Interviews

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

8636 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 11/02/2026. 633 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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

Éva Katinka Bognár • Head of the Animation MA Programme, MOME Anim

“We focus on education, content development, talent management and production”

Éva Katinka Bognár • Head of the Animation MA Programme, MOME Anim

The head of the Animation MA Programme discussed the main learning opportunities offered to prospective students by MOME Anim, one of the most important...  

31/08/2021 | /Hungary

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