Interviews

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

8330 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 24/07/2025. 665 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Alessandro Giacobbe • Managing Director, Academy Two

“Without regulation on media windows, buying quality films in foreign markets doesn’t make sense”

Alessandro Giacobbe • Managing Director, Academy Two

The independent cinema operator and distributor has written a letter to Italy's Minister of Culture to prevent the disappearance of movie theatres which...  

16/06/2022 | /Italy

Bernie Stampfer, Andrea Olsson, Ulrich Michel • Essential Legal Framework training series, Erich Pommer Institut

“We looked at the importance of drawing on insight and data to identify problems and design solutions that help you stay relevant in a changing market”

Bernie Stampfer, Andrea Olsson, Ulrich Michel • Essential Legal Framework training series, Erich Pommer Institut

Three experts from EPI’s international workshops reflect on the institute’s latest round of training activities, and the main takeaways and concerns  

16/06/2022 | /Germany

Daria Leygonie-Fialko and Kateryna Laskari • General producers and founders, SPACE Production

“Everything will be restored to how it was before and everything will be fine”

Daria Leygonie-Fialko and Kateryna Laskari • General producers and founders, SPACE Production

The two executives spoke about the current state of Ukrainian TV production, the opening of their Paris-based office and the future of Ukraine’s audiovisual...  

15/06/2022 | /Ukraine/France

Jonás Trueba • Director of You Have to Come and See It

“I applaud Tom Cruise for standing up for the movie theatres”

Jonás Trueba • Director of You Have to Come and See It

Before taking part in Karlovy Vary, the Madrilenian filmmaker releases his new film, lasting barely one hour but once again using a simple starting point to...  

15/06/2022 | /Spain

Signe Baumane • Director of My Love Affair With Marriage

“I do appreciate crowdfunding because it makes the journey of animating for seven years less lonely”

Signe Baumane • Director of My Love Affair With Marriage

The Latvian animator talks about her latest feature, which sets an examination of female rebellion within an animated and musical framework  

15/06/2022 | Tribeca 2022

Banu Akseki • Director of Sans soleil

"It’s a film that’s more immersive than narrative"

Banu Akseki • Director of Sans soleil

We met with the Belgian director to talk about her atmospheric coming-of-age movie, which she devised in order to show a deteriorating world  

14/06/2022 | Belgium/Netherlands/France

Eva Dzhyshyashvili • Director of Plai. A Mountain Path

“I wanted to tell this story through the children, because they are such wise kids”

Eva Dzhyshyashvili • Director of Plai. A Mountain Path

The Ukrainian director breaks down her feature-length documentary debut, which revolves around the life of the Malkovych family  

14/06/2022 | Docudays 2022

Horacio Alcalá • Director of Finlandia

"Plagiarism occurs in all sectors and industries”

Horacio Alcalá • Director of Finlandia

The Mexican filmmaker based in Madrid makes his fictional debut, after several documentaries, with a film that vindicates the so-called third sex in Oaxaca,...  

13/06/2022 | Spain/Mexico

Frédéric Fiore • Chairman, Logical Pictures

"If we want to fund more atypical, provocative and “outstanding” content then private finance is key to this"

Frédéric Fiore • Chairman, Logical Pictures

The French group is continuing its growth, from the field of financing through to distribution, with its incorporation of The Jokers and its investment fund...  

13/06/2022 | /France

Natalia Sinelnikova  • Director of We Might as Well Be Dead

“The camera acted as an aquarium: it was static, but still dynamic and always ever so slightly distorted”

Natalia Sinelnikova • Director of We Might as Well Be Dead

We spoke to the Berlin-based director about her tragicomedy, revolving around a community of people consumed by fear  

13/06/2022 | Tribeca 2022

Orestis Andreadakis  • Director, Thessaloniki Film Festival

“Our mission is to place Evia on the film-industry map, to prove that cinema and environmental conscience can work side by side”

Orestis Andreadakis • Director, Thessaloniki Film Festival

The Greek critic and festival director spoke about the inaugural edition of the Evia Film Project, a brand-new event focused on green cinema and sustainability  

10/06/2022 | Thessaloniki 2022

Claudia Tomassini  • International Film Publicist

“I would suggest to try to find a publicist that you can work with, don’t accept just someone who says: “your film is great”

Claudia Tomassini • International Film Publicist

At the last Cannes Film Festival, Cineuropa met Claudia Tomassini, one of the most active independent film publicist at the international film festivals and...  

03/06/2022 | Euro Film Fest

Erika Etangsalé  • Director of In the Billowing Night

"This film is a process of shedding light and gaining awareness of generational transmission"

Erika Etangsalé • Director of In the Billowing Night

CANNES 2022: The French filmmaker has won the 2022 Doc Alliance Prize for Best Short for her “story of silence, dark dreams, mysterious pain and muted...  

03/06/2022 | Cannes 2022

Payal Kapadia  • Director of A Night of Knowing Nothing

"Political change can not come without understanding the social reality"

Payal Kapadia • Director of A Night of Knowing Nothing

CANNES 2022: The Indian filmmaker has received the 2022 Doc Alliance Prize for Best Feature for her “emotionally and artistically packed documentary full of...  

03/06/2022 | Cannes 2022

Vytautas Katkus  • Director of The Visitor

"The Next Step Workshop helped me from a very early development stage to understand in which direction I should go with my movie"

Vytautas Katkus • Director of The Visitor

CANNES 2022: The Lithuanian filmmaker discusses his feature film project, for which he received the Next Step Award from the Critics' Week, as well as his...  

03/06/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Critics' Week

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