Interviews

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

9045 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 28/09/2026. 604 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Juliette Rajon and Gérald Duchaussoy • Director and programme manager, International Classic Film Market

“When you know how to attract young audiences, they are there for heritage films”

Juliette Rajon and Gérald Duchaussoy • Director and programme manager, International Classic Film Market

The leaders of the MIFC, the 10th edition of which takes place from 18 to 21 October in Lyon as part of the Lumière Festival, analyse the tendencies of the...  

18/10/2022 | /France

Alessandro Ravani • Commercial Director, RAI Com

“Technology can never replace human connections in various international markets”

Alessandro Ravani • Commercial Director, RAI Com

On the occasion of the beginning of MIPCOM in Cannes, the man responsible for the sale of RAI content tells us about his activity in the markets  

17/10/2022 | /Italy

Xavier Henry-Rashid • Sales agent, Film Republic

“The problem is that there is no discernible business model in sales”

Xavier Henry-Rashid • Sales agent, Film Republic

During our interview, we spoke about how the UK-based company’s business model and the work of sales agents in Europe are both evolving  

14/10/2022 | /UK

Ana Pereira • Coordinator, Arché

“We always aim for a plural selection”

Ana Pereira • Coordinator, Arché

With the eighth edition of Doclisboa’s Arché industry strand about to wrap, we spoke to its coordinator to get to know the origins and intricacies of the...  

14/10/2022 | Doclisboa 2022 | Doclisboa Arché

Bruno Castro • Director, Alvalade Cineclube

"We need to move beyond preconceived ideas"

Bruno Castro • Director, Alvalade Cineclube

The Portuguese professional spoke to us about the situation in his country and the important role played by film clubs in guiding audiences back to cinemas  

11/10/2022 | /Portugal

Bettina Blümner  • Director of Vamos a la playa

“Humour is how we cope with life, especially today”

Bettina Blümner • Director of Vamos a la playa

In the German director’s awkward new movie, privilege meets good intentions, to amusing effect  

06/10/2022 | Zurich 2022

Solomiia Tomashcuk  • Director of Between Us

“These are just the questions that I myself wanted to answer, and I posed them to my heroines”

Solomiia Tomashcuk • Director of Between Us

The Ukrainian director sat down with us to discuss her psychological thriller revolving around an unusual friendship and its tragic consequences  

06/10/2022 | Hamburg 2022

Claudia Pacher • PR and communications consultant

"Niche programming is the future"

Claudia Pacher • PR and communications consultant

The Austrian expert explains what she believes to be the winning marketing strategies in the evolving cinema industry  

06/10/2022 | /Austria

Mikel Gurrea • Director of Suro

“It’s the stories that draw me to them”

Mikel Gurrea • Director of Suro

The Basque filmmaker talks to us about his feature debut, on the heels of the enthusiastic welcome it received at the San Sebastián and Zurich Film Festivals  

06/10/2022 | Abycine 2022

Andrii Kokura • Director of Pokut

“From the age of 15, or maybe even earlier, I understood that I could make a full-length film”

Andrii Kokura • Director of Pokut

We spoke to the 19-year-old Ukrainian director about his feature debut and the tragedy that struck during its filming  

05/10/2022 | Hamburg 2022

Soňa Morgenthalová • Programme coordinator, MIDPOINT

“Over the past year, we’ve been delighted to see the Feature Launch projects premiering at the most prominent European film festivals”

Soňa Morgenthalová • Programme coordinator, MIDPOINT

Cineuropa talked with the programme coordinator about the upcoming edition of MIDPOINT Feature Launch and about what has changed compared to previous years  

05/10/2022 | MIDPOINT 2023

Laura Kaehr • Director of Becoming Giulia

"Dance was the language I grew up with"

Laura Kaehr • Director of Becoming Giulia

The director of the documentary on Giulia Tonelli, prima ballerina at the Zurich Opera, doesn’t need words to talk to her audience  

04/10/2022 | Zurich 2022

Christian Lollike • Director of The Cake Dynasty

“It’s good to get a chance to laugh and cry at the same time”

Christian Lollike • Director of The Cake Dynasty

While discussing his new film about a cake factory facing ruin, the Danish director talks laughter, tears and everything in between  

03/10/2022 | Zurich 2022

Edward Berger • Director of All Quiet on the Western Front

“What we associate with the two wars is shame, grief, destruction and guilt; I wanted to make a film out of this heritage”

Edward Berger • Director of All Quiet on the Western Front

We chatted to the German director about his Netflix-financed adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s bestseller, also selected as his country’s Oscars submission  

03/10/2022 | Zurich 2022

Rimantė Daugėlaitė • Head, Baltic Pitching Forum

“Our strength is that the Baltic Pitching Forum is one of the few events where you can meet so many Baltic filmmakers at once”

Rimantė Daugėlaitė • Head, Baltic Pitching Forum

The head of the forum told Cineuropa how it became the Baltic region’s leading short-film industry event and what to expect from this year’s edition  

30/09/2022 | Baltic Pitching Forum 2022

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