are not making arthouse films, people treat you with suspicion”
Sergio Martino  • DirectorCineuropa met up with cult Italian director Sergio Martino, who had a mini-retrospective dedicated to him...  
25/11/2019 | Night Visions 2019
“I want to make visible what we can't see and what lies behind people”
Benjamin Martins  • Director of The Shadow HourAt this year's First Steps Awards, the young German filmmaker received the prize for the best...  
28/06/2021 | /Germany
"I wanted to give a face to the crisis"
Marco Martins • DirectorVENICE 2016: Portuguese director Marco Martins talks about his experience of directing Saint George, which...  
08/09/2016

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