Interviews

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

8329 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 22/07/2025. 664 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Marc-Henri Wajnberg • Director of I am Chance

“I wanted these street girls to become the subjects of their own story again”

Marc-Henri Wajnberg • Director of I am Chance

Cineuropa met with the Belgian filmmaker who once again dives into the heart of Kinshasa for a documentary alongside the street children who populate the city  

11/05/2022 | /Belgium/Democratic Republic of the Congo/France

Diana Păroiu • Producer, Visual Walkabout

“For me, the relationship producer-director is a bit like a dance”

Diana Păroiu • Producer, Visual Walkabout

The head of the Romanian production company selected at this year’s Producers on the Move talks about the challenges of working in a small film industry,...  

10/05/2022 | Producers on the Move 2022/Romania

Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin & Jérémy Zelnik • Co-Directors, Coprocity

"This is how we can offer quality and boast appeal"

Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin & Jérémy Zelnik • Co-Directors, Coprocity

We met with the heads of the Coprocity platform, a professional tool successfully initiated in summer 2021 which is now introducing a Best Project prize  

10/05/2022 | Coprocity 2022

Andrea Berentsen Ottmar • Producer, Oslo Pictures

“We have to protect artistic independence, artistic quality and cinema culture”

Andrea Berentsen Ottmar • Producer, Oslo Pictures

The Norwegian producer, selected as one of EFP's 2022 Producers on the Move, talked about her current work and next project  

10/05/2022 | Producers on the Move 2022/Norway

Ketie Danelia • Producer, Takes Film

"We who work in art and culture always find the way to tell the stories that need to be told"

Ketie Danelia • Producer, Takes Film

We spoke to the Georgian producer, whose credits include And Then We Danced and Wet Sands and who is taking part in Producers on the Move at Cannes  

10/05/2022 | Producers on the Move 2022/Georgia

Kuba Kosma • Producer, Serce

“Being a producer means being a psychologist or even a psychoanalyst sometimes”

Kuba Kosma • Producer, Serce

The Polish producer, selected as one of EFP's 2022 Producers on the Move, shares with us his insights and hopes  

09/05/2022 | Producers on the Move 2022/Poland

Rufat Hasanov • Head of the Audiovisual and Interactive Media Department, Ministry for Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan

“The establishment of the Cinema Agency truly marks the beginning of a new era for Azerbaijani cinema”

Rufat Hasanov • Head of the Audiovisual and Interactive Media Department, Ministry for Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan

We chatted to the acclaimed, award-winning filmmaker, who also works at the country’s Ministry for Culture, about the founding of the Cinema Agency of the...  

09/05/2022 | /Azerbaijan

Derk-Jan Warrink • Producer, keplerfilm

“I find it very important to create a strong and trusting relationship with our talent”

Derk-Jan Warrink • Producer, keplerfilm

The Dutch producer, selected as one of EFP's 2022 Producers on the Move, talked about his producing work and his next projects  

09/05/2022 | Producers on the Move 2022/Netherlands

Judith Lou Lévy • Producer, Les Films du Bal

"Marrying pleasure and high standards is where the most powerful cinema experience lies"

Judith Lou Lévy • Producer, Les Films du Bal

The head of Les Films du Bal and French representative of Producers on the Move talks about her career, her editorial line, her projects and her vision of...  

06/05/2022 | Producers on the Move 2022/France

Anna Machukh • Executive director, Ukrainian Film Academy, and general director, Odesa International Film Festival

“Now Ukraine needs to be represented in the international cultural arena”

Anna Machukh • Executive director, Ukrainian Film Academy, and general director, Odesa International Film Festival

We gleaned some insights into the current situation for culture in Ukraine in light of the war, and the importance of amplifying the country’s voices  

05/05/2022 | /Ukraine

Nenad Puhovski • Director, ZagrebDox

“We will strive to present our audiences with the world in which we live, in all its fullness”

Nenad Puhovski • Director, ZagrebDox

The founder and director of ZagrebDox gives us an insight into this year’s recently concluded festival and the changes afoot in the film industry  

04/05/2022 | ZagrebDox 2022

Taras Tomenko • Director of Boney Piles

“Each of these children had a dramatic story, but what I saw in Nastya really touched me”

Taras Tomenko • Director of Boney Piles

The Ukrainian director discusses his latest documentary, which is dedicated to a whole generation of children living in wartime  

04/05/2022 | goEast 2022

Nicola Guaglianone • Screenwriter and producer

“At this prosperous moment in time, screenwriters are the ones having to take on business risk”

Nicola Guaglianone • Screenwriter and producer

A guest at the IDM-Film Commission Südtirol Meetings, the director of They Call Me Jeeg and Freaks Out met with us to discuss the need for an alliance...  

03/05/2022 | Incontri 2022

Vahagn Khachatryan and Aren Malakyan • Directors of 5 Dreamers and a Horse

“We decided to film three generations in order to come up with a portrait of this entire society”

Vahagn Khachatryan and Aren Malakyan • Directors of 5 Dreamers and a Horse

The filmmakers talk about some of the ideas behind their movie, their relationship with the characters and the images of Armenian society that lurk behind...  

03/05/2022 | goEast 2022

Bogna Kowalczyk • Director of Boylesque

“I like to say that you can steal your film, or your protagonist can give it to you”

Bogna Kowalczyk • Director of Boylesque

The Polish director zooms in on drag queen Lulla La Polaca, asking: if you can’t love yourself, how in the hell are you gonna love somebody else?  

29/04/2022 | Hot Docs 2022

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