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.

 
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

Ali Cherri  • Director of The Dam

"The first thing that every system does is to occupy our imaginary"

Ali Cherri • Director of The Dam

CANNES 2022: The Lebanese-born, Paris-based filmmaker and artist discusses his film, which depicts how man's action and opression causes nature to respond  

03/06/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Directors' Fortnight

Laurent Dutoit • Distributor and exhibitor, Agora Films

“It will be difficult for films such as Another Round, Nomadland or The Father to have enough theatres to be screened in”

Laurent Dutoit • Distributor and exhibitor, Agora Films

CANNES 2022: We caught up with the Swiss distributor and exhibitor to discuss why exhibitors are struggling to attract viewers back to theatres  

02/06/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Marché du Film

Agnieszka Smoczynska  • Director of The Silent Twins

"The most fascinating element in the book was the clash between the colorful imagination of the twins and the harsh reality"

Agnieszka Smoczynska • Director of The Silent Twins

CANNES 2022: After two successful films, the Polish filmmaker chose to adapt a book by British journalist Marjorie Wallace for her first English-language...  

01/06/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard

Patricio Guzmán  • Director of My Imaginary Country

“The future is not written; the protestors are working towards a society that they would like and hope to see”

Patricio Guzmán • Director of My Imaginary Country

CANNES 2022: The Chilean helmer picks apart his documentary on the revolutionary events that took place in his home country in October 2019  

01/06/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Special Screenings

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