Interviews

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

8721 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 13/03/2026. 634 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Catherine Cosme  • Director of Picking Up the Pieces

“I wanted it to be a film that could take us as much towards tears as towards laughter”

Catherine Cosme • Director of Picking Up the Pieces

The Belgian filmmaker talks about her film inspired by her personal experience, a tragicomedy about filial bonds  

13/03/2026 | Mons 2026

Julie Meigniez • Producer, Talweg

“Documentary cinema can be a powerful agent of change”

Julie Meigniez • Producer, Talweg

The French producer discusses her fascination with the complexity that lies in the ambition to represent reality  

13/03/2026 | Emerging Producers 2026

Gaya Jiji  • Director of Pieces of a Foreign Life

“I wanted to explore immigration through melodrama – and to say love can become our homeland”

Gaya Jiji • Director of Pieces of a Foreign Life

The Syrian director with French citizenship spoke to us about what’s behind her second feature film, what it’s about, and her lead actress Zar Amir  

13/03/2026 | Bergamo 2026

Eugene Rachkovsky • Producer, TABOR

“Documentary cinema offers another rhythm”

Eugene Rachkovsky • Producer, TABOR

The Ukrainian producer thinks documentary work is closely linked to activism, especially in his country today, when its culture and identity are under attack  

12/03/2026 | Emerging Producers 2026

Stella Marie Markert • Director of Thanks for Nothing

“I was fascinated by the way our culture romanticises untouched, dying girls; I wanted to show that it’s actually not cool at all”

Stella Marie Markert • Director of Thanks for Nothing

The German helmer breaks down her motivation, her aesthetic choices and her taste in music in relation to her story of four teenagers dealing with the...  

12/03/2026 | SXSW 2026

Pieter-Jan De Pue • Director of Mariinka

"Everyone is fighting their own fight in Mariinka"

Pieter-Jan De Pue • Director of Mariinka

The Flemish filmmaker chatted with us about his second documentary feature, which takes us to the heart of the war in Ukraine  

11/03/2026 | CPH:DOX 2026

Adrián Silvestre • Director of Shelter

“These are the most vulnerable people I have ever worked with”

Adrián Silvestre • Director of Shelter

The Spanish director talks about limitations, intimacy, brotherhood and the desire for visibility as he presents his new film, shot in a Guatemalan shelter  

11/03/2026 | Thessaloniki Documentary 2026

Marina Andree Škop, Vanda Raýmanová • Directors of Extraordinary

“Children today need stories that encourage togetherness and teamwork, not just going through life alone in front of screens”

Marina Andree Škop, Vanda Raýmanová • Directors of Extraordinary

The directors of this detective adventure touching on the themes of neurodiversity and inclusion tell us more about their process  

11/03/2026 | /Croatia/Slovakia/Slovenia/Latvia/Serbia

Bernardo Lopes • Producer, Omaja

“Documentary cinema is a way of resisting simplification”

Bernardo Lopes • Producer, Omaja

The Portuguese producer explains why he's drawn to projects whose relevance is not abstract or symbolic, but tangible and human  

11/03/2026 | Emerging Producers 2026

Annette Brejner • Creative director, m:brane

“The notions of science and young audiences go hand in hand”

Annette Brejner • Creative director, m:brane

We sat down with the Swedish forum’s vivacious creative director for some take-aways and a brief assessment of her two decades on board, and steering, this...  

11/03/2026 | M:brane 2026

Graziella Bildesheim • President, EWA – European Women's Audiovisual Network

“The EWA must act as a bridge - on a professional and on a human level – and place ever greater emphasis on intergenerational exchange”

Graziella Bildesheim • President, EWA – European Women's Audiovisual Network

Cineuropa chatted with the president of the association about the new challenges it's facing and the projects it’s looking to develop  

10/03/2026 | /Europe

Ringailė Leščinskienė • Producer, Zero Copy Reel

“I'm particularly into social docs that use irony and humor”

Ringailė Leščinskienė • Producer, Zero Copy Reel

The Lithuanian producer sees documentary filmmaking as a way to bring people together and inspire them to actually do something about the issues they care about  

10/03/2026 | Emerging Producers 2026

Jakub Viktorín • Managing director, Visegrad Film Forum

“At most festivals, films are the primary attraction, and filmmakers are an added value; at the Visegrad Film Forum, it’s the opposite”

Jakub Viktorín • Managing director, Visegrad Film Forum

The co-founder and managing director discusses the concept behind the event’s 13th edition, its focus on filmmakers and craft, and how the forum connects...  

09/03/2026 | Visegrad Film Forum 2026

Maria Krauss • Producer, Plesnar & Krauss Films

“In today’s world, documentary cinema can function as an antidote"

Maria Krauss • Producer, Plesnar & Krauss Films

The Polish producer discusses her approach to documentary filmmaking and the role she thinks it has in society  

09/03/2026 | Emerging Producers 2026

Niklas Engstrøm • Artistic director, CPH:DOX

“Truth rarely appears in harmony; it emerges from the friction between contrasting perspectives”

Niklas Engstrøm • Artistic director, CPH:DOX

With nearly 200 films in this year’s programme, the festival’s artistic director talks about resisting simplification, launching world premieres and paving...  

09/03/2026 | CPH:DOX 2026

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