Interviews

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

8596 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 21/01/2026. 642 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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Sergi López • Actor in Sirāt

"It’s a privilege to read a script that can’t be compared to anything else"

Sergi López • Actor in Sirāt

The European Actor nominee described the rare pull of a script that stands on its own, and the total physical and emotional immersion it called for  

21/01/2026 | European Film Awards 2026

Igor Bezinović • Director of Fiume o morte!

"History is not just assembly of different facts, history is storytelling"

Igor Bezinović • Director of Fiume o morte!

We caught up with the Croatian filmmaker, who used his local community network to question how history is constructed and remembered  

21/01/2026 | European Film Awards 2026

Laura Carreira • Director of On Falling

"There is immense power in being able to look at the world in a fresh way, and cinema does that"

Laura Carreira • Director of On Falling

Winner of the European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI, the Portuguese director speaks about cinema as a social force  

21/01/2026 | European Film Awards 2026

Ada Solomon • Producer and Chair of European Film Academy board

"Arthouse cinema will be less affected by upcoming crisis than large-scale commercial productions"

Ada Solomon • Producer and Chair of European Film Academy board

We sat down with the newly elected Chair of the European Film Academy board to discuss her priorities and future plans for the institution  

21/01/2026 | European Film Awards 2026

Mike Downey • Producer

“If we dig our heels in and celebrate our cultural diversity and artistic independence, we can survive”

Mike Downey • Producer

Cineuropa sat down with the former chairman of the European Film Academy to look back at his 25-year involvement with the institution  

15/01/2026 | /Europe

Alberto Valverde • Coordinator, ECAM Forum

"The combination of strong projects, prestigious guests and a friendly atmosphere makes ECAM Forum particularly attractive to key figures"

Alberto Valverde • Coordinator, ECAM Forum

The coordinator of the market, already established as a benchmark for international co-production, explores its identity, its ambitions and its achievements  

15/01/2026 | /Spain

Jean-Paul Salomé • Director of The Money Maker

"Great crime films are not just films with action scenes"

Jean-Paul Salomé • Director of The Money Maker

The French filmmaker recounts the genesis of his new film, inspired by the story of a counterfeiter who made headlines in France in the 1950s and 1960s  

14/01/2026 | France/Belgium

Tricia Tuttle • Director, Berlinale

“We want to bring the market and the public programme together to make sure they don’t become separate universes”

Tricia Tuttle • Director, Berlinale

The festival director gives a first glimpse of their strategy for this year’s edition and the new approaches adopted to attract the next generation of...  

13/01/2026 | Berlinale 2026

John Nein • Senior programmer and director of strategic initiatives, Sundance Film Festival

“When you accumulate these stories over 15 years or so, you start to build a sense of opportunity and what's possible for these filmmakers”

John Nein • Senior programmer and director of strategic initiatives, Sundance Film Festival

Cineuropa chatted with the longtime Sundance programmer to learn more about this edition’s world cinema selections and the opportunities the festival offers...  

13/01/2026 | Sundance 2026

Daniel Sánchez Arévalo • Director of Band Together

“I always try not to force either the comedy or the drama"

Daniel Sánchez Arévalo • Director of Band Together

The filmmaker tackles his most commercial and popular work to date, shot in Galicia, where he has tried to convey the energy of the musical ensembles...  

31/12/2025 | /Spain/France

Alison Kuhn • Director of Holy Meat

“I believe the countryside holds an incredible amount of potential – stories, talents and creative people who simply lack infrastructure”

Alison Kuhn • Director of Holy Meat

The German director discusses her fiction feature debut, in which contemporary theatre and the Catholic Church meet in an exceptionally disruptive way  

31/12/2025 | /Germany

Petar Mitric • Assistant Professor in Film Studies

“The point of this framework is to invite policymakers and the film industry to revise their idea of an ‘ideal co-production’”

Petar Mitric • Assistant Professor in Film Studies

The author of the newly published book Co-production Landscape in Europe: From Eurimages to Netflix talks about an ‘ideal European co-production’  

29/12/2025 | /Europe

Damiano Michieletto • Director of Primavera

“Both protagonists need affirmation, to have something or someone to make them feel valued”

Damiano Michieletto • Director of Primavera

The multi-award-winning opera director chatted to us about his first experience as a filmmaker, about the power of music and about the Italian stories...  

24/12/2025 | /Italy/France

Juraj Krasnohorský • Producer, Artichoke

"The main challenge with short films is balancing the director’s vision and expectations with limited budgets and the large number of films competing"

Juraj Krasnohorský • Producer, Artichoke

The Slovak producer discusses his short films I Died in Irpin and Hurikán, both now shortlisted for the Oscars  

23/12/2025 | /Slovakia

Anastasia Plazzotta • Distributor, Wanted Cinema

“We’d like audiences to see Wanted as a brand of cinema which entertains but which always leaves food for thought too”

Anastasia Plazzotta • Distributor, Wanted Cinema

The Italian distributor chatted with us about the history and present reality of her company, which sees cinema as a tool with the power to dismantle...  

22/12/2025 | Distributor of the Month

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