Interviews

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

9029 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 22/09/2026. 607 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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“I wanted the landscape that is portrayed in the film to potentially be everyone’s - a landscape of the soul”
Salvatore Mereu • Director of Wandering TreesThe director talks about his movie, centred on three very different families who come together and clash...  
12/08/2026 | Locarno 2026 | Competition
“In some ways, my film is like a nature documentary: you show how little people live, how the world affects them and how they affect the world”
Rasmus Merivoo • Director of KrattWe talked to the Estonian director about his film, which is really for the whole family, even though...  
10/08/2021 | Fantasia 2021
“Applicants should have a clear sense of where they stand in their careers and what they are looking for next”
Katrin Merkel • Head of studies, Serial EyesWe spoke with the expert about the type of talents Serial Eyes is looking for and how the training...  
06/03/2026 | /Europe
“It’s like the city is screaming and falling apart at the same time”
Noémie Merlant • Director of The BalconettesCANNES 2024: The French actress-writer-director breaks down her sophomore directorial feature, about three...  
22/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Midnight Screenings
"Shattering the stereotypical image of the butch female cop in a leather jacket"
Frédéric  Mermoud  • DirectorAfter several acclaimed shorts, Swiss-born, French-based director Frédéric Mermoud has made an impressive...  
14/10/2010
"I neither hate nor sympathise with the characters"
Mehmet Can Mertoglu • DirectorCANNES 2016: Young Turkish filmmaker Mehmet Can Mertoglu talks about his debut feature, Albüm, which was...  
13/05/2016
“My movies don’t just function on an intellectual level”
Lorenz Merz • Director of Soul of a BeastThe young Swiss director talks to us about his second feature, which is competing in the Locarno Film...  
06/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition
"I wanted the actors and their characters to have enough space to explore their own desires"
Valentin Merz • Director of De noche los gatos son pardosWith his debut feature, the Swiss filmmaker brings us into a mysterious world of desire, revolt and lightness  
15/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition
“Our goal was to simplify the process by developing a common framework for producers across Europe, built by the industry, for the industry”
Linnea Merzagora • Project manager, Green FilmWe explore the landscape of sustainable animation through the ANiMPACT initiative, which recently entered...  
17/07/2026 | /Europe
“I’m rural and psychedelic”
Rocío Mesa • Director of Tobacco BarnsIn her first fiction feature, the filmmaker recreates her childhood and adolescence in southern Spain,...  
22/09/2022 | San Sebastian 2022 | New Directors
“I wanted to show the vulnerability of the teenagers in such harsh conditions”
Simón Mesa Soto  • DirectorCANNES 2014: Cineuropa met up with Simón Mesa Soto, who directed the short film Leidi, winner of the...  
30/05/2014
“This film shows the worst version of myself in 20 years’ time”
Simón Mesa Soto • Director of A PoetCANNES 2025: The Colombian director delves into the artistic vocation and its inherent misfortunes  
24/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard
"My film is built on the power of suggestion and memory"
Piero Messina  • DirectorVENICE 2015: The debut film of Italian director Piero Messina, The Wait, is in competition at the Venice...  
07/09/2015
“Together, Gael and Renate were like the wind coming in and blowing things around”
Piero Messina • Director of Another EndBERLINALE 2024: The Italian director chatted with us about some of the stages involved in producing his...  
19/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Competition
“It’s a part of the story of what is real and what is not”
GoCritic! Interview: Šimon Mészáros  • Director of Quantum JumpThe Slovak director and animator shares his artistic ideas behind the film and its dialogue with...  
28/07/2026 | GoCritic! | Animafest Zagreb 2026
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