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.

 
David Dufresne  • Director of The Monopoly of Violence

"To still believe in the virtues of dialogue, even if it’s increasingly difficult to do so"

David Dufresne • Director of The Monopoly of Violence

David Dufresne discusses The Monopoly of Violence, a socially engaged documentary dissecting the current philosophy behind law enforcement in France  

29/09/2020 | /France

Dea Kulumbegashvili  • Director of Beginning

“In Georgia, as a woman, you're trained to accept that you don't really matter”

Dea Kulumbegashvili • Director of Beginning

We spoke to Dea Kulumbegashvili about her debut film, Beginning, which swept the board at San Sebastián, winning the Golden Shell, Best Director, Best...  

28/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Competition

Gregory Kershaw and Michael Dweck  • Directors of The Truffle Hunters

“Truffle hunters would never tell another truffle hunter that they’d found a truffle”

Gregory Kershaw and Michael Dweck • Directors of The Truffle Hunters

We talked to Gregory Kershaw and Michael Dweck, the duo behind one of the biggest delights of the year, The Truffle Hunters  

28/09/2020 | Zurich 2020

Ben Sharrock  • Director of Limbo

“I started to question the dehumanising representations of refugees”

Ben Sharrock • Director of Limbo

Director Ben Sharrock reveals how his second feature, Limbo, became a refugee story told in a deadpan comedic style  

28/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | New Directors

Imanol Rayo  • Director of Death Knell

"My film eschews the commonplace"

Imanol Rayo • Director of Death Knell

We chatted to Imanol Rayo at San Sebastián after he presented his second film, Death Knell, which glides effortlessly between thriller and tragedy  

28/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | New Directors

Pascal Rabaté  • Director of The Voiceless

"They try to move forwards and have fun in spaces which are forbidden to others"

Pascal Rabaté • Director of The Voiceless

Pascal Rabaté talks about his new film unveiled at FilmFest Hamburg The Voiceless, an offbeat comedy about poverty, which treads the line of absurdity, is...  

28/09/2020 | /France

Martín Rejtman  • Director of Riders

“When I look at a film, I don't distinguish between fiction and documentary”

Martín Rejtman • Director of Riders

We talk to Argentina's Martín Rejtman, winner of the Eurimages Award for his in-development documentary, Riders, which tackles the issues of immigration and...  

28/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | San Sebastián Industry

Rodrigo Sorogoyen  • Director of Riot Police

“This show is the most ambitious thing we’ve ever done”

Rodrigo Sorogoyen • Director of Riot Police

Rodrigo Sorogoyen distils all the strengths of his previous work into Riot Police, a brutal and compelling six-episode series screening out of competition...  

25/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Out of Competition

Cesc Gay • Director of The People Upstairs

“Laughter is always the best medicine”

Cesc Gay • Director of The People Upstairs

We talk to Catalan director Cesc Gay, who recently unveiled his latest feature, The People Upstairs: a film adaptation of his smash-hit play  

25/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | RTVE Screenings

Antonio Méndez Esparza • Director of Courtroom 3H

“When I find myself in a situation I didn’t expect, I try to embrace it.”

Antonio Méndez Esparza • Director of Courtroom 3H

Madrid-born director Antonio Méndez Esparza, now settled in the USA, returns with a new bid for the Golden Shell — Courtroom 3H, a documentary set in a...  

25/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Competition

Christian Johannes Koch • Director of Spagat

Spagat is not a movie about ‘sans-papiers’; it’s a movie about society as a whole”

Christian Johannes Koch • Director of Spagat

Cineuropa met up with young Swiss director Christian Johannes Koch at San Sebastián to talk about Spagat, his first feature film  

24/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | New Directors

Harry Macqueen • Director of Supernova

“It’s about documenting intimacy”

Harry Macqueen • Director of Supernova

We met up with Harry Macqueen to talk about his new film, Supernova, starring Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth as ageing lovers on a road trip  

24/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Competition

Sharunas Bartas • Director of In the Dusk

“This partisan movement is a very important story for the memory of our nation”

Sharunas Bartas • Director of In the Dusk

Cineuropa met up with Sharunas Bartas at San Sebastián to talk about In the Dusk, Soviet history, family, resistance and why having the correct breed of...  

23/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Competition

Maria Pirkkalainen • Head, Finnish Film Affair and Nordic Flair

“Some hybrid form of the Finnish Film Affair will certainly continue in the future, as it does bring opportunities”

Maria Pirkkalainen • Head, Finnish Film Affair and Nordic Flair

We had a chat with Maria Pirkkalainen, head of the Finnish Film Affair and Nordic Flair, to explore what’s new in the local industry and to find out about...  

23/09/2020 | /Finland

Julien Temple • Director of Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan

"You want to show an honest portrayal of how you feel the man is"

Julien Temple • Director of Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan

Cineuropa chatted to Julien Temple about his dazzling tribute to the frontman of The Pogues, Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan  

23/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Competition

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