Interviews

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

8313 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 12/07/2025. 654 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Julie Viez • Producer of Le 67e été

"Working with authors without the constraint of borders is very important"

Julie Viez • Producer of Le 67e été

Cineuropa met with French producer Julie Viez of Cinenovo, pitching the project Le 67e été by Abu Bakr Shawky during the Cinemed Meetings  

20/10/2020 | Cinemed 2020 | Cinemed Meetings

Stephan Streker • Director of The Enemy

"Questions are always more interesting than answers"

Stephan Streker • Director of The Enemy

We met with Belgian filmmaker Stephan Streker to discuss his new work The Enemy, presented in competition at Film Fest Gent  

20/10/2020 | Ghent 2020

Cathy Brady • Director of Wildfire

"My intention was not to make a political film"

Cathy Brady • Director of Wildfire

We sat down with two-time IFTA winner Cathy Brady to find out more about her feature debut, Wildfire  

20/10/2020 | London 2020

İpek Tugay • Head, Bosphorus Film Lab

“We can guide the professionals outside of Turkey to discover something new and exciting”

İpek Tugay • Head, Bosphorus Film Lab

We talked to İpek Tugay, head of the Bosphorus Film Lab, about this year's upcoming online edition  

16/10/2020 | Bosphorus 2020 | Bosphorus Film Lab

Christophe Leparc • Director, Cinemed

"There was a real desire for the festival to take place"

Christophe Leparc • Director, Cinemed

We met with Christophe Leparc, the director of the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival whose 42nd edition is unspooling between 16 and 24 October  

16/10/2020 | Cinemed 2020

David Victori • Director of Cross the Line

“I like to approach my own limits”

David Victori • Director of Cross the Line

The second film by David Victori, Cross the Line, has been presented in the official section of the Sitges Film Festival, just prior to its release in theatres  

15/10/2020 | Sitges 2020

Petr Zelenka • Director of Droneman

“In the Czech Republic, we don't have killers like Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver

Petr Zelenka • Director of Droneman

We talked to Czech filmmaker Petr Zelenka about Droneman, presented in the main competition of the Warsaw Film Festival  

14/10/2020 | Warsaw 2020

Kike Maíllo • Director of A Perfect Enemy

“We’ve made a very loose adaptation of the novel”

Kike Maíllo • Director of A Perfect Enemy

Kike Maíllo talks to us about A Perfect Enemy, his particular take on The Enemy's Cosmetique by Belgian author Amélie Nothomb, toplined by Tomasz Kot, Marta...  

14/10/2020 | Sitges 2020

Carice van Houten and Halina Reijn • Creators of Red Light

“The empty expressions on their faces, the women cleaning the pole with a spray: there’s nothing sexy about it”

Carice van Houten and Halina Reijn • Creators of Red Light

We caught up with Carice van Houten and Halina Reijn, creators of and actresses in the Belgian-Dutch series Red Light, screened at Canneseries  

14/10/2020 | /Belgium/Netherlands

Alise Ģelze • Curator, Magnetic Series

“Over the last five years, the production of foreign films in Latvia has grown rapidly”

Alise Ģelze • Curator, Magnetic Series

We had the chance to speak to Alise Ģelze, curator of Magnetic Series, a brand-new international pitching and networking event taking place during this...  

14/10/2020 | Riga 2020 | Magnetic Series

Gaetano Maiorino  • Managing Director and Head of Acquisitions, True Colours

“We’ve filled a void and given value to Italian films on international markets”

Gaetano Maiorino • Managing Director and Head of Acquisitions, True Colours

On the occasion of the MIA’s opening, we spoke with Gaetano Maiorino about how True Colours has managed to enhance the value of its line-up on international...  

14/10/2020 | /Italy

Laurent Lafitte • Director of The Origin of the World

"It was an opportunity to talk about a lot of things, with the distance afforded by comedy"

Laurent Lafitte • Director of The Origin of the World

Cineuropa met up with Laurent Lafitte whose first feature as a director, The Origin of the World, premiered last week at the Namur International...  

13/10/2020 | Namur 2020

Damian Mc Carthy  • Director of Caveat

“I wanted Caveat to look like an old ghost story”

Damian Mc Carthy • Director of Caveat

We talked to Damian Mc Carthy, the director of the UK production Caveat, which opened the IndieCork Film Festival  

13/10/2020 | IndieCork 2020

Rafael Cabrera • General coordinator, Madrid Film

“The light in Madrid has a magic to it”

Rafael Cabrera • General coordinator, Madrid Film

We caught up with Rafael Cabrera, who leads the Community of Madrid’s Filming Promotion Office, to find out more about its work in smoothing the path for...  

13/10/2020 | /Spain

Marian Crişan  • Director of The Campaign

“I like writing characters inspired by the people I am closest to”

Marian Crişan • Director of The Campaign

We spoke to Marian Crişan, the Romanian director whose fourth feature, The Campaign, has just world-premiered at the Moscow International Film Festival  

12/10/2020 | /Romania

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