Interviews

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

7478 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 28/03/2024. 582 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Fernand Melgar  • Director

"My movies are an existential questioning that I try to subscribe to"

Fernand Melgar • Director

Cineuropa met up with Swiss filmmaker Fernand Melgar, who returns to Locarno to enlighten again, through...  

15/08/2014

"Europe is turning into a huge prison"

Fernand Melgar • Director

Fernand Melgar presented his controversial documentary Special Flight, about illegal immigration in...  

29/11/2011

Kinology: "very unusual and ambitious projects"

Grégoire Melin • Seller

02/02/2009

Matheus Mello  • Producer

“Filmmaking is the art of the encounter”

Matheus Mello • Producer

The Brazilian Emerging Producer, now based in Spain, talks about producing documentary films and finding...  

17/03/2023 | Emerging Producers 2023

Shooting Star 2009 - Denmark

Cyron Melville

20/01/2009

Reza Memari • Director of The Last Whale Singer

“Animation is not a genre, but a medium with which you can tell any kind of story”

Reza Memari • Director of The Last Whale Singer

We spoke to the German-Iranian filmmaker about the potential of animation and his upcoming multi-format...  

17/02/2023 | /Germany/Czech Republic/Canada

Polo Menárguez • Director of The Plan

"There are some very dangerous ways of understanding masculinity"

Polo Menárguez • Director of The Plan

With his feature debut, The Plan, which is released today in Spanish cinemas, Polo Menárguez has brought...  

21/02/2020 | Spain

Dominik Mencej  • Director of Riders

"This is the Slovenian version of Easy Rider, structured like a memory of recent times"

Dominik Mencej • Director of Riders

The Slovenian filmmaker talks about how he looked back at the recent past of the Balkans while drawing...  

23/08/2022 | Sarajevo 2022 | Competition

Antonio Méndez Esparza  • Director

“I like to fully embrace my outsider status”

Antonio Méndez Esparza • Director

Following his award-winning debut Aquí y allá, Antonio Méndez Esparza is back with Life and Nothing More,...  

29/09/2017 | San Sebastián 2017 | Competition

Antonio Méndez Esparza • Director of Courtroom 3H

“When I find myself in a situation I didn’t expect, I try to embrace it.”

Antonio Méndez Esparza • Director of Courtroom 3H

Madrid-born director Antonio Méndez Esparza, now settled in the USA, returns with a new bid for the Golden...  

25/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Competition

Antonio Méndez Esparza  • Director of Something Is About to Happen

"We all make up stories in our head"

Antonio Méndez Esparza • Director of Something Is About to Happen

The American-based Spanish filmmaker talks about his co-production between his home country and Romania,...  

26/10/2023 | Seminci 2023

Sonia Méndez • Director of As Neves

"I was always curious what it's like to be a teenager with a mobile phone in your hand"

Sonia Méndez • Director of As Neves

The Galician filmmaker has used first-time actors and isolated landscapes to discuss digitalised youth,...  

13/03/2024 | Malaga 2024

"I trust the actors' instincts"

Brillante Mendoza • Director

A quest for truth and trust in one's actors. The Filipino filmmaker behind Captive explains his vision.  

13/02/2012

Interview

Brillante Mendoza • director

Cineuropa caught up with director Brillante Mendoza, whose film Lola, co-produced by French producer and...  

Filippo Meneghetti  • Director of Two of Us

“We all lie, all the time”

Filippo Meneghetti • Director of Two of Us

Cineuropa met up with director Filippo Meneghetti at Unifrance’s 22nd Rendez-vous with French Cinema to...  

22/01/2020 | /France/Luxembourg/Belgium

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Margaret Menegoz • President of Unifrance

Interview accordé l'occasion du 16ieme Festival du Film Français au Japon (13 - 18 Mars 2008 à Tokyo et Osaka)  

13/03/2008

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