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 16/09/2026. 606 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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"The main character strives for a kind of purity that allows her to be herself and to fear nothing"
Yesim Ustaoğlu • Director of What RemainsThe Turkish filmmaker sheds light on her new movie, centred on a woman who takes to the road to try to...  
16/09/2026 | San Sebastián 2026 | Competition
“I want Central Asian cinema to speak with one voice”
Sultan Usuvaliev • Film programmer, Central Asia Competition, Bishkek International Film FestivalThe festival programmer explains more about his background and the criteria that guided him in selecting...  
11/06/2026 | Bishkek 2026
"I didn't want to favour the spectacular aspect to the detriment of the human element"
Roar Uthaug  • DirectorCineuropa met up with Norwegian director Roar Uthaug, whose fourth feature, The Wave, screened at Toronto,...  
16/09/2015
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Roar Uthaug • DirectorRoar Uthaug, whose filmography includes Magic Silver and Escape is one of the TEN EUROPEAN DIRECTORS TO...  
30/06/2013
"I have no interest in faithfully reproducing reality by creating a simple copy"
Joern Utkilen • DirectorNorwegian director Joern Utkilen tells us about his debut feature film Lake over Fire and invites us to...  
05/06/2018
Industry Report - The Documentary Market
Charlotte Uzu • Head of International Development, Les Films D’Ici, Paris, FranceThe editorial policy of a small French production company: number od films produced, co-production policy,...  
16/07/2009

“I’m probably a big dreamer at heart, but I’m also a proper realist”
André Vaara • Director of Sister of MineThe Swedish director talks to us about his sensitive short film, which will soon screen in EFP’s Future...  
06/07/2026 | Future Frames 2026
“The finished films I received grants for are only the tip of the iceberg”
Petr Vaclav  • DirectorCineuropa sat down with Czech filmmaker Petr Vaclav on the occasion of the North American premiere of his...  
09/09/2016
“A profound study of the reality and the people”
Petr Václav  • DirectorCANNES 2014: Cineuropa met up with Czech director Petr Václav to talk about his film The Way Out,...  
21/05/2014
“This Icarian story of a rise and fall excited me”
Petr Vaclav • Director of Il BoemoCineuropa talked to the Czech director about his biggest film to date and about the origins of this period...  
19/09/2022 | San Sebastián 2022 | Competition
“There’s a lot of invisible pain in our society”
Saša Vajda • Director of The Lights, They FallBERLINALE 2026: We sat down with the German director to get the low-down on his film about a teenage boy...  
14/02/2026 | Berlinale 2026 | Generation
"We are alive and well"
Andrew G. Vajna • Hungarian Film CommissionerA meeting with the current main man of a Hungarian industry that has seen financial difficulty during the...  
02/12/2011
"These last few years, fantasy cinema has become a very productive incubator for young creation"
Loïc Valceschini  • Acting artistic director, NIFFFThe acting artistic director of the innovating festival which defends fantasy cinema analyses its 20th edition  
02/07/2021 | NIFFF 2021
“This story is a remarkable metaphor for the fake democracy that we have been living in to this day”
Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov  • Directors-producers of TriumphKristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov talk to us about their new project, Triumph, which scooped the...  
25/10/2019 | MIA 2019
“Preserve the spark”
Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov • DirectorsBulgarian filmmakers talk about The Lesson, their first feature, unveiled at Toronto and winner of the New...  
22/09/2014
"Our characters are very confused people, living half of their lives under communism and the other half in and after the transition"
Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov • Directors of Black Money for White NightsThe duo speaks about portraying a generation that has lived through two opposing political systems and...  
10/07/2026 | Karlovy Vary 2026 | Competition

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