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.

 
Christoph Terhechte  • Artistic director, DOK Leipzig

"Challenging films need more appreciation outside of the standard idea of festival categories"

Christoph Terhechte • Artistic director, DOK Leipzig

We chatted to Christoph Terhechte, artistic director of DOK Leipzig, which is taking place in a hybrid format from 26 October-1 November, about the changes...  

09/10/2020 | DOK Leipzig 2020

Davide Del Degan  • Director of Paradise

“The lead character in my film is an accidental hero”

Davide Del Degan • Director of Paradise

We spoke with Davide Del Degan who has directed his first fiction film Paradise, due for imminent release in Italy  

07/10/2020 | /Italy/Slovenia

Raphaël Balboni & Ann Sirot  • Directors of Madly in Life

"To maintain a balance while treading a fine line"

Raphaël Balboni & Ann Sirot • Directors of Madly in Life

We met with Raphaël Balboni and Ann Sirot, who were presenting their debut feature film Madly in Life in the opening slot of the Namur International...  

07/10/2020 | Namur 2020

Piotr Domalewski  • Director of I Never Cry

“I don’t really pick a subject or a story; I focus on a theme”

Piotr Domalewski • Director of I Never Cry

Cineuropa talked to Piotr Domalewski, whose sophomore film, I Never Cry, was presented in San Sebastián’s New Directors section and was released in his...  

06/10/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | New Directors

Milan Ondrík  • Actor, Let There Be Light

“I didn’t want to show off; I just wanted to be a gear in the machine that was precise and refined”

Milan Ondrík • Actor, Let There Be Light

Milan Ondrík, voted Slovakia’s best actor of 2019, talked to Cineuropa about his award-winning and critically acclaimed role in Marko Škop’s Let There Be...  

06/10/2020 | /Slovakia/Czech Republic

Patricia Pérez and Heidi Hassan  • Directors of In a Whisper

“Our film knows no borders”

Patricia Pérez and Heidi Hassan • Directors of In a Whisper

We caught up with Patricia Pérez and Heidi Hassan at MajorDocs to talk about their new film, In a Whisper — one of the season’s most moving and sensitive...  

06/10/2020 | /Spain/France/Switzerland/Cuba

Jasmine Trinca  • Actress, director of Being My Mom

“This film is an attempt to turn pain and absence into something creative”

Jasmine Trinca • Actress, director of Being My Mom

Actress Jasmine Trinca makes the move to film direction with her short work Being My Mom, a metaphorical meandering through the lives of two women, a mother...  

05/10/2020 | /Italy

Julia Sinkevych  • Executive producer, Odesa International Film Festival

“This time, we had to invent something new”

Julia Sinkevych • Executive producer, Odesa International Film Festival

We talked to the Odesa International Film Festival’s executive producer Julia Sinkevych about this year’s online edition  

05/10/2020 | Odesa 2020

Stefan Haupt  • Director of Zurich Diary

“It's our responsibility to make this place as good as it can be, and not just for us”

Stefan Haupt • Director of Zurich Diary

We talked to Stefan Haupt, the director of Zurich Diary, after the film’s world premiere in his home town  

05/10/2020 | Zurich 2020

Olena Yershova Yıldız • Head, Antalya Film Forum

“Strong stories that have an international scope, told by talented filmmakers, are still needed”

Olena Yershova Yıldız • Head, Antalya Film Forum

We talked to Olena Yershova Yıldız, head of the Antalya Film Forum, to get an overview of the Turkish industry event, which kicks off imminently  

02/10/2020 | Antalya 2020 | Antalya Film Forum

Bettina Oberli  • Director of My Wonderful Wanda

“Humour can come out of desperation”

Bettina Oberli • Director of My Wonderful Wanda

We talked to Swiss director Bettina Oberli, who opened the 16th edition of the Zurich Film Festival with My Wonderful Wanda  

02/10/2020 | Zurich 2020

Liene Treimane and Sonora Broka  • Festival director and artistic director, Riga IFF

“We’ll continue working on our mission to create a cinema event that enriches the Northern European cultural space”

Liene Treimane and Sonora Broka • Festival director and artistic director, Riga IFF

We spoke to Riga IFF’s festival director and artistic director, Liene Treimane and Sonora Broka, to get the low-down on the 7th edition of the gathering,...  

02/10/2020 | Riga 2020

Óscar Bernàcer  • Director of The Recipe for Balance

"It’s natural that cinema and gastronomy should get along famously"

Óscar Bernàcer • Director of The Recipe for Balance

We chatted to Óscar Bernàcer, whose documentary The Recipe for Balance shows how a famous Spanish chef and his team had to adapt to the new, post-COVID reality  

01/10/2020 | San Sebastián 2020

Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh • Directors of Gagarin

“To our character, this building is like a spaceship: if you go out, you can’t breathe”

Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh • Directors of Gagarin

We met up with Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh, the directors of Gagarin, to talk about their central character, Youri, and his intergalactic ambitions  

30/09/2020 | Zurich 2020

Hans König  • Distributor, Polyfilm

“Arthouse cinemas in Austria are mainly funded by the federal states and the cities”

Hans König • Distributor, Polyfilm

We spoke to Hans König, Head of Distribution at Polyfilm, who shared with us some of the main traits of the Austrian market for independent film distribution  

29/09/2020 | /Austria

Privacy Policy