Interviews

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

8592 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 20/01/2026. 639 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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Chen Guan • Director of Shen Kong

"I wanted to make a film about how one tries to fill up every second of 24 hours"

Chen Guan • Director of Shen Kong

VENICE 2021: The Chinese helmer is presenting his feature debut, in which a boy and a girl wander the streets of a Chinese city during lockdown, in search...  

05/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Giornate degli Autori

Yuri Ancarani • Director of Atlantide

“I wanted to create something beautiful; we are not used to beautiful things any more”

Yuri Ancarani • Director of Atlantide

VENICE 2021: In his film, the Italian director focuses on a group of teenagers, showing a side of Venice that normally remains hidden to outsiders  

04/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Orizzonti

Enrico Chiesa, Hakim Mao, Murielle Thierrin and Francis Nebot • Coordinator, expert and producers, OuiCoprod

"Producers, funds, distributors, festivals and platforms have a new tool for scouting projects from these regions"

Enrico Chiesa, Hakim Mao, Murielle Thierrin and Francis Nebot • Coordinator, expert and producers, OuiCoprod

VENICE 2021: An interview with the coordinator and one of the experts behind the professional platform designed to support South-South co-productions,...  

04/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Venice Production Bridge

Thomas Kruithof • Director of Promises

“This is a battlefield where each character is a soldier with a territory to defend, and where only the viewer has the full picture”

Thomas Kruithof • Director of Promises

VENICE 2021: Unlike some of his characters, the French director reflects on the more complex aspects of things  

03/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Orizzonti

Samereh Rezaie • Actress and director

“Cinemas and cultural centres have been closed”

Samereh Rezaie • Actress and director

The Afghan artist talks about how important it is for the international community to continue supporting women and human rights in Afghanistan  

03/09/2021 | /Afghanistan

Václav Kadrnka • Director of Saving One Who Was Dead

"To convey the personal experience my film is based on, I developed a very specific cinematic language"

Václav Kadrnka • Director of Saving One Who Was Dead

The Czech filmmaker discusses the third instalment in what he describes as his “Absence of a Loved One” trilogy, which has competed for the Crystal Globe  

03/09/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | Competition

Magdalena Gajewska • Director of The Cracks

“The image of motherhood that exists in the public space just started to piss me off”

Magdalena Gajewska • Director of The Cracks

The Polish director reveals she got free ice-cream after world-premiering her short at EFP’s Future Frames at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival  

02/09/2021 | Future Frames 2021

Andrea Segre • Director of Welcome Venice

"The huge influx of people who want to come and visit Venice has very serious consequences for its residents"

Andrea Segre • Director of Welcome Venice

VENICE 2021: Ten years after Shun Li and the Poet, the director is back with a new film, a tale of the conflict between two brothers faced with the dramatic...  

02/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Giornate degli Autori

Peter Kerekes • Director of 107 Mothers

“Life has nothing to do with logic”

Peter Kerekes • Director of 107 Mothers

VENICE 2021: Making its way into Orizzonti, this movie is not your usual documentary – and not your usual fiction film either  

01/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Orizzonti

Jan Foukal • Director of Two Ships

“Romance is a genre where there is an act of love that has a tragic ending”

Jan Foukal • Director of Two Ships

Cineuropa found out more about the director’s process of adapting Alena Černá and Martin E Kyšperský’s collection of poetry  

01/09/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | East of the West

Ivan Bakrač • Director of After the Winter

"I wanted to make a film about friendship, about people who do not care about the past and the war"

Ivan Bakrač • Director of After the Winter

The Montenegrin director discusses his spirited testimony of the young post-war generation, which follows five childhood friends who remain in contact  

01/09/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | East of the West

Janine Teerling and Petros Charalambous • Writer and director of Patchwork

"Petros wanted to make a film about intergenerational friendship and me, about taboos around motherhood - so we put it together"

Janine Teerling and Petros Charalambous • Writer and director of Patchwork

The writer and the director of the psychological drama selected in the East of the West competition discuss the several provocative questions it raises  

01/09/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | East of the West

Karin Julsrud • Dean, Norwegian Film School

“We apply a practice-based and experiential approach, where students develop their knowledge, skills and artistic competence on the floor”

Karin Julsrud • Dean, Norwegian Film School

Our conversation revolved around the main opportunities offered to prospective students by the prestigious Norwegian film school  

01/09/2021 | /Norway

Shawkat Amin Korki • Director of The Exam

"The problems in the educational system are not an issue only in Kurdistan"

Shawkat Amin Korki • Director of The Exam

The Kurdish director discusses his Crystal Globe competition entry, a tiny drama set in Iraqi Kurdistan about a young woman trying to control her own life  

31/08/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | Competition

Gisli Snaer • Director and CEO, London Film School

“We endeavour to attract and support the finest filmmaking talent from around the world”

Gisli Snaer • Director and CEO, London Film School

Our conversation revolved around the main opportunities offered to prospective students by the prestigious British film school  

31/08/2021 | /UK

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