Interviews

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

8506 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 07/11/2025. 651 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Xavier García Puerto  • Director, REC Tarragona International Film Festival

“Documentaries and autobiographies abound in debut works”

Xavier García Puerto • Director, REC Tarragona International Film Festival

We chatted to Xavier García Puerto, director of the REC Tarragona International Film Festival, a gathering that is very much open to impulse and the...  

17/12/2015

Robin Pront  • Director

"You either love the film or you hate it, it doesn’t leave you indifferent"

Robin Pront • Director

We caught up with young Belgian filmmaker Robin Pront at the Les Arcs European Film Festival, who has risen to prominence with his debut feature film The...  

17/12/2015

Andrea Occhipinti  • Distributor

Change is development but it must be steered in the right direction

Andrea Occhipinti • Distributor

Cineuropa caught up with Andrea Occhipinti, founder of independent Italian distribution company Lucky Red, who won the Eurimages European Co-production...  

16/12/2015

Hadja Lahbib • Director

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Hadja Lahbib • Director

Cinergie.be met up with Hadja Lahbib, director of Patience, patience. T'iras au paradis and other documentaries detailing the situation of women  

16/12/2015

Rúnar Rúnarsson  • Director

"Life is more complex than a single moral in 90 minutes"

Rúnar Rúnarsson • Director

At the Les Arcs European Film Festival, talented Icelandic director Rúnar Rúnarsson broke down his second feature film, Sparrows  

16/12/2015

Eva Husson  • Director

"I allowed myself a lot of freedom"

Eva Husson • Director

At the Les Arcs European Film Festival, we met up with Eva Husson, the director of Bang Gang, a stunning feature debut that is not for the faint-hearted  

15/12/2015

Giovanni Cioni • Director

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Giovanni Cioni • Director

Cinergie.be caught up with Giovanni Cioni to discuss his latest film: Dal Ritorno  

14/12/2015

Sergio Oksman  • Director

“It’s neither an autobiographical nor a therapeutic film”

Sergio Oksman • Director

On Football, the acclaimed documentary by Sergio Oksman, is reaching Spanish theatres after taking part in festivals such as Locarno, Seville and Márgenes  

10/12/2015

Frédéric Boyer  • Artistic director, Les Arcs Film Festival

"In one or two years, the hype will be around going to the movies"

Frédéric Boyer • Artistic director, Les Arcs Film Festival

Frédéric Boyer, the selector for the Les Arcs European Film Festival, breaks down Les Arcs’ Work-in-Progress section and analyses the trends in European...  

10/12/2015

Ivan Gergolet  • Director

Dancing with Maria has a lot of me in it”

Ivan Gergolet • Director

Dancing with Maria, by Ivan Gergolet, is the fascinating portrait of Argentinian dancer Maria Fux and has been selected for the EFA Awards  

01/12/2015

Mauro Herce  • Director

"For me, cinema is a necessity"

Mauro Herce • Director

Spanish filmmaker Mauro Herce is showing his multi-award-winning first work, the enthralling Dead Slow Ahead, shot on a cargo ship, in Gijón  

27/11/2015

Jacques Toulemonde  • Director

"I am proud of the scenes where I observe an intensity that I don't see every day in the cinema"

Jacques Toulemonde • Director

At the Black Nights Film Festival, director Jacques Toulemonde took some time to speak to the press about the making of his feature debut, Anna  

27/11/2015

Martin Zandvliet  • Director

"To move from hatred to forgiveness is the most difficult step to take"

Martin Zandvliet • Director

Danish director Martin Zandvliet is covering new ground in his latest feature, Land of Mine, making the leap from personal portraits to a historical epic.  

27/11/2015

Yana Drouz & David Safarian  • Screenwriter and actress, Director

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Yana Drouz & David Safarian • Screenwriter and actress, Director

Cineuropa talked to Armenian screenwriter and actress Yana Drouz and director David Safarian, who presented their film 28:94 Local Time in competition at...  

27/11/2015

Dan Clifton  • Chairman, Federation of European Film Directors (FERA)

"There's a growing need for directors to be more engaged in the whole life cycle of their films"

Dan Clifton • Chairman, Federation of European Film Directors (FERA)

Cineuropa met up with Dan Clifton, chairman of the Federation of European Film Directors, to talk about current relations between the creative side and the...  

26/11/2015

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