Interviews

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

8439 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 13/09/2025. 651 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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Vanja Černjul • Cinematographer

"Even though I'd love to shoot on film more, I’m running out of arguments to use it"

Vanja Černjul • Cinematographer

The Croatian cinematographer, who has worked for the most of his career in the US, gave a masterclass at the Zagreb Film Festival, after which we sat for a talk  

29/11/2021 | Zagreb 2021

Michal Nohejl • Director of Occupation

“The theatre setting brought an extra dimension to the expression of the story”

Michal Nohejl • Director of Occupation

In his first feature, the Czech actor-director uses humour and satire to deal with a painful period in Czechoslovakia’s history  

29/11/2021 | Black Nights 2021 | First Feature Competition

Francesco Sossai • Director of Other Cannibals

“The idea was for the film not to enhance the beauty of the surroundings, but rather create the images as ruggedly as possible”

Francesco Sossai • Director of Other Cannibals

The Italian director mixes the topic of cannibalism with friendship and self-determination in his Black Nights-winning debut feature  

29/11/2021 | Black Nights 2021 | First Feature Competition

Andreas Kleinert • Director of Dear Thomas

"In East Germany we also had sexy youth in cool clothes, having parties, dancing and living colourful lives"

Andreas Kleinert • Director of Dear Thomas

The German filmmaker talks to us about his declaration of love to writer, poet and rebel Thomas Brasch, which has won the Grand Prix in the Competition of...  

29/11/2021 | Black Nights 2021 | Competition

Kirill Sokolov • Director of No Looking Back

"My goal is to make people feel something by offering them an emotional rollercoaster"

Kirill Sokolov • Director of No Looking Back

The Russian filmmaker discusses his film, a wildly funny (black) comedy about a women released from prison that boasts a strong social essence  

26/11/2021 | Black Nights 2021 | Competition

Helena Třeštíková • Director of René – The Prisoner of Freedom

“The most important moment came when he robbed me; that’s when I decided he was interesting to follow”

Helena Třeštíková • Director of René – The Prisoner of Freedom

We talked to the acclaimed Czech helmer, who returns to one of her best-known protagonists in her new movie  

26/11/2021 | IDFA 2021

Christian Bräuer • President, CICAE

“Each arthouse cinema is a little star, but together, they are like the Milky Way – you can’t ignore them”

Christian Bräuer • President, CICAE

Cineuropa talked to the managing director of Yorck-Kino GmbH and the president of CICAE about the sixth European Arthouse Cinema Day, which took place...  

26/11/2021 | /Germany/Europe

Aleksandra Terpińska • Director of Other People

“The most important thing was to translate the poetry of the verses into the poetry of the images”

Aleksandra Terpińska • Director of Other People

The Polish director has crafted a modern musical about a young man who numbs his longing for love and affection with alcohol and an insignificant fling  

26/11/2021 | Black Nights 2021 | First Feature Competition

David Varela • Director of Un cielo impasible

“We ought to have explored our history more self-critically”

David Varela • Director of Un cielo impasible

The documentary filmmaker takes a scathing look at historical memory and the education system in his second full-length feature, screening as part of the...  

26/11/2021 | Gijón 2021

Wojciech Smarzowski • Director of The Wedding Day

“Sweeping the truth about past crimes under the rug can easily lead to new crimes”

Wojciech Smarzowski • Director of The Wedding Day

We chatted to the Polish director about his new film and his tendency to tackle difficult events from his country’s history  

26/11/2021 | Black Nights 2021 | Competition

Kristijonas Vildziunas • Director of Songs for a Fox

"As a civilisation, we’re not dreaming anymore, literally and metaphorically"

Kristijonas Vildziunas • Director of Songs for a Fox

The Lithuanian filmmaker talks about his new film, which merges magical fantasy, heart-rending drama and rocky musical with post-soviet realities  

25/11/2021 | Black Nights 2021 | Competition

Uģis Olte • Director of Upurga

“If you reveal everything, the adventure ends”

Uģis Olte • Director of Upurga

In the Latvian helmer’s film, a group of influencers descends on a forest, but this time, it’s nature’s turn to have all the fun  

24/11/2021 | Black Nights 2021 | Baltic Film Competition

Liliana Torres • Director of What Went Wrong?

"Women are not comfortable any more with having smaller wages than men, and that creates frictions in couples"

Liliana Torres • Director of What Went Wrong?

The Spanish filmmaker delves into her own past life and love interests to create an auto-fiction film, and talks to us about the process she embarked on and...  

24/11/2021 | Black Nights 2021 | Competition

Dávid Csicskár and Balázs Zachar • Writer and producer of Elephant

“Women who drink are hiding it, but that doesn’t mean their families don’t know”

Dávid Csicskár and Balázs Zachar • Writer and producer of Elephant

We talked to the winners of the HBO Europe Award at MIDPOINT TV Launch 2021, hosted by Tallinn Black Nights’ industry strand  

24/11/2021 | Black Nights 2021 | Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event

Barbora Sliepková • Director of Lines

"I imagine Bratislava as an aquarium, an incubator, a playground"

Barbora Sliepková • Director of Lines

The emerging Slovak filmmaker talks about her award-winning visual urban symphony revolving around the Slovak capital  

24/11/2021 | Jihlava 2021

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