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. 660 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Jaisia Figueroa • Director

“Producing films in the context of diversity and minorities is complex and difficult; you need to create a form of networking that includes a shared interest”

Jaisia Figueroa • Director

The filmmaker breaks down her experience at the most recent San Sebastián Film Festival, as part of the...  

20/03/2025 | /Spain/Latin America

Lucas Figueroa  • Director of Renaceres

“A mask forces us to pay close attention to someone’s gaze”

Lucas Figueroa • Director of Renaceres

Argentinian filmmaker Lucas Figueroa filmed Madrid in the time of Covid-19 for Renaceres, a cinematic poem...  

17/12/2020 | /Spain

Valerio Filardo • Project Coordinator, Lovers Goes Industry

“The new challenge for LGBTQI+-themed films is to think about domestic consumption as early on as in the conception and writing phase”

Valerio Filardo • Project Coordinator, Lovers Goes Industry

The third edition of the LGBTQI+ industry days, linked to Turin’s Lovers Film Festival, will unspool on 29...  

25/04/2022 | Lovers 2022 | Lovers Goes Industry

"I was inspired by Death in Venice, but this isn’t ‘gay cinema’”

Marco Filiberti • Regista

05/09/2009

José Filipe Costa  • Director of Our Father – The Last Days of a Dictator

“A lot of it was about the everyday life of fascism and the small things, not the big picture”

José Filipe Costa • Director of Our Father – The Last Days of a Dictator

The Portuguese director spoke to us about relationships of power and how his new film has taken on fresh...  

07/02/2025 | IFFR 2025 | Big Screen Competition

Gracija Filipovic  • Actress

"At first I was terrified, but then I realised this is a great chance to gain experience"

Gracija Filipovic • Actress

BERLINALE 2022: The Croatian actress, who starred in this year's Caméra d'Or winner Murina, tells us more...  

23/02/2022 | European Shooting Stars 2022

Stevan Filipović  • Director

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Stevan Filipović • Director

Cineuropa met up with Stevan Filipović at the Sarajevo Film Festival to talk about his feature, Next To Me  

20/08/2015

Francesca Palleschi and Ayumi Filippone • Project Manager at Alliance4Development and Matchmaker at Match Me!, Locarno Pro

“Collaboration with partners is essential at all stages of our programme”

Francesca Palleschi and Ayumi Filippone • Project Manager at Alliance4Development and Matchmaker at Match Me!, Locarno Pro

The two heads expanded on the goals and working methods involved in the industry initiatives planned for...  

03/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Locarno Pro

Árni Filippusson

Producer on the Move 2014 – Iceland

Árni Filippusson

Cineuropa met up with Iceland's Producer on the Move, Árni Filippusson, of Mystery Productions, to discuss...  

14/05/2014

Luciana Fina • Director of Sempre

"The Carnation Revolution constitutes perhaps the best moment in Portugal's history"

Luciana Fina • Director of Sempre

VENICE 2024: The Italian director talks about her documentary, which revisits 25 April 1974 and bears...  

11/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

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La finestra di fronte: the cast

Meeting with the cast during the press conference for the presentation of the film La finestra di fronte  

Nora Fingscheidt  • Director of System Crasher

“I’d always wanted to tell a story about a wild little girl”

Nora Fingscheidt • Director of System Crasher

BERLIN 2019: After the premiere of System Crasher in competition, German director Nora Fingscheidt tells...  

10/02/2019 | Berlinale 2019 | Competition

Nora Fingscheidt • Director of The Outrun

“It becomes a massive responsibility to make a film about a real person’s life”

Nora Fingscheidt • Director of The Outrun

The German filmmaker touched upon the movie’s adaptation process and her work with actress Saoirse Ronan  

24/01/2024 | Sundance 2024 | Premieres

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Emmanuel Finkiel • Director

"I play the card of total subjectivity"

Emmanuel Finkiel • Director

We met up with French director Emmanuel Finkiel at Les Arcs European Film Festival to talk about his...  

21/12/2017

Lorcan Finnegan • Director of The Surfer

“The surfer’s psychological journey is also a bit like therapy for people struggling with having lost their childhood home”

Lorcan Finnegan • Director of The Surfer

The Irish filmmaker discusses his mystery-thriller, how he created the character with Nicolas Cage and his...  

22/04/2025 | BIFFF 2025

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