Interviews

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

8509 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 12/11/2025. 645 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Amos Gitai • Director

“The only measure of peace is everyday life”

Amos Gitai • Director

VENICE 2018: Cineuropa talked to Haifa-born Amos Gitai about his comedy A Tramway in Jerusalem, in which he warmly embraces the city’s diversity  

10/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | Out of Competition

Sébastien Marnier • Director

"We were convinced that we were making a political film"

Sébastien Marnier • Director

VENICE 2018: We interviewed French director Sebastien Marnier about his second feature film, School’s Out, screened in the Sconfini section at Venice Film...  

10/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | Sconfini

Emmanuel Mouret • Director

"Virtue becomes entangled with vice"

Emmanuel Mouret • Director

TORONTO 2018: Emmanuel Mouret discusses the origins of his first costume drama, the very successful Mademoiselle de Joncquières, unveiled in competition at...  

10/09/2018 | Toronto 2018 | Platform

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck  • Director of Never Look Away

“I tried to find the politics from within the characters”

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck • Director of Never Look Away

VENICE 2018: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck follows up his 2010 adventure into American filmmaking with Never Look Away, a historical drama inspired by...  

10/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | Competition

Nicole Palo • Director

"A strange love story where love is the biggest obstacle to death"

Nicole Palo • Director

VENICE 2018: Belgian-American director Nicole Palo talked to us about Emma Peeters, the closing film of the Giornate degli Autori  

10/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | Giornate degli Autori

Félix Dufour-Laperrière • Director

"Our intimate and subjective desire is linked to our political and collective desire"

Félix Dufour-Laperrière • Director

VENICE 2018: We talked to Canada's Félix Dufour-Laperrière, whose animated film Ville Neuve has played in competition at the Giornate degli Autori  

10/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | Giornate degli Autori

Andrea Purgatori • Journalist, screenwriter

"The first step towards redressing the balance in the relationship between creator and user"

Andrea Purgatori • Journalist, screenwriter

VENICE 2018: Italian journalist and screenwriter Andrea Purgatori, a member of SIAE's Management Board, talked to us during the Giornate degli Autori  

10/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | Giornate degli Autori

Yuan Qing • Director

"The parallel structure makes it more interesting for the audience to experience the feeling of the film"

Yuan Qing • Director

VENICE 2018: Chinese director Yuan Qing talks to us about her feature debut, Three Adventures of Brooke, presented in competition in the Giornate degli Autori  

10/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | Giornate degli Autori

Maria Di Razza • Director

"A wise, serene and contemplative Marilyn"

Maria Di Razza • Director

VENICE 2018: Italian director Maria Di Razza talks to us about her animation short film Goodbye Marilyn, presented as a special event in the Giornate degli...  

10/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | Giornate degli Autori

Daniele De Michele • Director

"I found out just how closely Italian cuisine is linked to people's past"

Daniele De Michele • Director

VENICE 2018: Interview with Daniele De Michele, better known as Don Pasta, whose documentary I villani was screened in the Giornate degli Autori  

10/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | Giornate degli Autori

Li Cheng • Director

"Young people in Guatemala are ready to change"

Li Cheng • Director

VENICE 2018: We met up with director of Chinese heritage Li Cheng, who won Venice's Queer Lion for José, presented in competition in the Giornate degli Autori  

10/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | Giornate degli Autori

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi  • Director of The Summer House

“Irony helps us to live”

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi • Director of The Summer House

VENICE 2018: We chatted to actress-director Valeria Bruni Tedeschi about her new film, The Summer House, in which she also plays the lead role, surrounded...  

08/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | Out of Competition

Carlos Reygadas • Director

“My films don’t come with a manual”

Carlos Reygadas • Director

VENICE 2018: Cineuropa caught up with Mexican filmmaker Carlos Reygadas to discuss Our Time, his sixth feature, currently competing for the Golden Lion  

08/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | Competition

Mario Martone • Director

"Emancipation via a group experience in Capri"

Mario Martone • Director

VENICE 2018: Neapolitan director Mario Martone is competing at Venice Film Festival with Capri-Revolution, and talked to us about it  

07/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | Competition

Birgit Oberkofler • Head, IDM Südtirol - Alto Adige Film Fund & Commission

"We support young talent and promote locations with a tour"

Birgit Oberkofler • Head, IDM Südtirol - Alto Adige Film Fund & Commission

Cineuropa met up with Birgit Oberkofler to take stock of IDM Südtirol - Alto Adige Film Fund & Commission's numerous activities, starting with its PLACES...  

07/09/2018

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