Interviews

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

8477 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 11/10/2025. 655 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Elissa Federoff • Head of distribution, NEON

“We focus on films that have a really relevant point of view and that are culturally exciting for the moment”

Elissa Federoff • Head of distribution, NEON

We discussed US-based NEON’s business model, and the company’s strategies for handling European and foreign films  

28/10/2022 | International Distribution Summit 2022

André Szardenings • Director of Bulldog

“I didn't want to make a film in which queerness was a problem”

André Szardenings • Director of Bulldog

We talked about the German director’s first feature, in which he tells the story of a particularly intimate relationship between a mother and son  

28/10/2022 | /Germany/Spain

Leszek Dawid • Director of Broad Peak

“We went contrary to expectations, since we knew that everyone would assume that a film about Broad Peak would focus only on the 2013 expedition”

Leszek Dawid • Director of Broad Peak

We talked to the director of this ambitious and laborious Polish Netflix film revolving around mountain climber Maciej Berbeka  

28/10/2022 | /Poland

Santiago Fondevila Sancet • Producer of The Mountain Bride

"There is something magnetic and special about Maura Delpero’s approach to cinema"

Santiago Fondevila Sancet • Producer of The Mountain Bride

The producer from Italian company Cinedora tells us about Maura Delpero’s project, winner of the Coprocity Development Award  

27/10/2022 | Coprocity 2022

Anne-Dominique Toussaint • Producer of Sleepless City

"It is very important to take all the time needed for development"

Anne-Dominique Toussaint • Producer of Sleepless City

The French producer from Les Films des Tournelles tells us at the Cinemed Meetings about the Spanish project directed by Guillermo Galoe  

26/10/2022 | Cinemed 2022 | Cinemed Meetings

Félix Viscarret • Director of Staring at Strangers

"We’ve all wanted at some point to leave our lives behind and disappear"

Félix Viscarret • Director of Staring at Strangers

The Spanish filmmaker talks about his screen adaptation of Juan José Millás' novel Desde la sombra, starring Paco León and Leonor Watling  

26/10/2022 | Seminci 2022

Josip Žuvan  • Director of Carbide

“We shot the film in the pauses between playing FIFA and Call of Duty

Josip Žuvan • Director of Carbide

The Croatian director’s debut feature is a drama set in Mediterranean suburbs during the winter, mixing the motifs of a family feud and kids chasing...  

26/10/2022 | Zagreb 2022

Damien Megherbi • Producer of Nefta

"Perhaps we need even stronger, more original and more audacious offerings"

Damien Megherbi • Producer of Nefta

We met with the producer from the Parisian firm Les Valseurs, who spoke about Yves Piat’s project on the occasion of the Cinemed Meetings  

26/10/2022 | Cinemed 2022 | Cinemed Meetings

Racha Helen Larsen  • Festival and programme director, Mirage Film Festival

“Our mission is to make a hub for the creatives, professionals and the people behind the artistic craft of filmmaking”

Racha Helen Larsen • Festival and programme director, Mirage Film Festival

Cineuropa talked with the festival and programme director of the new Norwegian international gathering whose aim is to focus on the art of cinema  

26/10/2022 | Mirage 2022

Robin Pront • Director of Zillion

"The complicated part was finding a film aesthetic for the 2000s"

Robin Pront • Director of Zillion

We met up with the Belgian filmmaker who’s back with a historical biopic about an anti-hero who becomes king of Antwerpian nightlife at the beginning of the...  

26/10/2022 | /Belgium/Netherlands

François d’Artemare • Producer of The Other Wife

"Male directors are afraid of losing power, but female directors have nothing to lose"

François d’Artemare • Producer of The Other Wife

At the Cinemed Meetings, we talked to the Les Films de l’après-midi producer, who discussed Meriem Mesraoua’s project  

25/10/2022 | Cinemed 2022 | Cinemed Meetings

Raúl Torquemada • Director, Madrid Film Office

"Madrid has become one of Europe's leading content production centres"

Raúl Torquemada • Director, Madrid Film Office

We spoke to the head of Madrid City Council's public service, which not only promotes the city for filming, but also supports the region's audiovisual sector  

25/10/2022 | /Spain

Erik Andersson • Producer of The Swedish Torpedo

“It fits perfectly as a project with international festival potential as well as potential to reach a large audience”

Erik Andersson • Producer of The Swedish Torpedo

The Swedish producer from Momento Film tells us about the project The Swedish Torpedo by Frida Kempff, winner of the Coprocity Development Award  

25/10/2022 | Coprocity 2022

Maciej Kawalski  • Director of Dangerous Men

“It was a long process of writing, rewriting, script-doctoring and ‘killing my darlings’ to make the story airtight”

Maciej Kawalski • Director of Dangerous Men

The director’s feature debut, an adventure-comedy set in 1914, featuring major literary and political stars of the time, recently picked up the Audience...  

25/10/2022 | Warsaw 2022

Marek Hovorka • Director, Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

“This year really shows the power of documentary filmmaking”

Marek Hovorka • Director, Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

The head honcho of Ji.hlava talks to Cineuropa about continuing with the hybrid festival, line-up highlights, and ethics in documentary programming and...  

25/10/2022 | Jihlava 2022

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