Interviews

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

8255 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 12/06/2025. 668 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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"Cynicism has no place in cinema"

Franka Potente & Moritz Bleibtreu • Actors

Two of Germany’s biggest names talk about the difference between the Houellebecq novel and the Oskar...  

23/06/2006

Aleksandra Potoczek  • Director of xABo: Father Boniecki

“I wanted to make a movie about a human being”

Aleksandra Potoczek • Director of xABo: Father Boniecki

We talked to Aleksandra Potoczek, the director of xABo: Father Boniecki, about a certain man on the road,...  

10/06/2020 | Krakow 2020

Sally Potter  • Director

“I wanted to go deep into something peculiarly human in a short space of time”

Sally Potter • Director

BERLIN 2017: British filmmaker Sally Potter talks about The Party, a comedy that she unveiled in...  

15/02/2017

European Distributors: Up Next! – Hungary

Rita Linda Potyondi • Distributor

10/09/2008

Alexe Poukine • Director of Kika

"In life, you can think you’re in a romantic comedy but then suddenly find yourself in a social drama, which you didn’t see coming"

Alexe Poukine • Director of Kika

CANNES 2025: The filmmaker chatted with us about her first fiction feature film, a comic drama inspiring...  

17/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Critics’ Week

Alexe Poukine • Director of That Which Does Not Kill

"Most of my female friends have told me they’ve had a similar experience"

Alexe Poukine • Director of That Which Does Not Kill

Cinergie met with director Alexe Poukine to talk about her second feature film, That Which Does Not Kill ,...  

23/07/2019

Alexe Poukine  • Director of Who Cares?

“Is it possible to be benevolent in an abusive system?”

Alexe Poukine • Director of Who Cares?

Cineuropa met with the Belgian director, whose new documentary focuses on caregivers’ sense of empathy and...  

04/07/2024 | BRIFF 2024

Anne Pouliquen • Founder and Director, Futura Cinema

“Futura Cinema acts as a bridge between cinemas, cultural innovation and technological solutions”

Anne Pouliquen • Founder and Director, Futura Cinema

We met with the director of the incubator programme dedicated to innovation in cinema theatres and...  

29/04/2025 | /Europe

Hossein Pourseifi • Director of Tomorrow We Are Free

"All I had is the memories of the family, telling me the story 30 years later"

Hossein Pourseifi • Director of Tomorrow We Are Free

We talked to Iranian-born, Germany-based director Hossein Pourseifi, who presented Tomorrow We Are Free in...  

03/12/2019 | Black Nights 2019 | First Feature Competition

Belgian cinema

Cinéma Cinéastes - Manuel Poutte

Portrait of Manuel Poutte in Brussels.  

Manuel's Mediterranean

Manuel Pradal

Manuel Pradal presents Ginostra, produced by Studio Canal with France 2 Cinema & Emotion Pictures, at the...  

17/12/2002

Isa Prahl • Director

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Isa Prahl • Director

We met up with German director Isa Prahl to discuss her first film Different Kinds of Rain, which...  

29/11/2017

Zlatko Pranjić • Director

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Zlatko Pranjić • Director

We caught up with Bosnia's Zlatko Pranjić, who participated in Sarajevo's Documentary Competition with his...  

16/08/2017

Avelina Prat • Director of Vasil

"People tend to help, but only when it doesn't affect our own comfort"

Avelina Prat • Director of Vasil

We spoke to the Spanish director about her debut film, which has just screened at festivals in Poland and...  

04/11/2022 | /Spain/Bulgaria

Paul B Preciado • Director of Orlando, My Political Biography

“It's complicated when you start devising the visual language to represent, for instance, trans bodies and non-binary bodies”

Paul B Preciado • Director of Orlando, My Political Biography

BERLINALE 2023: We spoke to the philosopher, author and now filmmaker about his already-acclaimed, free...  

21/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Encounters

Mauro Caputo, Giorgio Pressburger • Director, actor

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Mauro Caputo, Giorgio Pressburger • Director, actor

VENICE 2016: Trieste-born director Mauro Caputo accompanies Giorgio Pressburger on Il profumo del tempo...  

06/09/2016

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