Interviews

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

9025 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 17/09/2026. 606 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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“The important thing for me was to demystify de Gaulle, to rediscover the man behind the legend”
Antonin Baudry • Director of De GaulleThe French director discusses his ambitious two-part series on General Charles de Gaulle’s years of...  
26/06/2026 | /France/Belgium
Blending tradition with innovation
Christian Bauer • Producer / Director13/04/2006
“There was a lot of prejudice, especially among younger actors, when it came to playing the role of a peasant”
Justine Bauer • Director of Smell of Burnt MilkWe talked to the German helmer about her vision, her work with her actors and the biggest challenges she...  
23/12/2024 | /Germany
"There’s definitely a lack of numbers and business information for investors"
Thierry Baujard  • CEO of peacefulfishCineuropa met up with Thierry Baujard to talk about ENTER Europe, the training programme about financing...  
07/05/2014
“Creating a cross-border forum for dialogue”
Thierry Baujard  • Organiser, 3D Content Financing MarketCineuropa asked Thierry Baujard about the world’s first and only international co-production and financing...  
10/09/2014
Video - Venice Film Festival 2009, Venice Days
Interview with Signe Baumane, director of Teat Beat of SexSigne Baumane presented at the Venice days Teat Beat of Sex, a 15 one-minute animated shorts episodes...  
“The reason I make films is to communicate with people”
Signe Baumane  • DirectorCineuropa spoke with Latvian animator Signe Baumane, who recently screened her first feature film, Rocks...  
26/02/2015
“I do appreciate crowdfunding because it makes the journey of animating for seven years less lonely”
Signe Baumane • Director of My Love Affair With MarriageThe Latvian animator talks about her latest feature, which sets an examination of female rebellion within...  
15/06/2022 | Tribeca 2022
“We produce a lot of movies, but the funding system doesn’t give filmmakers so much creative freedom”
Simone Baumann  • Managing director, German FilmsAs the Cannes Film Festival kicks off, German Films’ managing director, Simone Baumann, discusses the...  
14/05/2019 | Cannes 2019
“This will be the first fiction film directed by a Nicaraguan woman”
Laura Baumeister  • Director of Daughter of RageWe interviewed Nicaraguan director Laura Baumeister, who has just been awarded the EFADs–CAACI...  
30/09/2019 | San Sebastián 2019 | San Sebastián Industry
“We could say that talking about the ‘female gaze’ of women auteurs is another kind of narrative restraint”
Laura Baumeister • Director of What Follows Is My DeathWe talked to the Nicaraguan director, a two-time winner of the DALE! (Latin America-Europe Development)...  
29/09/2025 | San Sebastián 2025 | San Sebastián Industry
"We were focused on how to understand the development of Jonas’s spiral of violence"
Hannes Baumgartner  • DirectorSAN SEBASTIÁN 2018: We spoke to Swiss director Hannes Baumgartner, who explained to us how he built the...  
25/09/2018 | San Sebastián 2018 | New Directors
“I don’t give a shit about categories; ultimately, every idea fits a format”
Piet Baumgartner • Director of Bagger DramaThe Swiss visual artist and director gives us the low-down on his first fiction feature, which he...  
02/10/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | New Directors
"Environmental film festivals are important, they are a necessity and they help to raise awareness"
David Baute  • Artistic Director, FICMECThe head of the programme of the International Environmental Film Festival of the Canary Islands talks...  
17/11/2023 | /Spain
“Our festival and market are a cultural crossroads”
David Baute  • Director, MiradasDocThe documentary film festival in Guía de Isora (Tenerife), a creative and production-orientated bridge...  
07/03/2022 | MiradasDoc 2022
“Benigno speaks of something we all seek: to feel supported and connected to others”
David Baute • Director of BenignoThe Spanish director discusses the origins of the project, its production and the themes running through...  
23/06/2026 | /Spain

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